Graduate Development

Graduate Development and Placement Coordinator (GDPC), 2022-23

The Department of Philosophy at Western University is committed to providing assistance and guidance to graduate students seeking professionalization and placement. To this end, the Department has a Graduate Development and Placement Coordinator who, in addition to leading seminars and workshops that are intended to develop the professionalism of graduate students, is also available on an individual basis for consultation and advice about careers.

Professor Jackie Sullivan

Please email Professor Sullivan for an appointment.

Conferences

Philosophy Graduate Student Association Colloquium

To be announced

Annual Logic, Math, and Physics Conference (LMP)

The annual LMP graduate student conference is entirely organized and run by graduate students in the philosophy department at Western University. The LMP conference is open to paper submissions of 5,000 words on any topic in philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics from graduate students who have not yet defended their PhD thesis. In a typical year, the LMP selects 8 speakers for the two-day conference.

During the two-day conference, each of the selected graduate students has 35-40 minutes to present their philosophy paper, which is then followed a 20-minute critical discussion. This is followed by a keynote talk from a prominent professor in philosophy of logic, math, physics, or some combination thereof. The LMP graduate conference is followed by Western’s annual senior conference in Philosophy of Physics. All faculty speakers invited to the senior conference are invited to attend LMP to provide feedback to student speakers.

The Clifton Memorial Prize is an annual award given to the graduate student who submitted the top paper in the philosophy of physics, in honour of former Western Ontario Professor Robert K. Clifton. This prize is adjudicated by the philosophy of physics faculty members at Western. For more information, visit www.logicmathphysics.ca

Past Keynote speakers include:
2022: Craig Callender
2021: James Weatherall
2020: ------
2019: David Baker
2018: David Wallace
2017: Doreen Fraser
2016: James Ladyman
2015: Elaine Landry
2014: Doreen Fraser
2013: Hans Halvorson
2012: Hartry Field
2011: George Smith
2010: Kevin Kelly
2009: David Malament
2008: Mark Wilson

PhilMiLCog

PhilMiLCog is Western's annual graduate conference in the Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive science. This conference is usually scheduled in April or May. Please visit their site for information on last year's conference.

PhilMiLCog is a truly inter-disciplinary conference which provides an opportunity for graduate students with common interests from various departments in North America and Europe to come together and participate in lively scholarly research. PhilMiLCog has accepted submissions in the Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics and Epistemology of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Computational-Representational and Connectionist Psychology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science. Past keynote speakers include:

2018: Sebastian Watzl, Michael L. Anderson, Stefan Kohler
2014: Berit Brogaard, Melvyn Goodale, & Angela Mendelovici
2013: Jody Culham, Edouard Machery, & Jackie Sullivan
2012: Kathleen Akins & Brie Gertler
2011: William G. Lycan & Susan Schneider
2010: Fred Adams & Richard Samuels
2009: Jesse Prinz & John Nicholas
2008: Reinaldo Elugardo & Peter Ludlow
2007: Dorit Bar-On & Keith Simmons
2006: Michael Devitt & Ned Block
2005: Peter Carruthers & Robert Stainton
2004: Ernest Lepore & Chris Viger
2003: David Rosenthal