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Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews
Our MadBadSad Research Collective will be holding a workshop: Neurodiversity: Diverse Perspectives from the 13th-14th March
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St Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas
@axdouglas.bsky.social
was featured in this discussion on René Girard on BBC Radio 4. You can listen here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Beyond Belief - René Girard: The Catholic thinker influencing Silicon Valley - BBC Sounds
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n10g
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Franz Berto
2 months ago
Little paper 'Saying the Same Thing' is out in Erkenntnis, Open Access here:
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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...
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Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses To Refugees - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice -
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10677-025-10523-x
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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
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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 worldâs leading thinkers. Make the invisible visible by drawing special conn...
https://www.g10vandeeconomie.nl/#D1
3 months ago
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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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3 months ago
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Pablo Rivas-Robledo
3 months ago
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 Ί out now!
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St Andrews Philosopher Greg Restall will be giving the Wendy Huang Lectures in Philosophy in Taiwan next week
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https://philo.ntu.edu.tw/web/announcement/announcement_in.jsp?np_id=NP1760664807989
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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/...
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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...
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2151
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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
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Homeless deaths hit a record high last year â and every one of them was preventable
Britainâs housing crisis is not just a policy failure but a moral one, says Bradley Hillier-Smith. When we treat the homeless as ânuisancesâ and âpestsâ, we deny their humanity â and our own
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/homelessness-britain-rough-sleeping-housing-crisis-dehumanisation-b2843344.html
3 months ago
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St Andrews philosopher Greg Restall is featured in this new philosophy channel.
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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, 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
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ethics-and-international-affairs/article/ethics-of-state-responses-to-refugees-by-bradley-hilliersmith-new-york-routledge-2025-286-pp-cloth-170-ebook-4844/AC4BB87A8F2C90152F1970D2AAFECB39?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark
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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...
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships - Department of Philosophy - University of St Andrews
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/research-opportunities/leverhulme-trust-early-career-fellowships/
4 months ago
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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...
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/kant-and-the-supposed-right-to-lie/A012D699B1E8CDF2558A9B7A9B22A834
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St Andrews is proud to rank as third best in the UK for philosophy in the Guardian university guide
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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Best UK universities for philosophy â league table
The study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong â includes ethics, history of philosophy, logic
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2025/sep/13/best-uk-universities-for-philosophy-league-table
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Alexander Douglas
4 months ago
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My Philosophical Manifesto
This interview with Contralytic ended up being my philosophical manifesto.
https://open.substack.com/pub/axdouglas/p/my-philosophical-manifesto?r=o3e15&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish
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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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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...
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Philosophy-of-Human-Rights/Tomalty-Woods/p/book/9781032221380?srsltid=AfmBOorc9YpARTrdMoZ4VQyX97WLE5hR22Ra73ly0yRkfhDu603UqomE
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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
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Free Thinking - Friendship - BBC Sounds
Matthew Sweet discusses the mythology, psychology and politics getting along with people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002flmn
4 months ago
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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...
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Hopeful pessimism
Podcast Episode · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 14/07/2025 · 52m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hopeful-pessimism/id1081584611?i=1000717146342
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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...
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Human Rights (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights-human/
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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/...
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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...
https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.70053?af=R
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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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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...
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships - Department of Philosophy - University of St Andrews
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/research-opportunities/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowships/
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'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...
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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
https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-be-yourself-when-you-have-no-self-lessons-from-zhuangzi?fbclid=IwY2xjawMjhsRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE0eHN0QnZvY1IwY3ZzcnJpAR6gpkdKDdHv13O9IOAq2rkSfESJJZ_RFMDPbDJ9vuN3cyyAi8OCbW3rezn2TQ_aem_SmX50Rzj5H39rQbJozpAPg
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Franz Berto
7 months ago
At
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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.
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New guidance from the World Health Organisation on the ethics of health research priority setting has just been published. St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum was the lead writer!
www.who.int/publications...
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WHO guidance on the ethics of health research priority setting
This guidance aims to synthesize current good practice for incorporating ethics into health research priority setting. It is relevant to anyone making decisions about what research to support or condu...
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240110953
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Health research funding is scarce. How can it be allocated fairly? Join us noon on June 23 for the launch of WHOâs new Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting.
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#healthresearch
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Launch of WHO guidance on the ethics of health research priority setting
To explore the new guidance and its implications for practice, we invite you to join a virtual panel discussion hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 23 June 2025.
