From Marcia Baron
I had the good fortune to be Katherine’s colleague for two years, from 2012-2014. During that time, she was Head of School, and it was always such a delight to go to the receptions for new faculty and other such…
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From Jessica Brown
In the last few months of her life, I was privileged to co-teach an MLitt course with Katherine on topics in recent social epistemology. Despite her illness, she was on good form intellectually, and it was lovely to…
From Mark Harris
Although we had all known Katherine had been seriously ill for some time, the news of her passing came as a very nasty blow. It meant having to accept the reality of her illness. I was appointed to the School a year…
From Sarah Broadie
An intellectual leader, and so much more. You were also a shining light of wisdom and goodness. We shall always be grateful – to you and yours – for you, and we shall always miss you.
From Ira Kiourti
For Katherine I still cannot believe this is happening. As I sit here, entertaining an actuality without Katherine, I am wondering what I can possibly write to illustrate her presence. Katherine exemplified an…
From Katharina Bernhard
Katherine was my PhD supervisor — at least for a while. I am not as well placed to talk about her as so many others are who knew her so much better and for so much longer. But the time I did have her as my supervisor…
From John Haldane
Katherine Hawley In appreciation and in admiration John Haldane Katherine was a person of rare distinction: intellectually gifted, hard-working, and highly accomplished; she was also sensitive and compassionate;…
From Michael Brady
I met Katherine soon after I moved to Scotland in the late 1990s, and got to know her and Jon very well in the years that followed. Katherine struck me from the very first as someone with a rare combination of virtues.…
From Josh Habgood-Coote
I met Katherine in 2013, when I came up to St Andrews as a prospective PhD supervisee. I was a bag of nerves, worried about moving to what then felt like the end of the world (I grew up on the south coast, don’t @ me).…
From Ruth Boeker
I was extremely sad to hear about Katherine’s untimely death. I remember Katherine as an inspiring teacher, an outstanding philosopher, and a supportive, kind, generous, and caring person. I still recall some memorable…