Philosophy at St Andrews
St Andrews is one of the major philosophical centres in Britain, providing a rich and stimulating philosophical environment situated on a cliff-top with sea views over St Andrews Bay towards the Angus coast and the Grampian mountains.
There are two research centres in philosophy: The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA), and Arché, Philosophical Research Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology.
The Philosophical Quarterly, one of the main international journals of philosophy, is edited from St Andrews.
The Philosophy Club is open to everyone and has regular meetings addressed by philosophers from Britain and abroad; several research seminars meet weekly; there is also a Graduate Seminar for all graduate students, and the M.Litt seminar specifically for M.Litt students.
In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise we were ranked joint-first amongst all UK Philosophy departments, with 40% of our work awarded the 4* 'world leading' grade. We were also ranked second in Britain in a recent US-based survey of British and American philosophy graduate programmes.
Latest news
Erasmus student exchange programme
Contact details for Erasmus programme
Lectureship in Philosophy - NEW!!
The Department is delighted to announce that it is currently advertising an open lectureship in Philosophy.
Events
Tue 24th November 2009 10:30 to 19:00
On Tuesday 24 November 2009, we will celebrate the centenary of the birth of Gerhard Gentzen, the founder of proof theory, with a one-day symposium in St Andrews, run jointly by the Computational Logic group and the Foundations of Logical Consequence project.
Wed 2nd December 2009 16:15
Contingently Grounded Modality
Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow)
Philosophy Club
Wed 9th December 2009 16:15
Kimberley Brownlee (CEPPA Fellow and University of Manchester)
Philosophy Club
Mon 2nd August 2010 to Thu 5th August 2010