Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
Guidelines for Completing the Letter of Appraisal
When writing your comments, bear in mind that applications are reviewed by a multidisciplinary selection committee, some members of which may not be familiar with the field or sub-field in which the candidate proposes to study. Your Letter of Appraisal should inform the selection committee about the following: the candidate's background preparation, originality, judgement, written and oral skills, and skill at research; the proposal's theoretical framework, its relation to the field, and its methodology; the merits and shortcomings of both the candidate and the program of study; the importance to the discipline of the journals in which the candidate has published and/or the candidate's prospects for publication; the appropriateness of the institution that will award the degree; and, if applicable, the candidate's proficiency in the foreign language(s) necessary to pursue the program of study.
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Letter of Appraisal
For Doctoral Awards
Note: Also available as a form-fillable PDF file at [Link]. Name of applicant Telephone
URGENT - DEADLINE MATERIAL MUST BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT IN A SEALED ENVELOPE BY:
Michael Kryluk
Address
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Isabella St., Unit# 202
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City/Municipality:Toronto Prov/State:ON Postal/Zip: M4Y 1N7 Country: Canada The information you provide is for adjudication purposes only. It is retained in the applicant's file and is protected by the federal Privacy Act or by corresponding provincial legislation. Federal legislation permits reviewer comments to be disclosed to the candidates, except for references to other persons and their identities, and except for the name and personal information of the reviewer. Provincial legislation may vary.
I have Comments read not read the applicant's program of study.
I am writing to support Michael Kryluk's application for a SSHRC scholarship. Michael took two 300-level courses with me in the Department of Philosophy, the first on Phenomenology and the second on Heidegger. His performance in class and on the assignments put him at the top of a talented group of students not only in each course but that I have taught at the University of Toronto. Michael is bright, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and show every potential of a student who will thrive in graduate school. Michael submitted several shorter and longer essays in the course he completed with me. Among the topics on which he wrote are: (1) how Franz Brentano's account of the individuation and accessability of mental phenomena might avoid the charge of solipsism; (2) how Edmund Husserl's account of intentional expience improves on Brentano's notion of mental phenomena; (3) why Maurice Merleau-Ponty's conception of being-in-the-world is not susceptible to the shortcomings of exclusively physiological or exclusively psychological explanations of perception, shortcoming manifest especially in reference to the famous case of a phantom limb experienced by some war veterans; and (4) an evaluation of Heidegger's "internal critique" of Husserl, according to which Husserl fails to apply consistently his own principle that phenomenology must return to "the matters themselves." In all of this work, Michael showed real maturity in his ability to develop and to address philosophical problems. He also was attentive to historical dimensions of the ideas and arguments without losing a philosophical focus in discussing them. Michael's writing is clear even when the material he is tackling isn't. Indeed, he was persistent in working through the notoriously dense "continental" texts discussed in both courses. All of these points demonstrate that Michael is an exceptionally talented students who deserves to be supported in his graduate studies.
I have known the applicant in my capacity as Name of referee (print)
lecturer
for
2.5
years.
Dr. Sol Goldberg
Subject field Department/Division Organization
Continental philosophy
Academic rank
Lecturer
E-mail
University of Toronto
[Link]@[Link]
Telephone number Date Signature
416-9781459
October 12, 2012
Doctoral Award (PDF 2012)
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