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Prof. Joshua Skorburg, IVADO visiting fellow at the Chair

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Prof. Joshua Skorburg will be a new visiting fellow at the Chair.

Fellow Bio: Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. From 2018-2022 he was Adjunct Professor in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He received his PhD in Philosophy in 2017 from the University of Oregon. His research spans topics in applied ethics and moral psychology.

Congratulations to Dr. Alexis Morin-Martel!

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:39:24 +0000

Alexis Morin-Martel successfully defended his PhD dissertation on March 18. Title of the dissertation: The Value of Trust

Jury members: Jocelyn Maclure, Natalie Stoljar, Daniel Weinstock, Mauro Rossi, Mark Alfano

Alexis will be a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of philosophy at Chapel Hill, starting in September 2026.

Liam B. Murphy, "If You Do Have the Power to Promise, We’ll Grant You All the Rest: Against (Natural) Moral Powers"

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:37:08 +0000

You are warmly invited to attend a lecture with Professor Liam B. Murphy, Herbert Peterfreund Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at New York University.

New Publication: “Pour un tournant institutionnel en éthique de l’IA”

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:55:18 +0000

This chapter, co-authored by Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel was published in Donner un sens à l’éthique publique : Mélange en l’honneur de Luc Bégin edited by Patrick Turmel.

For more information, visit the Presses de l’Université Laval site

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:58 +0000

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in Vocabulaire critique de l’intelligence artificielle, a book edited by Thierry Ménissier.

The book was published in November 2025.

Read chapter: AI and Semantic Understanding

Panel discussion: Women in Early Modern Philosophy

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:11:00 +0000

Sponsored by the Equity and Climate Committee of the Department of Philosophy and funded by the SSHRC Partnership projectNew Narratives in the History of Philosophy.

A Conversation on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:13:57 +0000

An informal Seminar on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted with the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.

The Enforcement Threshold Approach to Harm Reduction

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:11:42 +0000

Lecture given by Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted by the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy

Jarislowsky Lecture Series: Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:42:22 +0000

Jarislowsky Lecture Series: Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief Workshop by Michael Cholbi

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

Event Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:07:57 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon.

Event "Should We Worry About the Welfare of AI?" Roundtable with Jocelyn Maclure, Jonathan Simon and Heather Alexander

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:12:47 +0000

*THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please email julia.houwen [at] mcgill.ca to register*

Keven Bisson, "Longtermism's Techno-Narrative and its Criticisms"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:11:50 +0000

Work in Progress Seminar Series | Winter 2023 “Longtermism's Techno-Narrative and its Criticisms”

Keven Bisson
Friday, March 3, 2023
3:30-5:30 PM
Leacock Building, Room 927

Eric Wilkinson, "Logical Intuitionism"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:14:11 +0000

Work in Progress Seminar Series | Winter 2023 “Logical Intuitionism”

Eric Wilkinson
Friday, March 24, 2023
3:30-5:30 PM
Leacock Building, Room 927

Philosophy Departmental Advising

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:16:08 +0000

Topic: Philosophy Departmental Advising
Time: August 26, 2020 01:30-2:30 PM Montreal
Join Zoom Meeting: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/97848622142

Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series

saleema.nawaz@mcgill.ca — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:01:39 +0000

"Casual Definitions and the Unity of Substance in Metaphysics Z"

Prof. Michael Ferejohn

Department of Philosophy

Duke University

All are welcome.