May 2 - 4, 2025
University College (15 King's College Cir), Room 161
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Epistemic Achievements
Global Perspectives
Departments of Philosophy
University of Toronto & Toronto Metropolitan University
Attendance is free and open to the public.
No registration required.
Various philosophical traditions, east and west, offer rich and alternative ways of theorizing about varieties of epistemic achievements and virtues. To explore this approach, we aim to bring experts and scholars from ten different traditions in conversation with each other and contemporary epistemologists. These will include some of the perspectives from the Africana, Arabic, Chinese, Early Modern European, Greek, Indigenous Andean, Jewish, Latin American, Medieval Latin, and South Asian traditions.
Speakers
Speakers
Zeyad El Nabolsy (York University)
Participation as an Epistemic Achievement in African Philosophy
Maria Heim (Amherst College)
‘Some hold back and some overreach; only those with eyes see’: Buddhaghosa on Learning How to See
Jing Iris Hu (Concordia)
What Does Standing in Comparison to Moral Exemplars Tell Us About Ourselves?
Jari Kaukua (University of Jyväskylä)
Between Epistemic Optimism and Pessimism: Before and after Avicenna
Tamer Nawar (Barcelona)
The Epistemic Implications of Divine Omniscience and Foreknowledge
Christiana Olfert (Tufts)
“What is the aim of Pyrrhonian Skepticism?”
Yitzhak Melamed (Hopkins)
The Apikorsut of the Void: A Heresy beyond All Heresies
Kristin Primus (Berkeley)
Our Knowledge of Thought
Jorge H. Sanchez-Perez (Alberta)
The Harmony of Reality and the Duties of Knowledge: Epistemic Humility and Moral Obligations
Clinton Tolley (UC San Diego)
'in xóchitl in cuícatl': Flower, Song, and the ('Romantic') Elevation of the Aesthetic Dimension of Truth and Knowledge in Ancient and Modern Mexican Philosophy
Associated Workshops on Pedagogy
Associated Workshops on Pedagogy
March Workshop
March Workshop
How to integrate Chinese philosophy into your teaching
How to integrate Chinese philosophy into your teaching
Julianne Chung (York)
Derong Chen (UTM)
How to integrate Sanskrit philosophy into your teaching
Nilanjan Das (UofT)
Elisa Freshi (UofT)
Moderator: Katharine O'Reilly (TMU)
March 18, 2025 | 6pm to 8pm
University of Toronto, JHB 100
April Workshop
April Workshop
How to integrate indigenous and Latin American philosophy into your teaching
Jennifer Komorowski (TMU)
Eric Bayruns García (McMaster)
How to integrate Africana philosophy into your teaching
William Paris (UofT)
Jeta Mulaj (TMU)
Moderator: Zeyad El Nabolsy (York)
April 22, 2025 | 6pm to 8pm
University of Toronto, JHB 100
Organizers: Pirachula Chulanon (TMU) & Reza Hadisi (UofT)
Collaborators: Sara Aronowitz (UofT), Zeyad El Nablosy (York)
The event is co-sponsored by:
The Department of Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Vice-Dean, Research & Infrastructure, FAS, University of Toronto
Center for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
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