Prof John Haldane

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

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

  • Anscombe and Aquinas

     Haldane, J., 29 Sep 2022, The Oxford handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe. Teichmann, R. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 442-468 (Oxford handbooks).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access

    Ethics, Aesthetics and Practical Philosophy

     Haldane, J. J., 2 Jan 2018, In: The Monist. 101, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

  • Open access

    It's Déjà vu all over again

     Haldane, J., 23 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Blackfriars. 100, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access

    ACPQ Special Issue on Elizabeth Anscombe: Editor's Introduction

     Haldane, J. J., 1 Jun 2016, In: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 90, 2, p. 171-180

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

  • Open access

    Anscombe and Geach on Mind and the Soul

     Haldane, J. J., 4 May 2016, In: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 90, 2, p. 369-394

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Giovanni Grandi (ed.), Thomas Reid: Selected Philosophical Writings

     Haldane, J. J., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of Scottish Philosophy. 14, 2, p. 178-83 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

  • Open access

    Heythrop, Copleston and the Jesuit contribution to philosophy

     Haldane, J. J., Oct 2016, In: Philosophy. 91, 4, p. 559-589 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Media, Emergence and the Analogy of Art

     Haldane, J. J., 2015, Philosophy of Emerging Media: Understanding, Appreciation, Application. Floyd, J. & Katz, J. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 184-202 19 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Philosophy, Causality and God

     Haldane, J. J., 2015, The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam. Auxier, R., Anderson, D. & Hahn, L. (eds.). Chicago: Open Court, p. 683-701 19 p. (Library of Living Philosophers; vol. 34).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Towards an Integrated Ethics of Pregnancy

     Haldane, J. J., Sep 2014, In: New Blackfriars. 95, 1059, p. 485-503 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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