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Everyday philosophy: Philosophers can't tell you how to live

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting! Do you know about Michael Baxandall’s discussion of blue pigment in 15th C Renaissance paintings? Patrons specified amount to be used partly because it was a proxy symbol for wealth because made from rare lapis lazuli and viewers would know that…

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7h

Philosophers can’t tell you how to live @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

There is, so far, no philosophical consensus about how we should go about our lives. We have to keep thinking for ourselves

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

The Philosophy Bites podcast started in 2007 (and is fast approaching 50 million unique episode downloads). Which philosophy podcasts were around before us? www.philosophybites.com

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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 2d

Latest Philosophy Bites with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social philosophybites.com On a topic I know a little about @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers everyone!

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · 6d

Really honoured to see this review of Dr Bot by philosopher and writer Nigel Warbuton in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social . Great to have endorsements from doctors as well as philosophers.

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d

Everyday philosophy: Dr Bot will see you now

Don't let Donald Trump’s med bed fiasco distract you from how AI is actually transforming medical care and the ethical issues it raises

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 17d

The Philosophy Bites podcast has had nearly 50 million unique episode downloads so far… philosophybites.com

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d

Everyday philosophy: Dr Bot will see you now

Don't let Donald Trump’s med bed fiasco distract you from how AI is actually transforming medical care and the ethical issues it raises

Everyday philosophy: Just tax the rich

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 8d

How long before Russia cuts internet cables to the UK? Don’t say I didn’t warn you….

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 11d

Signed copies of A Little History of Philosophy now available in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Broad Street store (on the ground floor in the section that used to be music but now sells gifts)

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 11d

Signed copies of A Little History of Philosophy now available in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Broad Street store (on the ground floor in the section that used to be music but now sells gifts)

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 11d

I’m suggesting it would be a shame if the whole country got held to ransom, particularly if this is just some kind of political gesture playing to anti immigrant voters but putting everyone at risk…We have a history of Government digital data breaches

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 11d

We’re hearing about a cyber hack of a nursery chain and we’re being told all of us need a digital identity card with all our personal details centrally recorded… Hmmmmmmmm

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 13d

We shouldn’t need philosophy to tell us that wealth redistribution could alleviate extensive poverty

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We shouldn’t need philosophy to tell us that wealth redistribution could alleviate extensive poverty

Everyday philosophy: Just tax the rich

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 14d

Tax the rich! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

We shouldn’t need philosophy to tell us that wealth redistribution could alleviate extensive poverty

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jamie-woodward-a-little-history-of-the-earth-book-launch-tickets-1621022304349

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 16d

Really looking forward to discussing Jamie Woodward’s : A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social with him in the Fossils Gallery of Manchester Museum - Tickets, Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM t.co/UASdMVIWbv

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 14d

Tax the rich! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/nigel-warbur...

Everyday philosophy: Just tax the rich

We shouldn’t need philosophy to tell us that wealth redistribution could alleviate extensive poverty

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jamie-woodward-a-little-history-of-the-earth-book-launch-tickets-1621022304349

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 14d

Me too!

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 15d

Very much looking forward to discussing my new book Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does) with Nigel Warburton this Saturday 27th 11.00 - do come if you can. @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Four free to one events in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - starting with Charlotte Blease on how much AI we should allow in healthcare this Sat at 11am upstairs in the Broad Street Oxford shop…

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 16d

Really looking forward to discussing Jamie Woodward’s : A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social with him in the Fossils Gallery of Manchester Museum - Tickets, Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM t.co/UASdMVIWbv

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · Aug 20

Check out this episode of @philosophybites.bsky.social in which I discuss the life and philosophy of Henri Bergson with Nigel Warburton philosophybites.com/podcast/emil...

Emily Herring on Henri Bergson - Philosophy Bites

Henri Bergson was once one of the most living famous philosophers. Now he is less well known. Emily Herring, his biographer, discusses this and some of his key ideas in this episode of the Philosophy ...

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 17d

The Philosophy Bites podcast has had nearly 50 million unique episode downloads so far… philosophybites.com