Research in 2021
The Philosophy Department at 杏吧原创 University is home to an active research community. Members of the department publish in various subdisciplines of philosophy, including philosophy of mind and language, theoretical and practical ethics, feminist philosophy, the history of philosophy, philosophy of science, aesthetics, and other areas. Over half of our permanent faculty members hold external research grants. In the last couple of years, department members have published books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Rowman and Littlefield, and MIT Press. Philosophy students at 杏吧原创 often have the opportunity to engage in advanced research, in collaboration with and under the mentorship of faculty members.
Many department members are involved in interdisciplinary and collaborative research; we have close working relationships with colleagues in Cognitive Science, English, the School for Studies in Art and Culture, the College of the Humanities, Sociology/Anthropology, and Political Science, among other units. The department is also home to 杏吧原创 University’s Centre on Ethics and Values, an interdisciplinary research centre that takes advantage of 杏吧原创’s location in the national capital by fostering conversations about issues in ethics and public policy between academics and members of the public sector.
Achieved in 2021
Research Grants (awarded beginning 2021):
Melissa Frankel
FASS Mid-Career Research grant, 鈥淒reams in Early Modern Philosophy鈥: 10,000 CDN
Annie Lariv茅e
FASS Mid-career research grant. Project: 鈥淭he Return of Philosophy as a Way of Life?
Comparative Analysis of Five Conceptions of Philosophy in Antiquity鈥 ($10,000)
FASS 2021, Special COVID-19 Research assistantship grant, 杏吧原创 University ($2,000)
SaPP, Student as Partner Program, assistantship grant, 杏吧原创 University ($2,000)
Articles, Book Chapters, and Reviews
Kyla Bruff
鈥淭he Problem of the Organic State in F.W.J. Schelling鈥檚 Identity Philosophy,鈥 Comenius Jahrbuch 29, 2021.
Gabriele Contessa
鈥極n the Mitigation of Inductive Risk鈥, European Journal of Philosophy of Science,11: 1鈥14, 2021. [Refereed]
Eros Corazza
On the Pragmatics and Cognition of Naming. Newcastle upon Tyne UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (i-xiii + 137 pg.). ISBN: 1-5275-6931-4; ISBN13: 978-1-5275-6931-7, 2021
鈥淭he 鈥業鈥 in the Monad: Leibniz and the Essential Indexical鈥.
JOLMA The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts 2 (2): 147-64 (DOI 10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2021/02/005), 2021
鈥淔rege鈥檚 Legacy in the Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Mind鈥. In P. Stalmaszczyk (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press: 124-38, 2021
鈥淥n Anaphors Linked to Names used Metaphorically鈥. Organon F 28 (1): 253-68 (https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.28111), 2021
Gordon Davis
鈥淢edium of many Messages: Roles of Aesthetic Discourse in Philosophy and Religion鈥, in A. Peetush & S. Sikka (eds), Asian Philosophies and the Idea of Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Philosophy of Religion (Routledge 2021)
Jay Drydyk
With Indrani Sigamany. Char Dwellers鈥 Right to Development. In Living on the Edge: Towards Integrated and Inclusive Development in Bangladesh, ed. Mustafa Alam and Mohammad Zaman, pp. 57-72. New York: Springer, 2021.
With Lori Keleher. Development Ethics in Policy and Practice. In Handbook of Development Policy, ed. Habib Zafarullah & Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, pp. 126-36. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2021.
Healthy enough? A Capability Approach to Sufficiency and Equality. Canadian Journal of Practical Philosophy 5 (2021): 18-34. .
Jay Drydyk (2021) Capability and Oppression. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 22/4 (2021): 527-550.
Christine Koggel
Empowerment with Dr. Christine Koggel & Saji Prelis, Center for Values in International Development, Ethical Development Series Interview. Washington, DC, December 30, 2021.
Annie Lariv茅e
2021 鈥淲hat Happened to the Philosopher-Queens? On the 鈥楧isappearance鈥 of Female Rulers in Plato鈥檚 Statesman,鈥 J. Allard, I. Chouinard, Z. McConaughey, R. No毛l, A. Ramos (eds.), Women鈥檚 Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, 鈥楲ogic, Argumentation and Reasoning鈥 series, Springer, 61-90. Peer-reviewed.
2021. 鈥淪eneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius: Education as the Philosophical Art of Living,鈥 A History of Philosophy of Education in Antiquity, vol. I of the series A History of Western Philosophy of Education, D.Hansen, M. Laverty and A. Mintz (eds.), London, Bloomsbury Press, 202-33. Invited chapter.
Presented Talks:
Kyla Bruff
鈥淭he Role of the State in Schelling鈥檚 Political Philosophy,鈥 Panel: The Politics of German Idealism, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference, St. John鈥檚, Canada, October 15, 2021.
Gabriele Contessa
鈥楻adical Disagreement in Economics: The Case of Modern Monetary Theory鈥, International Network for Economic Method Bi-Annual Conference, Tempe, AZ, November 2021. [Online Presentation] [Refereed]
鈥楶ublic Trust in Science: A Social Approach鈥, Universit脿 di Pavia, December 2021.
Melissa Frankel
鈥淚dealism and Dreaming,鈥 Qu茅bec-Ontario Philosophy Conference, University of Qu茅bec-Montreal (host) (November 2021)
Annie Lariv茅e
2021. 鈥淧hilosophy as a 鈥榳ay of life鈥 or as an 鈥榓rt of life鈥? Hadot and Foucault on ancient philosophy鈥 Annual conference of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy (CSCP/SCPC), Memorial University, October. Invited plenary speaker
2021. 鈥淐learing up the confusion between art of life and way of life: A challenge to Hadot鈥檚 main interpretive concept,鈥 Philosophy as an Art of Life Symposium. H. Telo & M. Faustino (organisers), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, November (online). Invited talk.
2021. 鈥淓ducation and the Art of Life in Late Stoicism,鈥 Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, Megan Lafferty (organiser), Teacher鈥檚 College, Columbia University, on zoom, March 23. Invited talk\
David Matheson
鈥淎 Naturalist鈥檚 Perspective on Meaning in Religious Pursuits.鈥 Canadian
Philosophical Association, University of Alberta, 2021