The Department of Philosophy is a community of dedicated teachers and productive philosophical researchers. To undergraduates we offer a wide range of courses in almost every area of philosophy, both historical and contemporary, and ample opportunities to pursue individual research projects. In our master's and doctoral programs, students pursue research at a more advanced level and prepare (in the doctoral program) for careers as teachers and researchers. (Over 95% of our doctoral graduates in the last decade are now teaching at a college or university, two-thirds of them in tenure-stream appointments.)

This website has a great deal of information; please begin by clicking on one of the buttons at the top of the page. Recent updates:

Undergraduate

Students have started an undergraduate philosophy journal, Agora.  Congratulations, and thanks, to all who write for it and help to produce it.

Information on Winter 2010 courses is now available from the Courses tab at the top of this page.

The Ontario College of Teachers recently declared Philosophy to be a “teachable” subject. Those interested in finding out more about careers teaching philosophy in schools may be interested in the Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association.

Graduate

Community/Alumni

Another in our regular series of Philosophy Goes Public talks at the Guelph Public Library is on Wednesday, March 3 at 7pm.  Aaron Massecar, a PhD candidate in our department, will speak in the Main Branch, 100 Norfolk St (map).  Title: "It's Just a Bad Habit" and Other Misconceptions About Habits.

This year's Guelph Lecture in Philosophy is to be given in March by Professor Paul Franks of the University of Toronto, an accomplished scholar of Kant, Jewish philosophy and German Idealism, and author of the recent book All or Nothing: Skepticism, Transcendental Arguments and Systematicity in German Idealism (Harvard University Press, 2005).  The title of his talk is “German Idealism, Anti-Semitism, and the Significance of Jewish Philosophy in Multicultural Modernity.” Date and location to be announced soon.

For more information see our speakers and conferences page, which includes information about departmental talks—all of which are open to interested members of the public.

Available positions

Three of our faculty are hiring Undergraduate Research Assistants this summer.  Please drop off applications in Stephanie Michelle's mailbox in the Philosophy Dept