Philosophy News

Gus Skorburg is heading to Montreal for his upcoming sabbatical research leave, where he will be a Visiting Scholar at IVADO as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology at McGill University. Great news, Gus! 

Also, check out his substack for his latest insights on AI: 'Digital Wisdom: a New Essay Series.'

Big congratulations to philosopher Samantha Brennan, Dean of the College of Arts, who is part of a team that has been awarded a five-year SSHRC Insight Grant for The Age Gate Project: Rethinking the philosophical and empirical bases for using age thresholds to decide who holds rights and responsibilities.

2026 National College Ethics Bowl 

In June, John Russon hosted an international conference in Toronto on "Wittgenstein and Langua

Our MA student, Lucas DeClavasio, was interviewed on the APA blog -- it's a fantastic interview which highlights the MA in AI Ethics. Way to go, Lucas! 

Congratulations to Dr. John-Hacker Wright, who has been awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award in the College of Arts. Many of John's students sent letters in support of his nomination, and the award was truly desrved. Congratulations john!

Dr. Michael Ruse, distinguished philosopher of biology and Professor Emeritus, died on Nov. 1. Here are some reflections on his time at Guelph, from his friend and colleage Ken Dorter, University Professor Emeritus:

Congratulations to John Russon for two significant achivements. Dr. Russon has been awarded SSHRC funding. John's project, titled To Live in These Times, is briefly described here.

Dr. Mariam Thalos, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville will be visiting Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities in the College of Arts (Sept. 3 to Jan. 3)  Dr. Thalos has many philosophical interests, including Philosophy of Data Science and Digital Humanities.