Philosophy

The Guelph Conference in Environmental Philosophy

October 13th & 14th, 2018

42 Carden Street, Downtown Guelph

The Philosophy of mind, language, and epistemology address questions about the nature of human cognition, language, and knowledge. The philosopy of mind explores the relationship between minds and bodies, artificial intelligence, and the nature of human consciousness and human perception. The philosophy of language explores the meaning of linguistic terms, semantics, and the ways in which language structures our world.

The committee has an ongoing to commitment to maintain open dialogue around issues of diversity and social climate. To this end, the committee organizes events aimed at inviting informed discussion around issues within the department and within the broader profession. The committee is also tasked with undertaking initiatives to measure the climate of our department and to keep the department informed on where we are strong and where we could do better.

Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy are interrlated fields that explore the values of the individual and society, what constitutes moral right and wrong, what our obligations are to others, the nature of justice, and the structure and legislative authority of the state. 

Who we are

Our committee for 23-24 is under construction.

Rowan Bell (Committee Chair)

Academic Philosophy has a diversity problem. More than any other discipline in the humanities, women and minorities are underrepresented at all levels among students and faculty. In recent years there has been a lot written about the climate of academic philosophy and how it contributes to this unhappy state of affairs. What we know is that climate problems discourage some women and minority students from pursuing philosophy degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level, and from pursuing philosophy as a profession.

The Philosophy Department at Guelph offers the opportunity to study topics and thinkers in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Periods. These were formative periods in the development of Western thought and the philosophers we study posed fundamental questions that still drive philosophical inquiry.