Nigel Warburton
24 July 2024
Here comes a paradigm shift
American philosopher Thomas Kuhn's controversial thinking turned normal science on its head
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How to know when to step down
The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough
Read the full article10 July 2024
Who is the father of modern conservatism?
If the remnants of the Conservative Party are searching for inspiration, they should not look to Edmund Burke
Read the full article03 July 2024
What is the point of prison?
For philosopher Tommie Shelby, Labour’s commitment to building more prisons is a sign of failure, short-termism, and nothing to celebrate
Read the full article26 June 2024
Everyday Philosophy: Professional fouls and ethical dilemmas
The epidemic of cynical tackles at the Euros evokes Søren Kierkegaard’s concept of the ‘teleological suspension of the ethical’
Read the full article19 June 2024
Everyday Philosophy: Jean-Paul Sartre’s Bad Faith
The philosopher’s observations of a Parisian waiter carrying out his job like an automaton led him to define a psychological phenomenon
Read the full article12 June 2024
Rishi Sunak and his £2000 lie
The more the prime minister lies, the more cynical voters become over the state of the country
Read the full article05 June 2024
Suicide is more than self-destruction
Making sense of suicide is complex, which is why the classicist Edith Hall turns to ancient Greece to do so
Read the full article29 May 2024
Is God a human construction?
For the philosopher Don Cupitt, God is the ideal we plan our lives around
Read the full article22 May 2024
Everyday philosophy: Bertrand Russell would’ve hated the Tories’ sex education guidance
Banning talk of sex from classrooms contradicts the openness and love of learning the philosopher strived for
Read the full article15 May 2024
Eurovision is not beyond politics
The question of whether Israel's Eden Golan should have been allowed to perform plagued this year's competition
Read the full article08 May 2024
What can Plato's last words tell us?
Plato addressed many of the questions that have been at the centre of discussion for almost 2,500 years
Read the full article01 May 2024
Can we justify paternalism?
For children and vulnerable adults, some level of state-enforced restriction can be benign
Read the full article24 April 2024
Everyday philosophy: An ode to Daniel Dennett
It’s not just through his writing that this important thinker will exert an influence long after his death
Read the full article17 April 2024
Everyday philosophy: Our assisted dying laws are inhumane
In many other countries in Europe, assisted dying is already legal and the UK should follow suit
Read the full article10 April 2024
Everyday Philosophy: Digital clones are here to stay
But, according to Jean-Paul Sartre’s thinking, this may not be the cause for concern that society portrays it to be
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Everyday philosophy: Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Oscars speech
The main takeaway I took from Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is different from the one the director intended
Read the full article20 March 2024
Everyday philosophy: Putin misunderstands force and belief
There are no signs that the commitment to the truth of Alexei Navalny’s allies will be deterred by violence
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Everyday philosophy: Juliet’s strange superstition
Verona’s infamous star-crossed lover can’t help today’s hopeful romantics
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Everyday Philosophy.. on defining prejudice
Coming up with satisfactory definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia is complicated yet important
Read the full article28 February 2024
Everyday philosophy: Marriage’s fight with gender equality
The world is a long way off achieving gender equality
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Everyday philosophy: The thinkers who break stereotypes
Philosophers are more diverse than history has led us to believe
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Everyday philosophy: For Sunak, sorry seems to be the hardest word
The prime minister could still apologise for the offence caused by his recent remarks in PMQs – but he won’t
Read the full article07 February 2024
Everyday philosophy: Are we entering the age of the cyborg?
For those who can afford it, Neuralink’s breakthrough gives us the opportunity to become superhuman
Read the full article31 January 2024
Everyday philosophy: We’re living in Donald Trump’s simulation
If US politics gets any stranger, it's going to be hard to explain it any other way
Read the full article24 January 2024
Everyday philosophy: We need to close the poverty gap
Tax recommendations from the super rich merely confirm that they have disproportionate power
Read the full article17 January 2024
Everyday Philosophy: What’s the matter with mess?
If Albert Einstein didn’t need a tidy desk, should we?
Read the full article10 January 2024
Everyday philosophy: January, the two-faced month
As we stagger into the uncertainty of 2024, Janus’s ability to see both the past and the future accurately would come in very handy
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Everyday philosophy: Here we go again…
Who has the time for New Year’s resolutions?
Read the full article20 December 2023
Everyday Philosophy: On Epicureanism
There is some irony in the fact that the word “epicurean” is now used to describe people who relish the sensual pleasures of eating fine food and drinking fine wine
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Everyday Philosophy: Remembering Chaucer’s European life
Geoffrey Chaucer’s legacy should be as a great European, not as a quintessentially English writer
Read the full article06 December 2023
Everyday philosophy: The beauty of swearing
Philosophers have rarely written about swearing - until now
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