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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Sep 6

Paper forthcoming in Erkenntnis, preprint here:

philpapers.org/archive/BERS...

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jul 21

Take that, Alan!

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 30

Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:

academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

@oupphilosophy.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jul 9

At @standrewsphil.bsky.social we have now appointed -- hold your hats -- Jennifer Saul, Amie Thomasson, and Stephen Gardiner as Professorial Fellows:

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

PFs have part-time appointments to carry out research with us, participate in conferences, supervise PhDs.

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 30

Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:

academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

@oupphilosophy.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 29

Forthcoming in Ergo, why we should ditch Williamson's 'heuristics' for counterfactuals:

philpapers.org/archive/BERT...

Thx to the editors for the smooth processing: your online submission system is cool!

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 26

'Killed by poisoned vegan haggis.'

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 26

So currently our paper is the 2nd most read in Mind. This'd be all good and well, if we hadn't been beaten by... Some bloke's 75 year old stuff. 😎

academic.oup.com/mind/advance...

@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social @oupphilosophy.bsky.social

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 25

The third 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/3

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Jun 20

We have *three* new lecturers joining the castle -- ehm, the department @standrewsphil.bsky.social : Alice Murphy @alicemurphs.bsky.social, Matthew Vermaire, Nick Wiltsher @nickwiltsher.bsky.social. Welcome folks!

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 28

(The Dr. Strangelove reference, of course, is actually to @consequently.bsky.social :
consequently.org/writing/negrl/ )

Negation in Relevant Logics: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Routley Star — consequently.org

consequently.org

Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 28

'The Logic of Dynamical Systems Is Relevant' is out!
(Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Relevant Logic Again.)
Download here, Open Access of course:

academic.oup.com/mind/advance...

@levinhornischer.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 22

@bweatherson.bsky.social @carriejenkins.net can you pm me email addresses of yours we can use to add you as online attenders? (No commitment of course)

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 22

Will have Walter add your abdn email for online attendance

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 14

Will ask the organizers and let you know!

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · May 13

Philosophers: spread the word! Starting May 27, Arché celebrates its founder in a three-day Crispin Wright conference. Like anyone who knows what Crispin has meant for this place, I am so happy that this is happening. Programme here:

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

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St Andrews Philosophy @standrewsphil.bsky.social · Mar 29

Coming up on 10 June: the finals of The Ethics Cup, an ethics debating tournament hosted by our department that emphasises substance over style and tries to inculcate important civic virtues like intellectual humility, civility and tolerance.
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophymatters

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St Andrews Philosophy @standrewsphil.bsky.social · Mar 30

Get your ticket! Our own Ben Sachs-Cobbe has put together an exciting event for the 2025 Edinburgh Science Festival, covering the ethical pros and cons of asymptomatic testing for Alzheimer’s biomarkers.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/alzhei...
#philosophymatters

Alzheimer's: To Test or Not to Test - Edinburgh Science

Soon it will be possible to diagnose health conditions such as Alzheimer’s years ahead of time. But would you want to know?

www.edinburghscience.co.uk

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Apr 23

Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:

academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

Call for Papers: Themes From David Lewis’s Metaphysics

Guest Editor: Prof. Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham) Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026 Scope 2026 marks forty years since the publication of David L

academic.oup.com

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Apr 23

Metaphysicians: spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, Guest Editor Jonathan Tallant, call for papers here:

academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...

Call for Papers: Themes From David Lewis’s Metaphysics

Guest Editor: Prof. Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham) Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026 Scope 2026 marks forty years since the publication of David L

academic.oup.com

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Apr 21

Philosophers: spread the word!! Full-time research postdoc, 3 year job in St Andrews-Arché within the Leverhulme-funded WIKI project:

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 31

The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

Cover of The Philosophical Quarterly, 2/2025

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 14

St Andrews Philosophy is on Bluesky!

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

Follow us to know what happens in the place with (as legend has it) the highest density of philosophers in the world. :-)

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 3

Philosophers: spread the word, apply, come to St Andrews, have research fun with us!

philjobs.org/job/show/28814

Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews - PhilJobs:JFP Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews

An international database of jobs for philosophers

philjobs.org

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Feb 26

Look at the Arché Metaphysical Indeterminacy Conference! June 17-18, 2025. Info here:

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

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