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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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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 13h

A clear analysis by @neddo.bsky.social of an unresolved issue for those wanting to explain consciousness. Functionalism begs the question, but so too does claiming that the ‘meat hypothesis’ is more than a hypothesis. 👇🏻 H/T @anilseth.bsky.social

Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 4d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 13h

Why Concord took off - was it mostly down to geology? @theatlantic.com #Emerson #Thoreau www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Why Concord?

The geological origins of the American Revolution

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics

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How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d

"The ‘good’ guys are all on their own, out for themselves without being able to trust a single soul."

Are you watching The Celebrity #Traitors? Here's why I won't watch be watching the programme ever again.

#CelebrityTraitors

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time someone set up a ‘Taking the Peace’ prize. I wonder who would win?

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

It’s only for the last 2500 years or so that philosophers in the Western tradition have been discussing ethics, so not all that new

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 2d

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

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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Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 4d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 4d

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 4d

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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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 4d

Because there's so much awful stuff to write about, I decided to write my latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about something interesting and removed from all that: the discovery of a blue pigment in a Neolithic artefact.
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How did cave artists get a brand new pigment?

The discovery of traces of a blue pigment on a stone shaped into a shallow dish at a Palaeolithic site in Germany is quite a find

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 4d

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

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

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

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d

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

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics

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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · 6d

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

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d

Cheers everyone!

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