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October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Paper forthcoming in Erkenntnis, preprint here:

philpapers.org/archive/BERS...
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Take that, Alan!
July 21, 2025 at 1:18 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.
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 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
June 30, 2025 at 1:21 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
June 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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
June 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The third 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3

@standrewsphil.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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...
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
'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
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 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.
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2

@standrewsphil.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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. :-)
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Look at the Arché Metaphysical Indeterminacy Conference! June 17-18, 2025. Info here:

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Philosophers: spread the word! We'll have a special issue of The Philosophical Quarterly on *The Philosophy of Uncertainty*. Guest Editor Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social -- who also came up with The cool cover pic.
Call for papers here:

academic.oup.com/pq/pages/spe...
February 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Forthcoming in Mind: 'The Logic of Dynamical Systems Is Relevant' - with @levinhornischer.bsky.social
Our only excuse to come up with yet another interpretation for the Routley-Meyer semantics, is that we finally nailed it! (Not that I'm partial). 🙂
Preprint here:
philpapers.org/rec/HORTLO-15
January 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Spread the word! Another postdoc job in St Andrews-Arché, in the @leverhulme.bsky.social-funded WIKI project! Apply from here:

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Looking for a specialist of logic and/or the psychology of reasoning, ideally with expertise in hypothetical thought.
January 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Leverhulme-funded WIKI project on the logic of counterfactual thought begins today, will last 4 years:

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/projec...

We've hired Soroush Rafiee Rad as first postdoc www.rafieerad.org/index.html , while Ale Rossi will help with my teaching and share research fun with us.
January 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Metaphysicians, spread the word! Aaron is looking for a postdoc within his biggish Unity project. Apply, come to Arché, have research fun with us! Details and info on how to apply here:

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 26, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Merry Xmas!
December 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Cool, so now I have yet another place where I can post my philosophical nonsense
November 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM