Latest Past Events

Rotman Graduate Student Conference (RGSC2021): Complexity & Explanation

Virtual (register for Zoom link)

The Rotman Institute of Philosophy is excited to announce the inaugural Rotman Graduate Student Conference (RGSC2021), taking place on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16, 2021 over Zoom. We are pleased to announce biologist, Dr. Daniel McShea (Duke University) and Presidential Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Muhammad Ali Khalidi (City University of New York) as [...]

Eva Jablonka: Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

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Join us for a virtual talk by geneticist Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv University) on inheritance systems and the extended evolutionary synthesis. This event will take place via zoom. REGISTER TO ATTEND ABSTRACT There is a debate among evolutionary biologists today about the need to significantly revise the neo-Darwinian model of evolution that was dominant over [...]

Karen Adolph: Infant Motor development

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The philosophy of cognitive science reading group will host Karen Adolph for a virtual talk on her 2019 paper, Motor development: Embodied, embedded, enculturated, and enabling, co-authored with Justine Hoch. Individuals interested in attending the talk need not participate in the reading group, but will need to register to receive a link to the [...]