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.
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.