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Nigel Warburton
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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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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 8h
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Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.

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The Best Philosophy Books of 2025
The best new philosophy books of 2025, as recommended by our philosophy editor, the author and podcaster Nigel Warburton
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 17h
'What is analytic philosophy? Nobody seems to know.'

Sarah Richmond on a Marxist polemic against analytic philosophy
What they mean
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d
This week’s @thenewworldmag.bsky.social column: on CS Lewis and grief www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...
Everyday philosophy: CS Lewis and the truth about grief
When we lose someone it distorts everything - even the world around us
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d
I discussed Tom Stoppard’s TV play ‘Professional Foul’ in this column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social ‬⁩ (no paywall) www.thenewworld.co.uk/everyday-phi...
Everyday Philosophy: Professional fouls and ethical dilemmas
The epidemic of cynical tackles at the Euros evokes Søren Kierkegaard’s concept of the ‘teleological suspension of the ethical’
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d
Good to know that the Lithuanian translation of A Little History of Philosophy was on sale at the Vilnius book fair today!

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d
Sad to hear of the death of Tom Stoppard. I particularly liked his television play about philosophy and the teleological suspension of the ethical, Professional Foul

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 6d
Cameras and digital tracking make our lives more convenient – but at what cost?

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Everyday philosophy: Welcome to our terrifying surveillance state
Cameras and digital tracking make our lives more convenient – but at what cost?
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d
Looking forward to discussing Schopenhauer with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Free event 11am Saturday 6th December part of the Philosophy in the Bookshop series that I host in Blackwell’s Oxford

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d
The virtuoso classical guitarist Craig Ogden discusses and demonstrates some of what makes the guitar such a distinctive instrument @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/how-t...
How to paint with sound, by a virtuoso classical guitarist | Aeon Essays
In the hands of a great musician, the gloriously simple guitar can create the most complex works of art. Here’s how
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