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Congratulations to current doctoral student Farid Saberi, whose article "How to Relate Major Transitions in Life and Cognition" has appeared in the journal Biology & Philosophy

Congratulations to Genevieve Langille, winner of the 2024-25 Chair's Essay Prize in Philosophy

The Department is saddened by the untimely loss of Gregory Lavers, PhD 2004

Congratulations to Sara Varon Echevarri for receiving the Congress Graduate Merit Award from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Science

Western Philosophy returns to the top 50 departments worldwide in latest QS rankings

Western Philosophy Dept ranks 4^th in Canada and among top programs in eight specialty areas in the latest Gourmet Report

Sept. 11

Public Lecture

On Selecting the Experienced Set of Decoherent Histories

PhD candidate, Tom DeSaegher

Sept. 19

Dept. Colloquium 2025-26

Matthew A. Leisinger (York)

Locke's Compatibilism

Oct. 3

Dept. Colloquium 2025-26

Gwen Bradford (Toronto)

Evil Artifacts & Extrinsic Value

Oct. 17

Dept. Colloquium 2025-26

Alison Peterman (Rochester)

Cavendishian Acquaintance-First Epistemology