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Philosophy</h1> <div id="d.en.81731" class="content-section"> <p>The <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sasp/">St Andrews and Stirling Graduate programme in Philosophy</a> (SASP) is taught by the philosophy departments at the University of St Andrews and the University of Stirling, which together form Scotland鈥檚 premier centre for Philosophy and one of the top philosophy programmes in the United Kingdom. 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