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AJ Cotnoir
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Philosopher at University of St Andrews
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September 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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At @standrewsphil.bsky.social we have now appointed -- hold your hats -- Jennifer Saul, Amie Thomasson, and Stephen Gardiner as Professorial Fellows:

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PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Finally available for purchase! There is a lot of good stuff in here. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence
Abstract. That something may be ‘present’ or ‘located’ at or in every place is a view that many thinkers, past and present, have held. Typically omnipresen
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June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Really looking forward to this!
May 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Looking forward to this!
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April 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Deadline in a week! Feel free to share, and get in touch if you're thinking about applying.
Deadline for this has been extended to 28 February. Please share widely, thanks!
2-year Research Fellowship for my EPSRC-funded Unity Project at the Arché: Philosophical Research Centre. Looking for a metaphysician with background in philosophy of science, cognitive science, or formal ontology.

Apply here (deadline 31 January): www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
February 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Metaphysical Indeterminacy Conference
University of St Andrews, 17-18 June 2025

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
See official webpage: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
February 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Reposted by AJ Cotnoir
I’m organizing a conference for philosophy graduate students—The 14th Annual Arché Graduate Conference! This will be a great opportunity for students to present their work, network, and spend some time on the charming Scottish coastal town, St Andrews! Please share with your network. #philsky
February 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Forthcoming in RSL: Imagination, Mereotopology, and Topic Expansion

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Thanks to Aybuke Ozgun for all the hard work (and patience!) on this one.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by AJ Cotnoir
Now online: Jens Timmermann: Kant's Will at the Crossroads: An Essay on the Failings of Practical Rationality - Lucy Allais - The Journal of Philosophy (Philosophy Documentation Center)
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Jens Timmermann: Kant's Will at the Crossroads: An Essay on the Failings of Practical Rationality - Volume 121, Issue 9, September 2024
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January 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Deadline for this has been extended to 28 February. Please share widely, thanks!
2-year Research Fellowship for my EPSRC-funded Unity Project at the Arché: Philosophical Research Centre. Looking for a metaphysician with background in philosophy of science, cognitive science, or formal ontology.

Apply here (deadline 31 January): www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
January 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
2-year Research Fellowship for my EPSRC-funded Unity Project at the Arché: Philosophical Research Centre. Looking for a metaphysician with background in philosophy of science, cognitive science, or formal ontology.

Apply here (deadline 31 January): www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
We had Graham Priest in the Unity Seminar today talking about 'The Paradox at the Boundary of Everything'.
November 25, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Ah yes, reminds me of the "Metaphysical" section of the bookstore.
I was really pleased to find my local library has a "Philosophy" section. Less pleased to see the three subsections: "Angels", "Ghosts" and "Astrology".
November 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Great to see this coming out in print! My contribution is the final chapter, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I develop a new theory of omnipresence, compatible with doctrines of divine simplicity and (virtually) all mereological harmony principles.

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November 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
We are living in the golden age of optical illusions.
The Extinction Illusion: The left side and the right side have the same number of black dots

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November 18, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Testing, testing. Check 1, 2, 3.
November 18, 2024 at 8:51 AM