Last week I sat down to discuss my research on homelessness as part of the Philosophy of Homelessness conference at Paris Nanterre University. If you’re interested in such things, you watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeb...

St Andrews Philosopher Margaret Hampson has just published 'On Magnificence' in Mind! She argues that, and explains why, Aristotle was right to identify that Magnificence is a virtue as a human excellence and constitutive of a flourishing human life academic.oup.com/mind/advance...

St Andrews philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith was recently featured on the Dissenter Podcast discussing his work on ethical responses to refugees.

If you thought this sounded cool, register to attend either in-person or online! Schedule here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/... Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/q4DhBX3K30 @standrewsphil.bsky.social

📣 We're delighted to announce that the 2026 Antognazza Lecture, 'Ethics for Humans: Spinoza and Moral Philosophy', will be delivered by Professor Donald Rutherford 📍St. Andrews University @standrewsphil.bsky.social, evening of 4 November 2026 Abstract here 👇 bshp.org.uk/news/bshp-an... #philsky

Over the moon to be having Rory join us at @standrewsphil.bsky.social this summer!

My book has received this excellent review from Michael Blake in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review, with some really thought-provoking and fair critical comments.

@standrewsphil.bsky.social is becoming the imagination hub -- happening in May, feat. Amy Kind, Nick Wiltsher, Alice Murphy, Mike Stuart, Justin D'Ambrosio , William D'Alessandro, Petronella Randell: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

This week, St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith will be giving a talk at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford on 'Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees' www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/groun...

💥WoW 2026💥 Workshop on Welfare and Ethics, July 2026, @uni-saarland.de 📅Call for Abstracts: 30.04.2026 Keynotes by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek (University of Lodz), Theron Pummer (@standrewsphil.bsky.social) #philsky

This evening, St Andrews Philosophy Society will be hosting a talk by Tommy Curry. The talk, entitled They Refused to See: Criminalizing Black Male Vulnerability to IPV in State v Atkins, will be in School II from 7.30 pm.

Our MadBadSad Research Collective will be holding a workshop: Neurodiversity: Diverse Perspectives from the 13th-14th March madbadsadgroup.wordpress.com/schedule-for...

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/...

Little paper 'Saying the Same Thing' is out in Erkenntnis, Open Access here: 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...

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

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!

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/...

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...

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...

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

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... #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...

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...

St Andrews is proud to rank as third best in the UK for philosophy in the Guardian university guide www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

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...

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 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

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

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/...

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...

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...

'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...

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.

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...

Health research funding is scarce. How can it be allocated fairly? Join us noon on June 23 for the launch of WHO’s new Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting. www.who.int/news-room/ev... #healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting

‪ 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...

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

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

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

Our very own Mara van der Lugt’s 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... #philosophymatters

Today at the Center for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Katherine Snow (Princeton) - ‘Revisiting the Spinoza Controversy in an age of Environmental Crisis’ @ceppa.bsky.social #philosophymatters

Our ideas aren’t 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! #philosophymatters

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... #philosophymatters

Are institutions agents? Can they have intentions and beliefs? Our own Jessica Brown has just published an article tackling that very problem! #philosophymatters www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

There is “No Right to an Open Future”... according to St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum #philosophymatters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....