DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

ST. GEORGE CAMPUS

JOB POSTINGS FOR SESSIONAL LECTURERS

2007-2008 ACADEMIC SESSION

The following jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Effective Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Closing Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007

How to submit an application:

Please submit the following items to:

Professor Joseph Heath, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto. Email to: Professor Joseph Heath

1. A CV of no more than three pages,
2. A letter of application
3. A CUPE application form

Note: If you are applying for multiple positions or have applied for positions advertised earlier for the Summer 2007 academic session, you do not need to submit multiple CVs or CUPE application forms. Unless you need to update the information you've submitted previously, an electronic letter of application indicating the positions for which you'd like to be considered is sufficient.

Email submissions are preferred. A valid email address is required. Please do not submit additional materials unless requested.

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First term

PHL 304H1F, Aristotle. Monday 6-9pm

Selected anthropological, ethical and metaphysical themes in the works of Aristotle.

Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 2007

Estimated Enrolment: 40

Estimated TA Support: none

Salary: $6,675 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery assignments, tests, and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.

PHL337H1F, Topics in Chinese Philosophy. Wednesday 9am-12pm

An intermediate level treatment of such topics as: human nature; good and evil; the role of emotions; the metaphysical ultimate.

Sept. 1-Dec. 30, 2007

Estimated Enrolment: 40

Estimated TA Support: none.

Salary: $6,275 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in Philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course would be highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.

PHL375H1F, Ethics. Thursday 6-9pm

An intermediate-level study of selected issues in moral philosophy, or of influential contemporary or historical works in ethical theory.

Sept. 1-Dec. 30, 2007

Estimated Enrolment: 38

Estimated TA Support: none.

Salary: $6,275 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in Philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course would be highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.

PHL382H1F, Ethics: Death and Dying. Wednesday 6-9pm

An intermediate-level study of moral and legal problems, including the philosophical significance of death, the high-tech prolongation of life, definition and determination of death, suicide, active and passive euthanasia, the withholding of treatment, palliative care and the control of pain, living wills; recent judicial decisions.

Sept. 1-Dec. 30, 2007

Estimated Enrolment: 125

Estimated TA Support: 150 hours

Salary: $6,275 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in Philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course would be highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.

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Second Term

PHL312S, Heidegger. Monday 6-9pm

Some work from the 1920's either Being and Time or contemporary lectures and selections from Heidegger's later work on poetry, technology, and history are studied. Heidegger's position within phenomenology and within the broader history of thought is charted.

Jan. 1-April 30, 2008

Estimated Enrolment: 40

Estimated TA Support: none

Salary: $6,275 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in Philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course would be highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.

PHL326H1S, Wittgenstein. Monday 9am-12pm

Wittgenstein's views on the structure and function of language, meaning, the possibility of a private language, and the concepts of feeling and thinking. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations.

Jan. 1-April 30, 2008

Estimated Enrolment: 40

Estimated TA Support: none

Salary: $6,275 (Sessional Lecturer I), $6,775 (Sessional Lecturer II)

Qualifications: PhD in Philosophy is preferred, but applicants who have completed all the course work requirements for a PhD in philosophy will also be considered. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course would be highly desirable.

Duties: Preparation and delivery of course material; supervision of teaching assistants; preparation and delivery of assignments, tests and examination; marking of student work; submission of grades to university officials; reasonable student contact hours.