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nigelwarburton.bsky.social
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 European. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.
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The new assault on Brutalist architecture www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/r...

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Read @doctoroxford.bsky.social’s moving account of doctors on Ukraine’s frontline www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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‘The more I learn about the ferocious resolve of Ukrainian healthcare workers to keep looking after their patients, the greater my respect for their efforts and my desire to bear witness’ Rachel Clarke www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Trump and the ‘C’ word! @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘The earliest photographs in the collection were taken in the UK in the mid-1830s’ Photography had barely been invented been invented then. Were there even any fixed images of England by then? Probably wrong date. Was this fact-checked by AI @theguardian.com ? t.co/xdn5eMo7ba

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Really looking forward to interviewing @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates at Blackwell’s Oxford 29th May. Free event. Book your place #philosophyinthebookshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

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‘If we don’t end up cooperating, we lose out on future beneficial interaction.’ Commitment and cooperation: a coevolutionary relationship

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I get my best ideas on trains

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The kompromat theory is now looking extremely plausible

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For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors

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Really looking forward to interviewing @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates at Blackwell’s Oxford 29th May. Free event. Book your place #philosophyinthebookshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/s...

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I get my best ideas on trains

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Thomas Piketty on the state we are in www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...

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An interesting essay inspired by the writer’s attempt to write a profile of Daniel Dennett @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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Why Trump's appeasement of Putin over Ukraine is both shameful and stupid. And how Europe must respond to Trump's 'Munich' this weekend in Munich @munsecconf.bsky.social @ecfr.eu @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr? Really??? Oh America!

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Is smartphone theft a form of assault? This week’s @theneweuropean.bsky.social Everyday Philosophy column app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/128756...

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AI technology: then and now. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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We've had lots of lovely comments about our new schools video featuring @profaliceroberts.bsky.social. Whether your a parent, guardian, teacher, or just curious to know more about humanism and our work in schools – give it a watch today.

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"What even are subspecies, these neither-this-nor-that intermediates, these creatures caught between binomials, like actors surprised mid-costume change?" I wrote about Noah's ark, wrens, ruddy ducks and Booming Ben, for @aeon.co. aeon.co/essays/the-c...

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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

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Why would anyone take advice on town planning from amateur nostalgic dabbler Charles who is a famous enemy of modern architecture? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Ernö Goldfinger, whom everyone seems to call a brutalist architect these days, rejected that label…(better reserved for the Smithsons’ approach). He described himself as a classicist.

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#superbowl (pun c/o @foqueiroz.bsky.social)

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Please let me know if you see this in the wild…

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The case for a philosophical life - Agnes Callard’s version youtube.com/watch?v=wrZO...

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Trump fatigue is real. But we need to fight it. He wants us to be exhausted by his antics.

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Trump’s bullying may backfire on him - my @theneweuropean.bsky.social column www.theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-phi...

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As Trump floods the zone, here's my advice to the media on how to push back and still hold him to account without being disoriented or deflected by his 'gish galloping'. An extract from my book, 'Win Every Argument,' published in The Atlantic in 2023:

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Trump’s bullying may backfire on him - my @theneweuropean.bsky.social column www.theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-phi...

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Trump fatigue is real. But we need to fight it. He wants us to be exhausted by his antics.

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FTA: "There’s something that bullies don’t always take into account though. The bullied seethe with resentment. They find small, inconspicuous ways to get their own back... Eventually...there are so many victims that they club together to get their revenge – they find strength in numbers."

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Trump’s bullying - this week’s Everyday Philosophy column @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-phi...

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Trump’s bullying - this week’s Everyday Philosophy column @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-phi...

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New edition of A Little History of Philosophy @yalebooks.bsky.social just landed!

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There, there. Don't you fret. Just seven more years and it'll all be over.

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