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/06/23/default-calendar/launch-of-who-guidance-on-the-ethics-of-health-research-priority-setting
7 months ago
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CEPPA St Andrews
8 months ago
âȘ Last week, CEPPA's very own Joseph Millum (together with Ben Colburn) wrote about the assisted dying bill for 'The Scotsman'. Find the piece here or email the authors for a copy:
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Assisted Dying Bill Scotland: Why fears about coercion of vulnerable people are misguided
In countries which allow it, there is no evidence that people are coerced into assisted dying
https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/assisted-dying-bill-scotland-why-fears-about-coercion-of-vulnerable-people-are-misguided-5141456
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Franz Berto
8 months ago
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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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 Alzheimerâs biomarkers.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
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Alzheimer's: To Test or Not to Test - Edinburgh Science
Soon it will be possible to diagnose health conditions such as Alzheimerâs years ahead of time. But would you want to know?
https://www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzheimers-to-test-or-not-to-test/
10 months ago
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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
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The Ethics Cup â University of St Andrews Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public AffairsLikeCommentRepostShareLikeCommentRepostShareLikeCommentRepostShareLikeCommentRepostShareLikeCommentRepostShare
https://ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
10 months ago
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Our very own Mara van der Lugtâs new book, Begetting: What Does It Mean to Create a Child? (Princeton University Press) is a finalist for the 49th Annual PROSE Awards of the Association of American Publishers (AAP)
publishers.org/news/associa...
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Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2025 PROSE Awards - AAP
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) unveiled the 101 Finalists and 37 Category Winners for the 49th Annual PROSE Awards honoring professional and scholarly works published in 2024. âThe 2025 ...
https://publishers.org/news/association-of-american-publishers-announces-finalists-and-category-winners-for-2025-prose-awards/
10 months ago
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Today at the Center for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Katherine Snow (Princeton) - âRevisiting the Spinoza Controversy in an age of Environmental Crisisâ
@ceppa.bsky.social
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10 months ago
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Our ideas arenât just for other academics! This month Ben Sachs-Cobbe presented some joint work with
@axdouglas.bsky.social
on the case for a job guarantee to a room full of DWP civil servants, and they seemed pretty interested!
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Our own
@bradleyhsmith.bsky.social
has just published a paper arguing that controlled borders means that those born into affluent states have unjust advantages, freedoms, rights, and powers over others.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders: Moral Arbitrariness
This paper argues that recent debates on egalitarian objections to immigration restrictions overlook a crucial, powerful normative principle that underpins objections to inequalities: any inequalities...
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mopp-2023-0115/html
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Are institutions agents? Can they have intentions and beliefs? Our own Jessica Brown has just published an article tackling that very problem!
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Bratman on institutional agency | Episteme | Cambridge Core
Bratman on institutional agency
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/episteme/article/bratman-on-institutional-agency/AC61653B6407C47FD7FD7735B21D669A
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There is âNo Right to an Open Futureâ... according to St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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No Right to an Open Future
Liberals writing about the family frequently cite the child's âright to an open futureâ in discussions of the ethics of parental decision-making for young children. This purported right grounds certa...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/japp.12790
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âThe Moral Harms of Homelessnessâ by our own
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, just published, develops an account of the underacknowledged harms of homelessness that can ground durable solutions to the problem
jesp.org/index.php/je...
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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
It is well-established that those facing homelessness suffer severe harms and deprivations. Homeless persons are among the worst-off people in any given society. And yet homelessness is a relatively u...
https://jesp.org/index.php/jesp/article/view/3427?articlesBySimilarityPage=4
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Ever wondered about the ethics of accepting a job offer? For instance should you consider the interests of the candidate whoâll get the offer if you turn it down? Our own Theron Pummer and Ben Sachs-Cobbe are giving a talk on the issue on 3 April to the Philosophy of Work Network.
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10 months ago
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Today at the Center for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Tom Sinclair (Oxford) on âHypocrisy as Evasionâ
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10 months ago
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Join us tomorrow as St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum leads a webinar on the ethics of health research priority setting. Free to attend. 12-1pm.
#philosophymatters
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/coc...
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Cochrane â PIHR Research Priority Methods Setting Webinar Series
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Cochrane â PIHR Research Priority Methods Setting Webinar Series. Free webinars for academics and researchers....
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/cochrane-pihr-research-priority-methods-setting-webinar-series
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Our very own James Harris is taking part in a discussion of liberty and independence at Cambridge on Thursday!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book Launch: Liberty as Independence
Join us at the bookshop for a celebratory launch of Quentin Skinner's new book, Liberty as Independence.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-liberty-as-independence-tickets-1104534294809
10 months ago
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Be Like Sisyphus⊠St Andrews philosopher Mara van der Lugtâs book Hopeful Pessimism getting coverage in The Atlantic (
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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Be Like Sisyphus
How to embrace hopeful pessimism in a moment of despair
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/01/case-for-sisyphus-and-hopeful-pessimism/681356/#philosophymatters
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Philosophy at St Andrews is now on Bluesky! Every day for the next fortnight weâll be highlighting news from the department for
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