Katherine Hawley, University of St Andrews

Katherine Hawley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, where she formerly served as Head of School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies, and as editor of The Philosophical Quarterly. Her research spans metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, and she has written articles on identity, indeterminacy, social groups, and mereology. She is the author of How Things Persist (Oxford 2001) and Trust: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2012), and also the co-editor of Philosophy of Science Today (Oxford 2012).

"Hawley's work is enjoyable to read, rich as it is with vivid examples and careful explication of technical philosophical terms from the various subdisciplines from which she draws ideas. The book reads as an introduction to several facets of the scholarly literature on trust even while waging a novel argument about what trust and trustworthiness consist in. Having used thebook in an upper division undergraduate course in 2020, I can recommend it for teaching, and there is no doubt that the conception of trust on offer here is one that must be cited in the trust literature going forward." -- Brennan McDavid, Journal of Moral Philosophy

"The appeal of Hawley's work is her expert ability to highlight complex issues related to trust and trustworthiness that lie at the intersection of ethics and epistemology. Moreover, these philosophical issues are familiar to us as ones we encounter and navigate in our routine social interactions. The breadth and clarity of the issues covered will interest readers looking to critically reflect on trust concepts and how they might operate in the social world." -- J. Y. Lee, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

"How to be Trustworthy is a highly readable and thought-provoking study of trust and trustworthiness that is philosophically and conceptually sophisticated. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of trust and social epistemology more generally, one that encompasses a much broader range of social and cognitive phenomena that are relevant to this topic than is usually recognised." -- Harry Lewendon-Evans, Metapsychology

"By incisively dissecting the dialectical relationship between prevention and treatment of illness, Chris Dye has laid bare one of the great contradictions in health. His razor-sharp analysis unravels the complexity of our values and choices that has seen prevention remaining a poor neglected cousin of treatment. A truly enlightening book - a must-read! -- Salim S. Abdool Karim, CAPRISA Professor of Global Health, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University