Dr Alexander Douglas
Director of Teaching
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 4437
- axd@st-andrews.ac.uk
Research areas
I am generally interested in the philosophy of the human sciences, particularly those that address practical and theoretical reasoning. This interest has led me to the thought of Benedict de Spinoza – an early pioneer of philosophical anthropology. My other interests include the philosophy of economics and political economy, René Girard and mimetic theory, and early Daoist texts, especially the Zhuangzi.
PhD supervision
- Aliza Ashraf
- Meg Gottschall
- Hedvig Moncreiff
Selected publications
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Open access
Douglas, A., 21 Jan 2026, In: Topoi. Online first
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Douglas, A., 29 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Philosophy, Politics and Critique. 3, 1, p. 72-88
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Xavier Douglas, A., 12 Jul 2025, London: Penguin. 258 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Douglas, A., 1 Sept 2025, Aeon.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Lim, T. K. & Douglas, A., Dec 2025, In: Respirology. 30, 12, p. 1204-1205
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Open access
Xavier Douglas, A., Oct 2025, In: Topoi. 44, 4, p. 983–991 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Xavier Douglas, A., 17 Jun 2025, Unherd.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Sachs-Cobbe, B. A. & X. Douglas, A., Jan 2024, In: Philosophy Compass. 19, 1, 15 p., e12955.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Douglas, A., 3 Jul 2024, In: Res Philosophica. 101, 3, p. 591-601
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Douglas, A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Res Philosophica. 101, 3, p. 629-638
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review