David Edmonds
@davidedmonds100.bsky.social
Philosopher (Uehiro Oxford), Author (Wittgenstein's Poker, Would You Kill The Fat Man, Parfit, etc.), Podcaster (Philosophy Bites, Social Science Bites). Journalist. Latest book, Death In A Shallow Pond.
35 years later and still not explained
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 AM
35 years later and still not explained
This is what I told Farage’s biographer quite a few years ago. Now corroborated by more than 30 others
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is what I told Farage’s biographer quite a few years ago. Now corroborated by more than 30 others
Post Anschluss the Nazis forced Jews to list their assets. Here are the Wittgenstein musical instruments from the house in the Argentinierstrasse Palais
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Post Anschluss the Nazis forced Jews to list their assets. Here are the Wittgenstein musical instruments from the house in the Argentinierstrasse Palais
25 yrs ago, with co-author John, we did a lot of research for Wittgenstein’s Poker on the costly deal with the Nazis (for 2 sisters to be classified Aryan). John has just found the files. A treasure trove. This is the US lawyer’s letter to Ludwig -exposing splits in the Wittgenstein family
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
25 yrs ago, with co-author John, we did a lot of research for Wittgenstein’s Poker on the costly deal with the Nazis (for 2 sisters to be classified Aryan). John has just found the files. A treasure trove. This is the US lawyer’s letter to Ludwig -exposing splits in the Wittgenstein family
Hanging throughout the Uehiro Oxford Institute - Derek Parfit prints
October 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hanging throughout the Uehiro Oxford Institute - Derek Parfit prints
From the attic. The White House was wondering whether to invite Bobby Fischer.
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From the attic. The White House was wondering whether to invite Bobby Fischer.
The legal scholar John Gardner would have been 60 today. Here's a funny anecdote about him and Derek Parfit. And you can listen to Gardner on PBites here philosophybites.libsyn.com/john-gardner...
March 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The legal scholar John Gardner would have been 60 today. Here's a funny anecdote about him and Derek Parfit. And you can listen to Gardner on PBites here philosophybites.libsyn.com/john-gardner...
I bring you amazing news of the Duck-Rabbit which went viral after being drawn in 1892. (From a new book by Leor Zmigrod) @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I bring you amazing news of the Duck-Rabbit which went viral after being drawn in 1892. (From a new book by Leor Zmigrod) @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Some philosophical lives
March 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Some philosophical lives
From the archive. For 25 years the FBI followed Bobby Fischer’s left-wing mother Regina. This is the file, and how we found out that Bobby’s biological father was not Fischer, but a Jewish Hungarian physicist, Paul Nemenyi.
March 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
From the archive. For 25 years the FBI followed Bobby Fischer’s left-wing mother Regina. This is the file, and how we found out that Bobby’s biological father was not Fischer, but a Jewish Hungarian physicist, Paul Nemenyi.
I wrote a letter to the New Statesman. Of course, I should have written the letter that follows mine.
January 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I wrote a letter to the New Statesman. Of course, I should have written the letter that follows mine.
Oxford office, circa 2014. Sadly, there was no intellectual osmosis
November 30, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Oxford office, circa 2014. Sadly, there was no intellectual osmosis
The next 30 questions, with answers
November 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The next 30 questions, with answers
Gonna restart the philosophy quiz started at other place – questions to be set at irregular intervals. Here were the first 20 questions.
November 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Gonna restart the philosophy quiz started at other place – questions to be set at irregular intervals. Here were the first 20 questions.