Philosophy

Benj Hellie

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto Scarborough

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Consciousness
• Language
• Logic and meaning
• Rationality in thought and action
• Self and world

Office: 416-978-3535
Home: 416-531-2365
Email: benj.hellie@utoronto.ca
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Charles Repp

Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Philosophy of literature

Office: 416-978-2457
Website
Email: charles.repp@utoronto.ca
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David Novak

Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
• Centres
  • Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
  • Joint Centre for Bioethics

Areas of Expertise

• Jewish law and ethics
• Philosophy of law
• Philosophy of religion
• Political philosophy

Office: 416-946-3229
Home: 416-545-0106
Mobile: 647-404-6935
Languages: Hebrew, German, Yiddish
Website
Email: david.novak@utoronto.ca
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Franz Huber

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Formal epistemology
• General philosophy of science
• Philosophical Logic

Office: N/A
Languages: German
Website
Email: franz.huber@utoronto.ca
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Fred F Wilson

Professor Emeritus

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Problems of death and dying
• Science and pseudoscience (astrology, parapsychology)
• Science and religion
• Skepticism

Office: 416-978-8155
Home: 416-920-1432 (preferred)
Email: f.wilson@utoronto.ca
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James Robert Brown

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Commercialization of medical research
• Foundations of math and physics
• Science and religion
• Science and society
• Thought experiments

Office: 519-439-2889
Home: 519-439-2889
Website
Email: jrbrown@chass.utoronto.ca
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Joseph Heath

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • School of Public Policy and Governance
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Centre for Ethics

Areas of Expertise

• Consumerism
• Counterculture
• Distributive justice
• Multiculturalism
• Welfare state

Office: 416-978-8094
Languages: French
Website
Email: joseph.heath@utoronto.ca
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Mark Kingwell

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Contemporary politics (justice and citizenship)
• Design and architecture
• Ethics
• History of philosophy
• Popular culture (film and television)

Office: 416-978-3286
Home: 416-536-5788
Email: mark.kingwell@utoronto.ca
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Martin Pickavé

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Centre for Medieval Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science

Chair, Department of Philosophy

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Centre for Medieval Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Free Will
• History of philosophy
• Medieval philosophy

Office: 416-946-3201
Mobile: 416-571-9458
Languages: German, French, Italian
Website
Email: martin.pickave@utoronto.ca
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Ronald de Sousa

Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Areas of Expertise

• Atheism
• Evolutionary theory
• Philosophy of biology
• Philosophy of sexuality
• Philosophy of the emotions (rationality and education)

Office: 647-272-3104
Languages: French
Website
Email: ronald.de.sousa@utoronto.ca
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Sergio Tenenbaum

Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto Mississauga

• Campus
  • U of T Mississauga
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Ethics
• Kant
• Practical reason

Office: 416-978-3311
Home: 416-588-9116
Languages: Portuguese, Hebrew
Website
Email: sergio.tenenbaum@utoronto.ca
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Sophia Moreau

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
  • Faculty of Law
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Anti-discrimination law
• Equality rights
• Legal theory
• Philosophical ethics

Office: 416-946-7830
Home: 416-944-8994
Email: sr.moreau@utoronto.ca
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Thomas Hurka

Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Department
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Ethics
• Morality and war
• the Good Life
• Virtues and vices

Office: 416-978-2056
Home: 416-533-3150
Email: tom.hurka@utoronto.ca
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Wayne Sumner

Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Philosophy
• Centres
  • Centre for Ethics
  • Joint Centre for Bioethics

Areas of Expertise

• Assisted suicide
• Euthanasia
• Freedom of expression (hate speech and pornography)
• Medical assistance in dying
• Reproductive issues (abortion)

Office: 416-565-6944
Home: 416-483-6553
Mobile: 416-565-6944
Website
Email: sumner@chass.utoronto.ca
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Willi Goetschel

Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures
  • Philosophy

Areas of Expertise

• Critical theory
• German Jewish culture
• Modern German literature and thought

Office: 416-926-2320
Home: 416-789-3277
Languages: German
Website
Email: w.goetschel@utoronto.ca
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