Forthcoming in the Review of Symbolic Logic -- it was good fun, co-authoring with Soroush: philpapers.org/archive/BERD...

The third 2026 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out! academic.oup.com/pq/issue/76/3

The second 2026 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out! academic.oup.com/pq/issue/76/2

Katherine died five years ago. In 2023 PQ put together a special issue on her philosophy. katherinehawley.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk academic.oup.com/pq/issue/73/3

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

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

@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/...

Talking of logic & framing effects in two days in Milan -- alas, online only: luci.unimi.it/workshop-log...

So I'm getting a contract from Oxford UP for an upcoming book, provisionally called: Imagine The Formal Epistemology of Counterfactual Thought It's surprising that I got away with such a title (thanks to lenient referees). So I'll be wearing Lennon-style glasses.

'Impossible Worlds are Here to Stay' is out! Link below. 2K-word critical commentaries on it can be submitted to Crítica Editor Santiago Echeverri([email protected]) by July 31. There'll be invited commentaries by Kit Fine, Katalin Bimbó, Steve Yablo, Koji Tanaka, Zeynep Soysal.

The updated SEP entry on #Hyperintensionality is online! As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎 plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...

It's World #Logic Day and this year, too, I plan to make valid inferences all day, while ignoring what I'm talking about and whether what I say is true. 🙂 www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...

Must sometimes brag about PhDs I've supervised... Here's Levin with an impossibility result concerning AI safety, obtained *just by logic*: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Here's Francisca using topic-neutrality as the mark of logical vocabulary: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Little paper 'Saying the Same Thing' is out in Erkenntnis, Open Access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pablo of @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social interviews me for his podcast and I reveal who my favourite living philosopher is (I see y'all on the edge of your seat): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KdK...

Paper forthcoming in Erkenntnis, preprint here: philpapers.org/archive/BERS...

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.

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

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

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

The third 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out! academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3 @standrewsphil.bsky.social

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...

'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

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

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

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

Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

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.

The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out! academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2 @standrewsphil.bsky.social

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. :-)

Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us! philjobs.org/job/show/28814

Look at the Arché Metaphysical Indeterminacy Conference! June 17-18, 2025. Info here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

Justin Khoo reviews 'Topics' - NDPR: ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/topi...

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...

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

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.

Y'all know Mary the Colour Scientist, right? That's because in 1982 The Philosophical Quarterly published 'Epiphenomenal Qualia', featuring Frank Jackson's legendary thought experiment. We've put together an Open Access VI of PQ, celebrating Frank Jackson's work: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/mar...

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.

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/...

Merry Xmas!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like -- the 1st 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out already: academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/1

Cool, so now I have yet another place where I can post my philosophical nonsense