School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan

Interlace panel from the Govan sarcophagus, carved for the bones of St Constantine, c. 900 AD

Research in Philosophy

Philosophy has a vibrant research culture. Subject area life focuses around three regular events:

  • the weekly Senior Seminar where eminent philosophers from the UK and beyond present their research and receive critical feedback
  • the weekly Postgraduate Seminar where our graduate students present their work to their peers and to staff and received help with their research
  • the staff work in progress seminar where our Faculty present their work in progress and receive constructive criticism.

In addition, numerous reading groups, workshops, conferences and research projects take place throughout the year. Faculty and graduate students present their research at workshops and conferences all over the world and publish monographs, edited collections, and papers in a wide range of the very best philosophy journals.

Details of all of the above can be found on our Calendar of Events.


Research within the Subject

Activities Reaching Beyond the Department


The Department also hosts two research centres:


Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience

The CSPE conducts and facilitates analytical philosophical research into the nature of perceptual experience, in an empirically informed manner.

Centre for Philosophy and Religion

The centre supports innovative research by scholars who employ the tools and methods of analytic philosophy to study religious ideas.