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Nigel Warburton

@nigelwarburton.bsky.social

Philosopher, writer, podcaster. Co-founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Author of A Little History of Philosophy and many other books. Weekly column Everyday Philosophy in The New World magazine. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.

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If you’re in Oxford this morning, come to this free event upstairs @blackwells.bsky.social with Honor Moore and Anna Motz starting at 11am

02.08.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prescient! How do you see the US 7 years from now?

02.08.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜When the facts change, I change my data analyst. What do you do, sir?’

02.08.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Robert Talisse on Civic Solitude - Philosophy Bites Democracy is about acting as a group, but, surprisingly, Robert Talisse argues that what it needs to function well is a degree of solitude for citizens. In-group and out-group dynamics mean that indiv...

I'm on the latest Philosophy Bites episode talking about the civic value of solitude
philosophybites.com/podcast/robe...

30.07.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Latest Philosophy Bites. Bob is back!

30.07.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the proto-feminist thinkers of 16th-century Dubrovnik | Aeon Essays How the ideas circulating among one noblewoman’s coterie in 16th-century Dubrovnik anticipated modern feminist thought

Long before modern feminism, women in 16th-century Dubrovnik were challenging the norms through poetry, philosophy, and wit

03.07.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, we’re sharing this archive Essay on the existentialist philosophies of Fanon and Simone de Beauvoir, which offer important insights into the nature of prejudice #FrantzFanon @jonathanwebber.bsky.social buff.ly/HhoUcNp

22.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I have an essay on philosophical connections in this issue of The New Philosopher. In great company there!

26.07.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Knight Frank

A nice surprise gift for someone? Iris Murdoch’s old house in North Oxford - 30 Charlbury Road. Β£2 million or so… www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/r...

26.07.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I have an essay on philosophical connections in this issue of The New Philosopher. In great company there!

26.07.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely endorsements for my forthcoming book!

β€œbrilliant and vivid biography” @emilyherring.bsky.social

β€œa joy to read” @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

Out in November. Preorder now: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

25.07.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance

Israel is committing genocide @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

24.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
1926 photo of Jean-Paul Sartre

1926 photo of Jean-Paul Sartre

1935 photo of (L-R) Laure Garcin, Martin Buber, Paule Crespin

1935 photo of (L-R) Laure Garcin, Martin Buber, Paule Crespin

1955 photo of Martin Heidegger, Anne Heurgon-Desjardins, Elfride Heidegger

1955 photo of Martin Heidegger, Anne Heurgon-Desjardins, Elfride Heidegger

1955 photo of Paul RicΕ“ur and Gabriel Marcel

1955 photo of Paul RicΕ“ur and Gabriel Marcel

Some photos of former participants in these cultural colloquia: a very young (pre-Beauvoir) Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Buber, Martin Heidegger, Paul RicΕ“ur, and Gabriel Marcel

23.07.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll be interviewing Mark Vernon about William Blake at 11am today (Saturday)…free event upstairs at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford (Broad Street) in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series

19.07.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Mark Vernon and Nigel Warburton A new look at the life, works and enduring relevance of William Blake, a deeply spiritual and politically radical figure.

Really looking forward to hosting this Philosophy in the Bookshop event with Mark Vernon on Wiliam Blake at 11am this Saturday upstairs at Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford www.eventbrite.com/e/philosophy...

17.07.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How jazz and dolphins can help explain consciousness | Aeon Essays Is consciousness like jazz, something hard to pin down? Or is it more like the biology of dolphins, odd but natural?

’Consciousness is the taste of a lemon, the blueness of the sky’ This approach to defining consciousness is intuitively compelling, but how exactly does it work? And what kind of insight into consciousness might it deliver?

17.07.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Mark Vernon and Nigel Warburton A new look at the life, works and enduring relevance of William Blake, a deeply spiritual and politically radical figure.

Really looking forward to hosting this Philosophy in the Bookshop event with Mark Vernon on Wiliam Blake at 11am this Saturday upstairs at Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford www.eventbrite.com/e/philosophy...

17.07.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How jazz and dolphins can help explain consciousness | Aeon Essays Is consciousness like jazz, something hard to pin down? Or is it more like the biology of dolphins, odd but natural?

aeon.co/essays/how-j...

17.07.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and the folks at @aeon.co for putting out my thoughts on consciousness, killers whales, and John Coltrane....

17.07.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyday Philosophy: Thoreau and the power of civil disobedience The American philosopher championed ideas that inspired the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr – as well as the protests of today

Everyday Philosophy: Thoreau, King, and Civil Disobedience @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

16.07.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthe mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality” Thoreau

13.07.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜There is no political power without power over the archive’ Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, ...

β€˜β€¦we must empower, support and celebrate the role of libraries and librarians as defenders of an open, pluralist society – the hidden but essential infrastructure of democracy itself’ Richard Ovenden observer.co.uk/news/interna...

12.07.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford and London events coming up @unherd.com, @blackwells.bsky.social with EsmΓ© Patridge and @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

11.07.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If AI is providing such excellent writing tools, when can we expect a corresponding improvement in the quality of published non-fiction trade books?

09.07.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very much looking forward to this conversation with none other than Roger McNamee @moonalice.com and Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on #PrivacyIsPower! Tune in tomorrow!

08.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyday philosophy: We can't just ignore bad news Those who turn their back on world news and just get on with their lives inside a protective bubble are part of the problem

On the fragile beauty of butterflies and why we can’t just ignore bad news @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

09.07.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s hard to know how to combat this given the lobbying from tech companies. I think the green arguments are very strong quite apart from the rights issues. Hope you are thriving!

08.07.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this evening’s All Party Writers’ Group at the House of Commons. Thanks to @ALCS for the invitation and for defending writers’ rights in an age of digital parasites!

08.07.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hundreds of thousands of children face famine, betrayed by our leaders with their silence

✏️Matt Kelly
πŸ”“Free to read
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-m...

30.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Can you see circles or rectangles? And does the answer depend on where you grew up? | Anil Seth We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than that, says cognitive and computational neuroscience professor Anil Seth

Do we see things as we are? @anilseth.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.07.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

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