colour photo Dr. D. Anthony Lariviere

Dr. D. Anthony Larivière

Associate Professor

Department: 
Email: 
dlarivie@lakeheadu.ca
Phone Number: 
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8347
Office Location: 
RB3005
Office Hours: 
please contact by university email dlarivie@lakeheadu.ca for appointments 
Academic Qualifications: 

MA McGill University
PhD University of Western Ontario

Research Interests: 

Dr. Anthony Larivière did graduate studies in philosophy at McGill University and the University of Western Ontario, where he received his PhD. His expertise is in the history and philosophy of science, especially the development and exploitation of scientific methods and methodologies, and in the intersections of scientific and other (particularly legal) standards of evidence and proof. His most recent work is on the relations between the concepts of privacy, state security, and secrecy, their deployment in government policy and legislation, and the viability of arguments for legal limitations on or extensions of these.

Current Teaching

Dr. Larivière teaches the following courses, though not all offered in the same year:

  • Introduction to Philosophy - Origins
  • Introduction to Philosophy - Modern Developments
  • Philosophy Research Methods
  • Early Modern Philosophy
  • Late Modern Philosophy
  • Death
  • Witch Hunts
  • Sport and Games
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Kant and the Nineteenth Century
  • Fourth-year seminar (semi-annual) in Winter term 2024 it is Strategic Thinking (or "Strategy or How to Win at Anything")