Franz Berto
@franzberto.bsky.social
Logic & Ontology
Uni of St Andrews
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/people/fb96
Uni of Amsterdam
https://www.illc.uva.nl/People/person/4354/Prof-dr-Franz-Berto
Editor of The Philosophical Quarterly
https://academic.oup.com/pq
Uni of St Andrews
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/people/fb96
Uni of Amsterdam
https://www.illc.uva.nl/People/person/4354/Prof-dr-Franz-Berto
Editor of The Philosophical Quarterly
https://academic.oup.com/pq
Pinned
'Impossible Worlds are Here to Stay' is out! Link below. 2K-word critical commentaries on it can be submitted to Crítica Editor Santiago Echeverri(santiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx) by July 31.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
'Impossible Worlds are Here to Stay' is out! Link below. 2K-word critical commentaries on it can be submitted to Crítica Editor Santiago Echeverri(santiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx) by July 31.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
'Impossible Worlds are Here to Stay' is out! Link below. 2K-word critical commentaries on it can be submitted to Crítica Editor Santiago Echeverri(santiago.echeverri@filosoficas.unam.mx) by July 31.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.
The updated SEP entry on #Hyperintensionality is online!
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
Hyperintensionality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The updated SEP entry on #Hyperintensionality is online!
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
Reposted by Franz Berto
Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:
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June 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:
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It's World #Logic Day and this year, too, I plan to make valid inferences all day, while ignoring what I'm talking about and whether what I say is true. 🙂
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
World Logic Day
14 January
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January 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
It's World #Logic Day and this year, too, I plan to make valid inferences all day, while ignoring what I'm talking about and whether what I say is true. 🙂
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
Must sometimes brag about PhDs I've supervised... Here's Levin with an impossibility result concerning AI safety, obtained *just by logic*:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here's Francisca using topic-neutrality as the mark of logical vocabulary:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here's Francisca using topic-neutrality as the mark of logical vocabulary:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Must sometimes brag about PhDs I've supervised... Here's Levin with an impossibility result concerning AI safety, obtained *just by logic*:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here's Francisca using topic-neutrality as the mark of logical vocabulary:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here's Francisca using topic-neutrality as the mark of logical vocabulary:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Little paper 'Saying the Same Thing' is out in Erkenntnis, Open Access here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Little paper 'Saying the Same Thing' is out in Erkenntnis, Open Access here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pablo of @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social interviews me for his podcast and I reveal who my favourite living philosopher is (I see y'all on the edge of your seat):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KdK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KdK...
Franz Berto on modal realism, imagination and reading the Tractatus I EP 3
YouTube video by Ping Pong Philosophy
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October 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Pablo of @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social interviews me for his podcast and I reveal who my favourite living philosopher is (I see y'all on the edge of your seat):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KdK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KdK...
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
At @standrewsphil.bsky.social we have now appointed -- hold your hats -- Jennifer Saul, Amie Thomasson, and Stephen Gardiner as Professorial Fellows:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At @standrewsphil.bsky.social we have now appointed -- hold your hats -- Jennifer Saul, Amie Thomasson, and Stephen Gardiner as Professorial Fellows:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.
Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
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Forthcoming in Ergo, why we should ditch Williamson's 'heuristics' for counterfactuals:
philpapers.org/archive/BERT...
Thx to the editors for the smooth processing: your online submission system is cool!
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
philpapers.org/archive/BERT...
Thx to the editors for the smooth processing: your online submission system is cool!
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Forthcoming in Ergo, why we should ditch Williamson's 'heuristics' for counterfactuals:
philpapers.org/archive/BERT...
Thx to the editors for the smooth processing: your online submission system is cool!
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
philpapers.org/archive/BERT...
Thx to the editors for the smooth processing: your online submission system is cool!
