The 2019 St Andrews Gifford Lectures Mark Johnston Henry Putnam University Professor Director of Cognitive Science Princeton University We are delighted to welcome Prof Mark Johnston of Princeton University to give the 2019 St Andrews Gifford Lectures. Lectures take place from 5.15 pm – 6.45 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Tuesday … Read more
The 2024 St Andrews Gifford Lectures Prof. Clare Carlisle (King’s College London) will give a series of Gifford Lectures in St Andrews this coming semester, beginning on Tuesday 19 March. The title of the series is Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy. Biography is a humble literary genre, yet it opens up grand philosophical … Read more
Applications are now open for the 3rd Annual Graduate Conference at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (CEPPA) at the University of St Andrews. The conference seeks to provide a platform for early career researchers working in moral and political philosophy to discuss their work in a collaborative and friendly environment. Submissions should broadly … Read more
Julia Driver is CEPPA Professorial Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Johns Hopkins University. She works in normative ethics, metaethics, moral psychology, and the history of Sentimentalism, especially with respect to the work of David Hume. She is the author of … Read more
Philosophy in Schools Conference University of St Andrews, Arts Lecture Theatre. Saturday 2 November 2019, 10.30 – 5.15 pm. (Refreshments available from 10.00) The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce its third conference on teaching philosophy to children at nursery, primary and secondary levels. The emphasis will be on practical methods of teaching philosophy, … Read more
Alex Douglas recently appeared on the BBC World Service programme ‘In the balance’.
Katherine Hawley is one of ‘the ten thinkers on Brexit’. Please read the article on ‘What is the most democratic way to solve the Brexit crisis?‘
Monday 22nd April 5-6:30pm, Edgecliffe 104 ‘Against Collective Responsibility’ —- Tuesday 23rd April 5-6:30, School II ‘On the Responsibilty of Academics Studying War’
Read this article, ‘Why Fear and Anger are Rational Responses to Climate Change‘, published in the Conversation.