Nigel Warburton

@nigelwarburton.bsky.social

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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. .. more

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Nigel Warburton is a British philosopher. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, having written a number of books in the genre, but he has also written academic works in aesthetics and applied ethics. .. more

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

How long before someone tries to clone Da Vinci?

Longreads @longreads.com · 3d

"For centuries, the life of Leonardo da Vinci has been pieced together from paint, ink, and paper—the fragile traces of a singular mind. That could be about to change."

Richard Stone for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?

Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication

www.science.org

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing!

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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 2d

Left wallet + credit cards on London bus this morning, and didn’t even know it was missing. The bus driver has just dropped it off at my house! I thought this sort of thing only happened in the movies. Thank you bus driver Dorota... @tflbot.bsky.social

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 3d

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 3d

Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?

Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication

www.science.org

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 4d

I'm an admirer of John Stuart Mill, David Hume and Diogenes the Cynic. The problem is, I cannot endorse any one of them without reservation

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Everyday philosophy: Why I don't have a favourite philosopher

I'm an admirer of John Stuart Mill, David Hume and Diogenes the Cynic. The problem is, I cannot endorse any one of them without reservation

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d

Also known as ‘thought’

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 10d

Just released on the Philosophy Bites podcast: Chike Jeffers on Afrikana Philosophy philosophybites.libsyn.com/chike-jeffer... This episode will appear shortly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc too

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