Prof John Haldane

Emeritus Professor

Email: jjh1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

1. Central issues in philosophy of mind: intentionality, the nature of concepts, the ownership of thoughts, action explanation, physicalism, reductionism, and the nature of persons.

2. The history of philosophy: most particularly the medieval period (especially Aquinas) and the influence of scholasticism in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and value theory; and eighteenth century responses to scepticism (especially Reid).

3. Theoretical and normative issues in social and political philosophy, ethics and aesthetics: including liberalism (its varieties and rivals), the nature and justification of education, the (im)permissibility of killing; and the natural and built environments.

4. Artistic, educational, and theological issues: approached through the methods of those disciplines rather than through philosophy. For example, the role and forms of art and spiritual education, the sources and function of doctrine.

Selected publications

Open access
Aquinas, perception, and the question of realism
Haldane, J., 6 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Blackfriars. First View, p. 1-18
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Catholic, apostolic and orthodox
Haldane, J. J., 4 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Blackfriars. First View, p. 1-17
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access
Education towards a reasonable humanism
Haldane, J. J., 30 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Philosophical Investigations. Early View, 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flourishing as an aim of education: some challenges
Haldane, J., 22 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Studies. Latest Articles
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minogue and the end of conservatism
Haldane, J. J., 3 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Society. Online, 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges and opportunities surrounding Catholic education
Haldane, J. J., 26 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Blackfriars. FirstView, 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtue and the art of teaching art
Haldane, J., 1 Aug 2024, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 72, 4, p. 425-440 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtuous leadership: ambiguities, challenges, and precedents
Haldane, J. J., 8 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metaphilosophy. Early View, 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aquinas and Anscombe on connaturality and moral knowledge
Haldane, J., 12 Nov 2023, In: New Blackfriars. 104, 1114, p. 668-688 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Anscombe and Aquinas
Haldane, J., 29 Sept 2022, The Oxford handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe. Teichmann, R. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 442-468 21 p. (Oxford handbooks).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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