St Andrews Philosophy
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews
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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...
St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees has been reviewed in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.
You can read the review here
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
You can read the review here
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses To Refugees - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice -
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees has been reviewed in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.
You can read the review here
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
You can read the review here
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
St Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social will be giving a talk on his book Against Identity at the G10 Festival of Great Ideas in Amsterdam Nov 21-23 alongside talks from other fantastic speakers. You can get tickets here: /https://www.g10vandeeconomie.nl/#D1
Festival G10 van de economie 2025
Welcome to G10 festival of great ideas on philosophy, science, and art. A unique opportunity to delve into the minds of the world’s leading thinkers. Make the invisible visible by drawing special conn...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
St Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social will be giving a talk on his book Against Identity at the G10 Festival of Great Ideas in Amsterdam Nov 21-23 alongside talks from other fantastic speakers. You can get tickets here: /https://www.g10vandeeconomie.nl/#D1
You can listen to St Andrews Philosopher @franzberto.bsky.social featured here on @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social discussing modal realism and imagination
🌍 Are possible worlds just as real as our own? And what role does imagination play in logic and metaphysics?
In this episode 🏓, I talk with Franz Berto, Professor at the University of St. Andrews, about modal realism, imagination, and what we can learn from reading Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
In this episode 🏓, I talk with Franz Berto, Professor at the University of St. Andrews, about modal realism, imagination, and what we can learn from reading Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
Franz Berto on modal realism, imagination and reading the Tractatus I EP 3
YouTube video by Ping Pong Philosophy
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October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
You can listen to St Andrews Philosopher @franzberto.bsky.social featured here on @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social discussing modal realism and imagination
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Back when I was an undergrad I stumbled upon a video of a certain Franz Berto who boldly claimed that the laws of logic are not only about how we reason in our mind, but that they applied to reality as such. Years later I was able sit down with him for a chat.
New episode of Ping Pong Φ out now!
New episode of Ping Pong Φ out now!
🌍 Are possible worlds just as real as our own? And what role does imagination play in logic and metaphysics?
In this episode 🏓, I talk with Franz Berto, Professor at the University of St. Andrews, about modal realism, imagination, and what we can learn from reading Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
In this episode 🏓, I talk with Franz Berto, Professor at the University of St. Andrews, about modal realism, imagination, and what we can learn from reading Wittgenstein’s Tractatus.
Franz Berto on modal realism, imagination and reading the Tractatus I EP 3
YouTube video by Ping Pong Philosophy
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October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Back when I was an undergrad I stumbled upon a video of a certain Franz Berto who boldly claimed that the laws of logic are not only about how we reason in our mind, but that they applied to reality as such. Years later I was able sit down with him for a chat.
New episode of Ping Pong Φ out now!
New episode of Ping Pong Φ out now!
St Andrews Philosopher Greg Restall will be giving the Wendy Huang Lectures in Philosophy in Taiwan next week philo.ntu.edu.tw/web/announce...
國立台灣大學哲學系
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October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
St Andrews Philosopher Greg Restall will be giving the Wendy Huang Lectures in Philosophy in Taiwan next week philo.ntu.edu.tw/web/announce...
St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum has co-authored this important piece for the @bmj.com
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Health professionals should be involved in setting research priorities
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson
Health professionals play a critical rol...
www.bmj.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum has co-authored this important piece for the @bmj.com
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
St Andrews philosopher Justin D'Ambrosio will be giving a talk on 'The Meaning of Means' today at the University of Glasgow
You can join virtually at 3pm here:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8600146360...
You can join virtually at 3pm here:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8600146360...
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
St Andrews philosopher Justin D'Ambrosio will be giving a talk on 'The Meaning of Means' today at the University of Glasgow
You can join virtually at 3pm here:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8600146360...
You can join virtually at 3pm here:
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8600146360...
This week, St Andrews Philosopher & specialist in medical ethics, Dr Joseph Millum, will give a talk on Ethical Decision-Making for Minors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Healthcare Ethics Speaker Series
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
October 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This week, St Andrews Philosopher & specialist in medical ethics, Dr Joseph Millum, will give a talk on Ethical Decision-Making for Minors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Healthcare Ethics Speaker Series
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith wrote this piece, based on his research, for The Independent on the record number of homeless deaths.
It argues homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable and should not be an accepted feature of our social landscapes
It argues homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable and should not be an accepted feature of our social landscapes
Homeless deaths hit a record high last year – and every one of them was preventable
Britain’s housing crisis is not just a policy failure but a moral one, says Bradley Hillier-Smith. When we treat the homeless as ‘nuisances’ and ‘pests’, we deny their humanity – and our own
www.independent.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith wrote this piece, based on his research, for The Independent on the record number of homeless deaths.
It argues homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable and should not be an accepted feature of our social landscapes
It argues homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable and should not be an accepted feature of our social landscapes
St Andrews philosopher Greg Restall is featured in this new philosophy channel.
🎙️ In the very first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy, I sit down with Greg Restall, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, to talk about possibilia, proof-theoretic semantics, and more!🏓 Full episode out now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
Greg Restall on possibilia, discussing logical pluralism with Graham Priest and more I EP 1 🏓
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October 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
St Andrews philosopher Greg Restall is featured in this new philosophy channel.
