Current Philosophy Events
The Department of Philosophy regularly host Departmental Colloquia as well as the Philosophy Workshop Series. For other philosophy events at McGill and in Montreal, see Other Philosophy Events.
FALL 2013
Fri. Sept 13
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Robert Hopkins, NYU
The Real Challenge to Photography (as Communicative Representational Art)
Fri. Sept 27
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Georgina Born, Oxford
Relationship Ontologies and Social Forms in Digital Music
Fri. Oct 18
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt
A Critical Phenomenology of Solitary Confinement
Fri. Nov 22
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Mauro Rossi, UQAM
Wellbeing, Preference Satisfaction, and Interpersonal Utaily Comparisons
Fri. Nov 29
Bruno Whittle, Yale
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Incompleteness and the Limits of Mathematical Knowledge
SUMMER 2013
August 21-23, 2013
Normativity in Perception Conference
This is an invitation to all students, postdocs and faculty members to an international conference on Normativity in Perception being held at McGill University from 21-23 August, 2013. This conference combines analytical, phenomenological, and psychopathological perspectives to address the question of the nature of norms in perceptual experience. The conference will feature several prominent international philosophers working within or at the intersections of these disciplines. Please see the attached schedule for titles and times.
normativity_conference_2013_schedule.doc
Monday, June 10, 2013
Launch of The Video Art of Sylvia Safdie by Eric Lewis
5 – 7 p.m.
Sala Rossa
4848 St-Laurent
Montreal, QC
Friday, May 17
Launch of Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005)– La bibliothèque d’un philosophe
l’Auditorium du Centre d’archives de Montréal de BAnQ,
535, avenue Viger Est
6 p.m. (conference)
7 p.m. (launch)
RSVP by Wed. May 15 via email: rsvp [at] banq.qc.ca.
November 2012 - August 2013
Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005) – La bibliothèque d'un philosophe Exhibition
From November 13, 2012 to August 25, 2013
Grande Bibliothèque
Main exhibition hall, Level M
475, boulevard De Maisonneuve Est
Montréal
Free admission Tuesdays through Fridays, from 12 noon to 9 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm.
The exhibition is a BAnQ production.
Please check this page regularly for updates.