J. Hugh Hunter

Where I went to School
  • Humboldt Universität, Berlin (Post-Doc) 
  • University of Toronto (PhD in the History of Philosophy)
  • University of British Columbia (MA Philosophy)
  • University of Ottawa (BA Philosophy)
  • Augustine College (Diploma)
Places I've taught
  • Dominican College, Ottawa
  • University of Ottawa, Ottawa
  • Algonquin College, Ottawa
  • University of Toronto, Toronto
  • Tyndale University, Toronto
  • University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • Laurentian Leadership Centre, Ottawa
Topics I'm interested in
  • Early Modern Philosophy (especially the Empiricists)
  • Ancient Philosophy (especially Sophists, Plato and Epicurus)
  • Metaphysics (especially composition, the Philosophy of  Religion)
  • Berkeleian immaterialism/idealism/subjective idealism
Stuff I've Published
  • “Malebranche, Berkeley and the Path to Idealism”, Science et Esprit 70/1 (2018) 41-50.
  •  “Berkeley’s Suitcase”, Philosophy Now, Dec 16 -Jan 17 (Discussion here)
  • “George Berkeley’s Proof for the Existence of God”, International Journal of the Philosophy of Religion, June 2015.
  • “The Scale of the Universe and the Religious View”, First Things (January 19, 2015)
  • “Lucretius on Swerves and Freedom”, Dionysius, 32 (2014) 71-81.
  • “Berkeley on Doing Good and Meaning Well” in Berkeley’s Moral and Social Philosophy, ed. Sebastien Charles (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2015).
  • “Xenophon and the ‘City Without Walls’” in Contours of Privacy, ed. David Matheson, (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009) 31-47.
Talks I've been invited to give
  • ​2018, “Berkeleian Minds” – First Berkeley Colloquium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, May 7-8.
  • 2016, “Divided Kingdoms” – Theology and the Philosophy of Science: Analytic, Scholastic and Historical Perspectives, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton, October 14-15.
  • 2016, “George Berkeley and the Puzzle of Microscopical Eyes” – Trinity College, Dublin, March 3.
  • 2014, “Leibniz, Berkeley, and the Miracle of Failure” –  Leibniz’ Monadology, 1714-2014, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, December 4.
  • 2013, “Berkeley on the Freedom of the Will” – Humboldt-Toronto-Groningen Workshop in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, University of Groningen, Groningen, December 5-7
Regular old conference presentations
  • 2017, “George Berkeley’s Immaterial Cosmopolis” – From Cosmopolis to Cosmopolitanisms, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, October 18-22.
  • 2017, “Berkeleian Notions” – Epistemology and its History, Dominican University College, October 19-21.
  • 2016, “The Secret Composition of the Hidden World” – Secret/s & Surveillance, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, October 26-30.
  • 2015, “Millian Tolerance: A Critique” – Tolerance in Democratic Society: Scope and Limits, Dominican University, Ottawa, Apr 24
  • 2014, “George Berkeley’s Proof of the Existence of God” – 6th Quebec Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Université de Quebec a Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, September 25-27.
  • 2014, “The Freedom of ‘Living Things’ in De Rerum Natura” – Annual Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Brock University, St. Catharines, May 25-28
  • 2014, “Berkeley on What does not change in different Ages or Nations” – Roundtable on Tolerance, Nationality and Community Identity, Dominican University, Ottawa, April 11
  • 2012, “Berkeley on Doing Good and Meaning Well” – International Berkeley Conference: Berkeley on Moral and Social Philosophy, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, June 1-4
  • 2011, “Berkeley and the Price of Tulips”, International Berkeley Society session at the APA Eastern Division meeting in Washington, DC, December 27-30
  • 2010, “Why Berkeley’s Minds are Free” – Berkeley’s Philosophy of Mind Workshop: University of Western Ontario, September 24-25
  • 2009, “Plato and the ‘Art of Antilogic’” – Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Conference: Fordham University, October 15-16
  • 2008, “Goodbye Epicurus” – Late Antique World Workshop: University of Ottawa, September 20-21
  • 2008, “Plato’s Rhetorical Proof for the Immortality of the Soul” – with coauthor Russell Jones, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Conference: Fordham University, October 24-6
  • 2007, “Hume’s Unintended Design Argument” – University of Calgary Graduate Conference: University of Calgary, September 27-October 1
  • 2006,“Xenophon’s Defensive Strategy” – Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies 7th Annual Graduate Conference: University of British Columbia, May 13
  • 2005, “Xenophon, Socrates, and the Regulation of Privacy” – Contours of Privacy: Social Psychological and Normative Perspectives: Carleton University, November 6
Departmental Talks
  • 2013, “Berkeley and the Causal Remoteness Problem” – Transformationen des Geistes Working Group Seminar, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, April 15
  • 2012, “Berkeley on Bodies” – Early Modern Philosophy Group, University of Toronto, September 14
  • 2012, “Berkeley and the Price of Tulips”, Early Modern Philosophy Group: University of Toronto, January 20
  • 2011, “The Poet, the Bishop, and the Philosophers” – Early Modern Philosophy Group: University of Toronto, January 31
  • 2006, “Plato’s Sneer” – Green College Member Speaker Series: University of British Columbia, January 23