Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrewshttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3mg37snwpcs23This week, St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith will be giving a talk at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford on 'Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees' https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/grounding-the-components-of-an-ethical-response-to-refugees02 Mar 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg37snwpcs23https://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3mdxqfrhzvs2pThis evening, St Andrews Philosophy Society will be hosting a talk by Tommy Curry. The talk, entitled They Refused to See: Criminalizing Black Male Vulnerability to IPV in State v Atkins, will be in School II from 7.30 pm.03 Feb 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxqfrhzvs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3mcceqjfny222Our MadBadSad Research Collective will be holding a workshop: Neurodiversity: Diverse Perspectives from the 13th-14th March https://madbadsadgroup.wordpress.com/schedule-for-neurodiversity-workshop/13 Jan 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcceqjfny222https://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m75vqxcij22xSt Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social was featured in this discussion on René Girard on BBC Radio 4. You can listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n10g04 Dec 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75vqxcij22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m4xsjnyjm226St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees has been reviewed in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. You can read the review here https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10677-025-10523-x06 Nov 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xsjnyjm226https://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m4psfeypd22oSt Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social will be giving a talk on his book Against Identity at the G10 Festival of Great Ideas in Amsterdam Nov 21-23 alongside talks from other fantastic speakers. You can get tickets here: /https://www.g10vandeeconomie.nl/#D103 Nov 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4psfeypd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m46k56jui22vYou can listen to St Andrews Philosopher @franzberto.bsky.social featured here on @pingpongphilosophy.bsky.social discussing modal realism and imagination [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46k56jui22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m3fhrkux3k2gSt Andrews Philosopher Greg Restall will be giving the Wendy Huang Lectures in Philosophy in Taiwan next week https://philo.ntu.edu.tw/web/announcement/announcement_in.jsp?np_id=NP176066480798917 Oct 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3fhrkux3k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m3f3lcwvoc2mSt Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum has co-authored this important piece for the @bmj.com Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson. https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r215117 Oct 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f3lcwvoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m355dpcepc2oSt Andrews philosopher Justin D'Ambrosio will be giving a talk on 'The Meaning of Means' today at the University of Glasgow You can join virtually at 3pm here: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/86001463609?pwd=j3IXzGnLXujRNTW6Aar85hzKhShpSc.114 Oct 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m355dpcepc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m336uk7r5s2aThis week, St Andrews Philosopher & specialist in medical ethics, Dr Joseph Millum, will give a talk on Ethical Decision-Making for Minors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Healthcare Ethics Speaker Series Register for the talk here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c36-2512-411e-8e69-eec1d6fa8645@dd246e4a-5434-4e15-8ae3-91ad9797b20913 Oct 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m336uk7r5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m32yavnex22nSt Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith wrote this piece, based on his research, for The Independent on the record number of homeless deaths. It argues homelessness and these deaths are entirely avoidable and should not be an accepted feature of our social landscapes https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/homelessness-britain-rough-sleeping-housing-crisis-dehumanisation-b2843344.html13 Oct 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32yavnex22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m2odbq4ruc2qSt Andrews philosopher Greg Restall is featured in this new philosophy channel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2odbq4ruc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3m2jlhp7hzk2uA recent review of St Andrews Philosopher Bradley Hillier-Smith's book in Ethics and International Affairs: 'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees offers a novel, thoughtful, and persuasive ethical analysis of how states should respond to refugees.' https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ethics-and-international-affairs/article/ethics-of-state-responses-to-refugees-by-bradley-hilliersmith-new-york-routledge-2025-286-pp-cloth-170-ebook-4844/AC4BB87A8F2C90152F1970D2AAFECB39?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark #PhilSky06 Oct 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jlhp7hzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lzxr52bbqc2kThe University of St Andrews Philosophy Department is now accepting preliminary applications for the 2026 call for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships! For more information, visit: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/research-opportunities/leverhulme-trust-early-career-fellowships/29 Sep 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxr52bbqc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lzgq3ikvac2yProfessor Jens Timmerman, a world-leading expert scholar on Kant's philosophy here at St Andrews, has just published a new book: Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie, through @universitypress.cambridge.org https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/kant-and-the-supposed-right-to-lie/A012D699B1E8CDF2558A9B7A9B22A83422 Sep 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgq3ikvac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lyxmlrswrk23St Andrews is proud to rank as third best in the UK for philosophy in the Guardian university guide https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2025/sep/13/best-uk-universities-for-philosophy-league-table16 Sep 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxmlrswrk23https://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lyuwswzip22oSt Andrews' resident philosopher of human rights Adam Etinson has two book chapters in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-the-Philosophy-of-Human-Rights/Tomalty-Woods/p/book/9781032221380?srsltid=AfmBOorc9YpARTrdMoZ4VQyX97WLE5hR22Ra73ly0yRkfhDu603UqomE15 Sep 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuwswzip22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lyn6xt4pps2uSt Andrews Philosopher Alex Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social was invited onto BBC Free Thinking to discuss his recent thoughts, research and book on Against Identity You can hear the interview here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002flmn And Alex's book is here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203/against-identity-by-douglas-alexander/9780241648216 #PhilSky12 Sep 2025 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn6xt4pps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lyl3mgicbk27You can hear St Andrews Philosopher Mara van der Lugt speak about her recent book Hopeful Pessimism on the Gray Area podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hopeful-pessimism/id1081584611?i=1000717146342 And the book itself is available here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691265605/hopeful-pessimism?srsltid=AfmBOopAdq2wcn_ztTrPrB64SunQa8iRx9dG35N-K6-t-TNOflhLY3i_ #PhilSky11 Sep 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl3mgicbk27https://bsky.app/profile/standrewsphil.bsky.social/post/3lyiewea52s2kSt Andrews philosopher of Human Rights @adametinson has co-edited the comprehensive and rich Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Human Rights with James Nickel Essential reading for anyone interested in the Philosophy of Human Rights https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights-human/ #PhilSky10 Sep 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:esb2q4xauabbxj6pjlt7r3ap/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyiewea52s2k