Big Debate
Topical discussion from around Scotland as members of the public question politicians and other prominent people on the news of the week. Listen to the Big Debate
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Philosophy Lives
FIRST THINGS, January 2011 Philosophy Lives Why Stephen Hawking’s attempt to banish natural theology only shows why we need it. Read Philosophy Lives.
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Adam Smith, Theology and Natural Law
“Adam Smith, Theology and Natural Law,” in Paul Oslington ed., Adam Smith as Theologian (London: Routledge, 2011).
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Is Every Action Morally Significant?
PHILOSOPHY 86 July 2011 Abstract One form of scepticism about the possibility of moral theory does not deny that there is something describable as ‘the conduct of life’, but it argues that there is no […]
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Reasons for thinking that an embryo is a human being
Letters to The Daily Telegraph 10 Jun 2006 Reasons for thinking that an embryo is a human being In the final extract from his book After Dolly, Ian Wilmut asks if the early human embryo […]
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Gravitas, Moral Efficacy and Social Causes
ANALYSIS 68 (1) January 2008 Abstract Contemporary discussions of causality range over the relative merits of nominalist as against realist accounts, of conceptual as against empirical approaches, and of regularity, power-based and singularist understandings. What […]
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Privative causality
ANALYSIS 67 (3) July 2007 Abstract Among the kinds of explanation given for the occurrence or non-occurrence of events and processes, the obtaining or non-obtaining of states and conditions, and the existence or non-existence of […]
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Visions of Mary
“Visions of Mary,” First Things (online – text of BBC radio essay), 2010.
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Kenny and Aquinas on the Metaphysics of Mind
“Kenny and Aquinas on the Metaphysics of Mind,” in J. Cottingham and P. Hacker eds, Mind, Method, and Morality (Oxford: OUP, 2010).
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Admiring High Mountains: Aesthetics of Environment
“Admiring High Mountains: Aesthetics of Environment,” Environmental Values, 3, 1994. Reprinted in T. Chapell ed. Environmental Aesthetics (Edinburgh: EUP, 1997). Reprinted in S. Johnson ed. Landscapes (Cambridge: White Horse Press, 2010). ABSTRACT: In recent years […]
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Practical Philosophy
Practical Philosophy: Ethics, Society and Culture In this wide ranging volume of philosophical essays John Haldane explores some central areas of social life and issues of intense academic and public debate. These include the question […]
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William James and the Varieties of Religious Experience
In this (May 2010) programme from the BBC series In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg, John Haldane and other guests discuss ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience’ by William James. Listen to William James and the Varieties […]
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Thomas Reid and the Art of Philosophy
Lecture on Thomas Reid delivered at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the occasion of the tercentenary of his birth. Listen to Thomas Reid and the Art of Philosophy.
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Ethics, Politics and Society
Many of the most bitterly contested issues that Britain’s legislators have to deal with today involve a clash of ethical systems that cuts across traditional political boundaries. Listen to this BBC World Service discussion on […]
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Reasonable Faith
Reasonable Faith In this awaited follow up to his book Faithful Reason, the well-known philosopher and Catholic thinker John Haldane brings his unrivalled insight to bear on questions of the existence of God and the […]
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Faith in a Hard Ground
Faith in a Hard Ground Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by G.E.M Anscombe Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern. This collection of her essays forms […]
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Philosophy, Analytical Thomism and Catholic Thought
In this Australian Broadcasting Corporation programme (from July 2008) John Haldane talks with John Cleary about a range of issues on philosophy, faith and culture. Listen to ABC Second Hour.
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The Church and the World
The Church and the World. The philosopher and commentator John Haldane explores a range of issues concerning the condition of Roman Catholicism, its leadership and teachings, and examines the ways in which these connect with, […]
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Seeking Meaning and Making Sense
Seeking Meaning and Making Sense An engaging collection of short essays that range across philosophy, politics, general culture, morality, science, religion and art. The focus is on questions of Meaning, Value and Understanding. Topics include: […]
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The New Atheists
In this (August 2007) episode from EWTN’s Sunday Night Live series John Haldane discusses the new atheists with Benedict Groeschel. Listen to The New Atheists.