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
So currently our paper is the 2nd most read in Mind. This'd be all good and well, if we hadn't been beaten by... Some bloke's 75 year old stuff. 😎
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
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@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social @oupphilosophy.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
So currently our paper is the 2nd most read in Mind. This'd be all good and well, if we hadn't been beaten by... Some bloke's 75 year old stuff. 😎
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social @oupphilosophy.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social @oupphilosophy.bsky.social
The third 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3
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academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The third 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
We have *three* new lecturers joining the castle -- ehm, the department @standrewsphil.bsky.social : Alice Murphy @alicemurphs.bsky.social, Matthew Vermaire, Nick Wiltsher @nickwiltsher.bsky.social. Welcome folks!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We have *three* new lecturers joining the castle -- ehm, the department @standrewsphil.bsky.social : Alice Murphy @alicemurphs.bsky.social, Matthew Vermaire, Nick Wiltsher @nickwiltsher.bsky.social. Welcome folks!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
'The Logic of Dynamical Systems Is Relevant' is out!
(Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Relevant Logic Again.)
Download here, Open Access of course:
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
(Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Relevant Logic Again.)
Download here, Open Access of course:
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'The Logic of Dynamical Systems Is Relevant' is out!
(Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Relevant Logic Again.)
Download here, Open Access of course:
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
(Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Relevant Logic Again.)
Download here, Open Access of course:
academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social
Philosophers: spread the word! Starting May 27, Arché celebrates its founder in a three-day Crispin Wright conference. Like anyone who knows what Crispin has meant for this place, I am so happy that this is happening. Programme here:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
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www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Philosophers: spread the word! Starting May 27, Arché celebrates its founder in a three-day Crispin Wright conference. Like anyone who knows what Crispin has meant for this place, I am so happy that this is happening. Programme here:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
Reposted by Franz Berto
Coming up on 10 June: the finals of The Ethics Cup, an ethics debating tournament hosted by our department that emphasises substance over style and tries to inculcate important civic virtues like intellectual humility, civility and tolerance.
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophymatters
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
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March 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Coming up on 10 June: the finals of The Ethics Cup, an ethics debating tournament hosted by our department that emphasises substance over style and tries to inculcate important civic virtues like intellectual humility, civility and tolerance.
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophymatters
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophymatters
Reposted by Franz Berto
Get your ticket! Our own Ben Sachs-Cobbe has put together an exciting event for the 2025 Edinburgh Science Festival, covering the ethical pros and cons of asymptomatic testing for Alzheimer’s biomarkers.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
#philosophymatters
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
#philosophymatters
Alzheimer's: To Test or Not to Test - Edinburgh Science
Soon it will be possible to diagnose health conditions such as Alzheimer’s years ahead of time. But would you want to know?
www.edinburghscience.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Get your ticket! Our own Ben Sachs-Cobbe has put together an exciting event for the 2025 Edinburgh Science Festival, covering the ethical pros and cons of asymptomatic testing for Alzheimer’s biomarkers.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
#philosophymatters
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
#philosophymatters
Reposted by Franz Berto
Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
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Call for Papers: Themes From David Lewis’s Metaphysics
Guest Editor: Prof. Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham)
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026
Scope
2026 marks forty years since the publication of David L
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April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
Call for Papers: Themes From David Lewis’s Metaphysics
Guest Editor: Prof. Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham)
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026
Scope
2026 marks forty years since the publication of David L
academic.oup.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
Philosophers: spread the word!! Full-time research postdoc, 3 year job in St Andrews-Arché within the Leverhulme-funded WIKI project:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Philosophers: spread the word!! Full-time research postdoc, 3 year job in St Andrews-Arché within the Leverhulme-funded WIKI project:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.
The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2
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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
St Andrews Philosophy is on Bluesky!
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Follow us to know what happens in the place with (as legend has it) the highest density of philosophers in the world. :-)
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
Follow us to know what happens in the place with (as legend has it) the highest density of philosophers in the world. :-)
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
St Andrews Philosophy is on Bluesky!
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
Follow us to know what happens in the place with (as legend has it) the highest density of philosophers in the world. :-)
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
Follow us to know what happens in the place with (as legend has it) the highest density of philosophers in the world. :-)
Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews
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March 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!
philjobs.org/job/show/28814
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