Research

The Department has long-standing research strengths in most eareas of philosophy. It is the home of The Philosophical Quarterly, one of the premier international refereed philosophy journals. Its three research centres offer large and diverse programmes of seminars, workshops, and conferences. Each year the Department hosts hundreds of visitors from the UK and the international philosophical community and has an excellent record in winning funding for major research projects in every aspect of philosophy and its history.

Current research in the Department includes:

  • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art—Nicholas Wiltsher, Alice Murphy, Lisa Jones, Jens Timmermann
  • Ancient Philosophy—Jason Carter, Margaret Hampson, Jens Timmermann
  • Applied Ethics, Bioethics and Global Ethics—Elizabeth Ashford, Adam Etinson, Joseph Millum, Tim Mulgan, Theron Pummer, Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe, Mara van der Lugt
  • Early Modern and Eighteenth-Century Philosophy—James Harris, Mara van der Lugt
  • Epistemology, including Social and Formal Epistemology—Jessica Brown, Patrick Greenough, Matthew Vermaire, Franz Berto, Adam Etinson, Derek Ball
  • Ethics, Metaethics and Moral Psychology—Elizabeth Ashford, Adam Etinson, Margaret Hampson, Joseph Millum, Tim Mulgan, Theron Pummer, Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe, Jens Timmermann, Mara van der Lugt, Matthew Vermaire
  • Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory—Jade Fletcher, Lisa Jones, Nicholas Wiltsher
  • Future Generations, Population Ethics and Effective Altruism—Tim Mulgan, Theron Pummer, Elizabeth Ashford, Adam Etinson, Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe
  • Human Rights and Global Justice—Elizabeth Ashford, Adam Etinson, Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe
  • Kant and the History of Moral Philosophy—Elizabeth Ashford, Jens Timmermann
  • Logic and Philosophy of Logic—Franz Berto, Aaron Cotnoir, Patrick Greenough, Greg Restall, Alessandro Rossi, Walter Pedriali
  • Metaphilosophy and Philosophical Methodology—Derek Ball, Jessica Brown, Adam Etinson, Jade Fletcher, Patrick Greenough
  • Metaphysics—Franz Berto, Aaron Cotnoir, Jade Fletcher, Greg Restall, Alessandro Rossi, Simon Prosser
  • Philosophy of Language—Derek Ball, Justin D'Ambrosio, Patrick Greenough, Franz Berto, Greg Restall, Walter Pedriali
  • Philosophy of Mind and Perception—Derek Ball, Justin D'Ambrosio, Simon Prosser, Cecily Whiteley, Nicholas Wiltsher
  • Philosophy of Psychiatry and the Health Sciences—Cecily Whiteley, Patrick Greenough, Joseph Millum
  • Philosophy of Science, Climate and the Environment—Alice Murphy, Derek Ball, Mara van der Lugt, Tim Mulgan
  • Political and Social Philosophy—Adam Etinson, Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe, Jade Fletcher, Nicholas Wiltsher
  • Virtue, Character, Responsibility and Rationality—Jessica Brown, Adam Etinson, Margaret Hampson, Theron Pummer, Jens Timmermann, Matthew Vermaire

The Department is always glad to hear from early career scholars interested in basing themselves at St Andrews. If you are considering applying for a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, British Academy International Fellowship, Marie Curie, or similar, please contact the Director of Research by emailing phildor@st-andrews.ac.uk.