Philosophy at St Andrews
Philosophy at St Andrews
St Andrews is one of the leading international centres for philosophy in Britain.
In the latest UK-wide assessment of the research of UK universities (REF 2014) the philosophy department was ranked 1st in Scotland and 5th in the UK (by grade point average). 83% of research was assessed as either 4* or 3*. The St Andrews/Stirling graduate programme (SASP) was ranked second in Britain in a recent US-based survey.
There is a busy programme of conferences, workshops and visiting speakers from universities in the UK and from abroad. The Philosophy Club, which is open to everyone, is the regular visiting speakers' seminar. Several specialized research seminars meet weekly or fortnightly. There is also a Friday Seminar for doctoral students, and a seminar specifically for MLitt students.
There are two philosophical research centres in St Andrews: The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA), and the Arché Philosophical Research Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology. The Philosophical Quarterly, one of the most respected international philosophy journals, is edited from St Andrews.
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Events
This is a selection of forthcoming and highlighted events - see also the full schedule of Philosophy events.
Wed 25th April 2018 16:00
John Broome - University of Oxford - "Reason"
John Broome - University of Oxford
Philosophy Club
Fri 27th April 2018 16:00 to 18:00
Friday seminar - Miguel Egler and Giorgio Sbardolini
Research Postgraduate Friday Seminar Series
Mon 30th April 2018 to Wed 2nd May 2018
Medieval Logic and its Contemporary Relevance Workshop
see event webpage
Wed 2nd May 2018 09:00
Paton Colloquium in Kantian Ethics
Organiser - Prof. Jens Timmermann
Including the 2018 Paton Lecture by Jeanine Grenberg (St Olaf College) on Kant’s Deontological Eudaemonism
Wed 2nd May 2018 16:15
Causation, Chance, and Dummett's Dilemma
Huw Price - University of Cambridge
Philosophy Club
Thu 3rd May 2018 16:00
Original Sins: The Older Stoics on Mistakes and Moral Progress
Jacob Klein, Colgate University
Tue 8th May 2018 16:00 to 18:00
CEPPA talk by Dhananjay Jagganathan
Dhananjay Jagganathan (Columbia)
CEPPA talk
Mon 4th June 2018 09:00 to Tue 5th June 2018 17:00