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, among much else:
- Philosophy of Climate Change
- Philosophy of Psychiatry
- Philosophy of the Health Sciences
- Philosophy of Economics
- Effective Altruism
- Knowledge, Democracy, and Public Discourse
- Philosophy and Education
- Virtue and Character
- Human Rights
- Exoplanet Ethics
- Blame and Responsibility
- Non-classical and Modal Logic
- Mainstream, Social and Formal Epistemology
- Kant's Moral Philosophy
- Histroy of Early Modern Philosophy
- 18th Century British Philosophy
- Ancient Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory
- Language and Mind
- The Metaphysics of Unity
- Medieval Logic
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, Newton Fellowship, Marie Curie, or similar, please contact the Director of Research by emailing phildor@st-andrews.ac.uk.