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Scottish Philosophy
Scottish Philosophy issue of The Monist 90 (2) 2007. New essays by James van Cleve, James Feiser, John Glassford, Gordon Graham, Jenny Keefe, Ryan Nichols, Daniel Robinson, Paul Russell, Margaret Schabas, Dabney Townsend, and Mark […]
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Hume on Mind and Causality
Hume on Mind and Causality. A special issue of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy 5 (1), 2007. New essays by, and Adrian Bardon, Timothy Costelloe, Adrian Heathcote, Eric Schliesser, and Alan Schwerin, with edited text […]
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Faithful Reason
In Faithful Reason, the noted Catholic philosopher John Haldane explores various aspects of intellectual and practical life from a perspective inspired by Catholic thought and informed by his distinctive philosophical approach: ‘Analytical Thomism’. Haldane’s discussions […]
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Human Life, Action and Ethics
Human Life, Action and Ethics Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe Presents a collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic ‘Modern […]
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Values, Education and the Human World
Edited volume of essays on aspects of educational theory and practice in relation to culture, politics, religion and science. Contributors include Anthony Quinton, Anthony O’Hear, Richard Pring, Mary Warnock, Jonathan Sacks, Stewart Sutherland, Mary Midgley, […]
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Philosophy and its Public Role
Philosophy and its Public Role (2004) Co-edted with William Aiken, this volume presents new essays on topics ranging from the public responsibility of intellectuals to the justice of military tribunals, and from posthumous reproduction to […]
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Modern Writings on Thomism
Modern Writings on Thomism (Bristol: Thoemmes/Continuum, 2003) A collection of five previously published but long out-of-print volumes on various aspects of Thomistic philosophy, presented with an introductory essay: R.P. Phillips, Modern Thomistic Philosophy, 2 Vols; […]
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Spirituality, Philosophy and Education
Spirituality, Philosophy and Education (London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2003) co-edited with David Carr New essays on the philosophy of spirituality and the implications of this for educational theory and practice. Contributors: J. Haldane, M. McGhee, J. Cottingham, […]
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An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Religion
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Religion We live, allegedly, in a postmodern age in which we have cast aside the narrative fantasies of the pre-modern era. If postmodernism represents the final abandonment of all grand […]
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Atheism and Theism (2e)
Atheism and Theism co-authored with J.J.C. Smart (Oxford: Blackwell, 2nd enlarged edition 2002). A volume in the Blackwell ‘Great Debates’ series, and listed by Blackwell as one of ‘Tomorrow’s Classics’. The issue of whether or […]
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The Philosophy of Thomas Reid
The Philosophy of Thomas Reid (Co-edited with Stephen Read) Thomas Reid was one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century and a contemporary of Kant’s. This volume is part of a new wave of […]
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Mind, Metaphysics and Value
Mind, Metaphysics and Value Contemporary western philosophy divides into three broad traditions: the analytical, the continental, and the historical. In the latter half of the twentieth century, analytical philosophy was dominant in the English-speaking world […]
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Philosophy and Art
Philosophy and Art, Kingston: University of Kingston, 2000.
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Philosophy and Public Affairs
Philosophy and Public Affairs (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). New essays on philosophical and public policy issues. Contributors: Lord Alton, Bryan Appleyard, Sir Samuel Brittan, Gordon Graham, John Haldane, Russell Keat, Anthony O’Hear, Melanie Phillips, […]
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Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid Special issue of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 74 (3) 2000. New essays on Reid and Scottish ‘Common Sense’ philosophy. Contributors: Ronald Beanblossom, Philip de Barry, C.A.J. Coady, Roger Gallie, John Haldane, Keith […]
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Newman Lecture UCD
A century and a half after Newman’s famous Dublin addresses on the Idea of a University, and a century after the institution he founded was rechartered as University College Dublin, UCD established an annual lecture […]
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Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett (Art Monthly)
Art Monthly, October 1999. Sol Lewitt and David Tremlett. La Morra, ,Barolo, Italy Applying bright colours to the plaster walls of chapels at the commission of private patrons is hardly a novel practice, especially in […]
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Modern Painters in Scotland
Modern Painters in Scotland special issue of Modern Painters, 1999. New essays on aspects of visual art and architecture in Scotland. Contributors: Mark Baines, Neil Cameron, Douglas Dunn, Alec Finlay, Clare Henry, Magnus Linklater, John […]
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London: Routledge, 1998). Subject Editor responsible for eighteenth century philosophers and movements – approximately 80 entries commissioned and edited.
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Why I Am a Theist
Hugh LaFollette interviews John Haldane about his theistic beliefs. LaFollette’s program was titled, “Ideas and Issues,” and aired on WETS-FM. The interview took place on January 19th, 1997.
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Analytical Thomism
Analytical Thomism Issue of the Monist, 80 (4) October 1997. Thomism has always had the potential to exchange methods and ideas with other philosophical traditions. In this century versions of transcendental and phenomenological Thomism have […]
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Analytical Thomism
Analytical Thomism an interview with John Haldane published in The Leuven Philosophy Newsletter, Vol. 14, 2005.
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Believer with a Faith in Reason
A profile from 2006 by Olga Wojtas of the Times Higher Education.
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Atheism and Theism (1e)
Atheism and Theism Co-authored with J.J.C. Smart (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996) this is a volume in the Blackwell ‘Great Debates in Philosophy’ series. The series was inspired by Smart’s famous debate with Bernard Williams: Utilitarianism: For […]
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Philosophers and Philosophies
Philosophers and Philosophies Special Issue of The Philosophical Quarterly 43, October 1993. New essays on history of philosophy. Contributors: G.E.M. Anscombe, Jeffrey Coombs, Frederick Copleston, Richard Gaskin, Michael Gorman, D.P. Henry, Edward Khamara, Peter Millican, […]
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Reality, Representation and Projection
Reality, Representation and Projection Co-edited with Crispin Wright. This book is an important collection of new essays on various topics relating to realism and its rivals in metaphysics, logic, metaethics, and epistemology. The contributors include […]
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James Frederick Ferrier
James Frederick Ferrier By Elizabeth Haldane Reprint of 1899 publication with new introduction by John Haldane
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Logical Necessity and Other Essays by I.G. McFetridge
Logical Necessity and Other Essays by Ian McFetridge (London: Aristotelian Society, 1990) Co-edited with Roger Scruton.
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Mind, Causation and Action
Mind, Causation and Action (Oxford: Blackwell, 1986) Co-edited with Roger Squires and Leslie Stevenson. New essays in philosophy of mind. Contributors: Simon Blackburn, Malcolm Budd, John Campbell, William Charlton, George Graham, Tomis Kapitan, Graham and […]
