• Epistemic Breakthroughs Conference

    EPISTEMIC BREAKTHROUGHS: A WORKSHOP University of 58³Ô¹Ï Join us for a philosophical workshop on the topic of “epistemic breakthroughs,” held at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, in partnership with the JN Wright Trust, The Mind Association, and the Scots Philosophical Association.  — EPISTEMIC BREAKTHROUGHS: A WORKSHOP University of 58³Ô¹Ï   When?  Friday, June…

  • Book Workshop: Elizabeth Ashford’s *Hunger’s Witting Executioners*

    One-day book workshop on Elizabeth Ashford’s Hunger’s Witting Executioners: Structural Violations of the Right to Subsistence Pre-read: workshop participants will be expected to read the book manuscript distributed in advance. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams. Schedule: 10:30am to noon: discussion Lunch break (free time) 1:30pm to 3pm: discussion  

  • Book Workshop (in person) – Daniel Muñoz (UNC Chapel Hill)

    Workshop on Daniel Muñoz’s forthcoming book What We Owe to Ourselves Date: 15 May 2024 Location: Edgecliffe 104 Registration required: email Theron Pummer (tgp4@st-andrews.ac.uk)   Provisional Schedule  945am: Coffee/tea, welcome 10am: Jordan MacKenzie (Virginia Tech) 1115am: Thomas Schmidt (Humboldt University) 1225pm: Lunch 130pm: Quinn White (Harvard University) 240pm: Coffee/tea 300pm: Kerah Gordon-Solmon (Queen’s University) 415pm: Joseph Bowen (University of Leeds)…

  • Philosophy of Climate Science Workshop

    Please register by 25 April at the latest by filling out this form. Registration is free, but spaces are limited, so register quickly if you want to be sure of a spot! PhiCliSci Workshop 2025 May 6 & 7 St Mary’s College, lecture room 2 (catering in Seminar Room 2) Day 1 9.00-9.20 Coffee 9.20-9.30 Workshop Welcome (Mara van…

  • CEPPA Fest 2025

    Butts Wynd Building Room 10 Butts Wynd, 58³Ô¹Ï, United Kingdom

    CEPPA Fest, its annual celebration of all things CEPPA, on 16 June in St. Andrews. We have a great set of speakers lined up across the whole range of topics within ethics and public affairs, so please consider coming along. Registration is free, but required, and can be done here. Here is the Schedule: 10…

  • The Possibility of Respect book workshop with Remy Debes (University of Memphis)

    Edgecliffe 104

    On Thursday 19 March, under the auspices of CEPPA, there will be an ‘author meets critics’ event on The Possibility of Respect: Human Dignity and the Ethics of Difference by Remy Debes (Memphis). The book was published by OUP late last year, and is available via the Library here. Here’s an abstract of the book’s argument: This book…

  • CEPPA Fest

    Edgecliffe 104

    We are very excited to share this year’s speaker line-up: Stephen Gardiner (Washington, 58³Ô¹Ï) James Lenman (Sheffield) Ida Miczke (58³Ô¹Ï) Jennifer Saul (Waterloo/58³Ô¹Ï) Justin Snedegar (Virginia/58³Ô¹Ï) Luca Stroppa (Turin) Amie Thomasson (Dartmouth/58³Ô¹Ï) Emilia Wilson (Cardiff) CEPPA Fest is generously supported by the Department of Philosophy at 58³Ô¹Ï; the Centre…

  • Ethics of Geoengineering with Andrea Burke and Stephen Gardiner

    John Henderson lecture room Castlecliffe, 58³Ô¹Ï, Fife, United Kingdom

    Please join us next Tuesday 23 June from 1.30-3.30pm for a special event on the Ethics of Geoengineering co-hosted by CEPPA and the newly founded Centre for Changing Climates. We will hear scientific and ethical perspectives on recent developments in geoengineering from Prof. Andrea Burke (School of Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Prof. Stephen Gardiner (CEPPA Professorial Fellow): Prof. Andrea Burke…