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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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David Bather Woods @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social · 1d
Had a fabulous time talking Schop’ @blackwelloxford.bsky.social, thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d
If you’re in Oxford today (Saturday) come and hear David Bather Woods discussing his new book on Schopenhauer - 11am top floor of Blackwell’s in Broad Street. Free event…

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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 2d
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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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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 2d
Latest Philosophy Bites. Sam Scheffler on grief philosophybites.com/podcast/samu...
Samuel Scheffler on Grief and Time - Philosophy Bites
Grief is affected by the passage of time in a way that some attitudes and emotions aren't. Samuel Scheffler explores why this might be so in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 2d
'What is analytic philosophy? Nobody seems to know.'

Sarah Richmond on a Marxist polemic against analytic philosophy
What they mean
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 3d
Future KiC public lectures will be by Nigel Warburton and Ernest Sosa… watch this space @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 3d
On the 50th anniversary of #HannahArendt’s death, we revisit this essay on one of her incisive, and quietly radical, challenges to modern life. In a world obsessed with authenticity and the search for a supposedly fixed truth, Arendt offered something far more demanding and liberating: ‘the will’
What Hannah Arendt proposed as an alternative to authenticity | Aeon Essays
In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selves
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 4d
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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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 4d
How might recognising our shared vulnerability allow us to build a world that is more inclusive of disability? Today, for #InternationalDayofPeoplewithDisability, we‘re featuring this essay from the archive which explores what disability can tell us about being human
I hurt therefore I am: a new approach to our shared vulnerability | Aeon Essays
We should be able to acknowledge that disabilities can cause pain and suffering without disabled people feeling dehumanised
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 8d
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 · 8d
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 · 8d
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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