A recent review of St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book in Ethics and International Affairs:
'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees offers a novel, thoughtful, and persuasive ethical analysis
of how states should respond to refugees.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees offers a novel, thoughtful, and persuasive ethical analysis
of how states should respond to refugees.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSky
The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees, by Bradley Hillier-Smith (New York: Routledge, 2025), 286 pp., cloth $170, eBook $48.44. | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core
The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees, by Bradley Hillier-Smith (New York: Routledge, 2025), 286 pp., cloth 48.44. - Volume 39 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A recent review of St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book in Ethics and International Affairs:
'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees offers a novel, thoughtful, and persuasive ethical analysis
of how states should respond to refugees.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSky
'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees offers a novel, thoughtful, and persuasive ethical analysis
of how states should respond to refugees.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PhilSky
The University of St Andrews Philosophy Department is now accepting preliminary applications for the 2026 call for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships!
For more information, visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
For more information, visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships - Department of Philosophy - University of St Andrews
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The University of St Andrews Philosophy Department is now accepting preliminary applications for the 2026 call for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships!
For more information, visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
For more information, visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
Professor Jens Timmerman, a world-leading expert scholar on Kant's philosophy here at St Andrews, has just published a new book: Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie, through @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Professor Jens Timmerman, a world-leading expert scholar on Kant's philosophy here at St Andrews, has just published a new book: Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie, through @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
St Andrews is proud to rank as third best in the UK for philosophy in the Guardian university guide
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Best UK universities for philosophy – league table
The study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong – includes ethics, history of philosophy, logic
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September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
St Andrews is proud to rank as third best in the UK for philosophy in the Guardian university guide
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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St Andrews' resident philosopher of human rights Adam Etinson has two book chapters in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
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www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights is an outstanding resource covering key questions, problems, and debates in scholarship on the nature, justification, authority and relevance o...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
St Andrews' resident philosopher of human rights Adam Etinson has two book chapters in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
St Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social was invited onto BBC Free Thinking to discuss his recent thoughts, research and book on Against Identity
You can hear the interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And Alex's book is here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203...
#PhilSky
You can hear the interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And Alex's book is here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203...
#PhilSky
Free Thinking - Friendship - BBC Sounds
Matthew Sweet discusses the mythology, psychology and politics getting along with people.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
St Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social was invited onto BBC Free Thinking to discuss his recent thoughts, research and book on Against Identity
You can hear the interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And Alex's book is here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203...
#PhilSky
You can hear the interview here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
And Alex's book is here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203...
#PhilSky
You can hear St Andrews Philosopher Mara van der Lugt speak about her recent book Hopeful Pessimism on the Gray Area podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
Hopeful pessimism
Podcast Episode · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 14/07/2025 · 52m
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September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You can hear St Andrews Philosopher Mara van der Lugt speak about her recent book Hopeful Pessimism on the Gray Area podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
St Andrews philosopher of Human Rights @adametinson has co-edited the comprehensive and rich Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Human Rights with James Nickel
Essential reading for anyone interested in the Philosophy of Human Rights
plato.stanford.edu/entries/righ...
#PhilSky
Essential reading for anyone interested in the Philosophy of Human Rights
plato.stanford.edu/entries/righ...
#PhilSky
Human Rights (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
September 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
St Andrews philosopher of Human Rights @adametinson has co-edited the comprehensive and rich Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Human Rights with James Nickel
Essential reading for anyone interested in the Philosophy of Human Rights
plato.stanford.edu/entries/righ...
#PhilSky
Essential reading for anyone interested in the Philosophy of Human Rights
plato.stanford.edu/entries/righ...
#PhilSky
St Andrews philosopher Ben Sachs-Cobbe's overview and analysis of 'The Ethics of a State Pension' has just been published in Philosophy Compass.
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Ethics of the State Pension
This article suggests that future ethical analyses of state pensions should focus on either or both of two distinct ideal types of state pension, one of which is intended to serve a sufficientarian p...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
St Andrews philosopher Ben Sachs-Cobbe's overview and analysis of 'The Ethics of a State Pension' has just been published in Philosophy Compass.
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Philosophical Quarterly, hosted at St Andrews, has a call for papers for their latest special issue: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics'
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academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
academic.oup.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Philosophical Quarterly, hosted at St Andrews, has a call for papers for their latest special issue: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics'
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
There's still time to apply for a British Academy postdoc at St Andrews! Our internal deadline is 12 September. Details here
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships - Department of Philosophy - University of St Andrews
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
There's still time to apply for a British Academy postdoc at St Andrews! Our internal deadline is 12 September. Details here
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/r...
'The ethical ideal is not to replace a conformist identity with an individual one. It is to get rid of identity altogether'
Read St Andrews Philosopher @axdouglas.bsky.social 's piece for @aeon.co on the radical and potentially transformative idea of rejecting identity
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
Read St Andrews Philosopher @axdouglas.bsky.social 's piece for @aeon.co on the radical and potentially transformative idea of rejecting identity
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
How to be yourself, when you have no self. Lessons from Zhuangzi | Aeon Essays
As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight
aeon.co
September 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
'The ethical ideal is not to replace a conformist identity with an individual one. It is to get rid of identity altogether'
Read St Andrews Philosopher @axdouglas.bsky.social 's piece for @aeon.co on the radical and potentially transformative idea of rejecting identity
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
Read St Andrews Philosopher @axdouglas.bsky.social 's piece for @aeon.co on the radical and potentially transformative idea of rejecting identity
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
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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:
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.