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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 · 1d
And to you!

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d
‘Shortage’

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d
No ‘shortage’ I meant!

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Christmas to those who celebrate it (and seasonal wishes to those who don’t too)! A good time to seek peace and tolerance and to stand against cruelty, hatred, and ignorance…(no shorter of any of these this year, sadly)

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Christmas to those who celebrate it (and seasonal wishes to those who don’t too)! A good time to seek peace and tolerance and to stand against cruelty, hatred, and ignorance…(no shorter of any of these this year, sadly)

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d
Isaiah Berlin’s grave in North Oxfod

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · 3d
Who should decide the role of AI in the future of medicine? –Check out my latest essay in @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/who-s... edited by @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Who should decide the role of AI in the future of medicine? | Aeon Essays
Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 3d
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP What Is?
In this special edition of our Philosophy in the Bookshop series, We present 4 'little histories' and pose the question, 'What Is?'
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 3d
Don’t miss this free @yalebooks.bsky.social Little History event @blackwelloxford.bsky.social

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 3d
Are doctors irreplaceable? @aeon.co @crblease.bsky.social
aeon.co Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 4d
If we are to think clearly about the question of AI in medicine, we must confront it from an outsider’s perspective, and consider whether new technologies could be part of a wider reckoning with what medicine is for and who it should serve
Who should decide the role of AI in the future of medicine? | Aeon Essays
Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 4d
According to Jamie Woodward, Hutton was “the first geologist to make convincing arguments about the reality of deep time in Earth History”

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Everyday philosophy: How the world forgot James Hutton
A Scottish geologist made a discovery that altered the way we see ourselves, and our planet. And yet his name is widely forgotten
www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 4d
If we are to think clearly about the question of AI in medicine, we must confront it from an outsider’s perspective, and consider whether new technologies could be part of a wider reckoning with what medicine is for and who it should serve
Who should decide the role of AI in the future of medicine? | Aeon Essays
Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way
buff.ly

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 6d
I don’t think the headline is inaccurate - but the column was more about panpsychism in general than Pullman

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d
I didn’t write the headline btw

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 7d
A Scottish geologist made a discovery that altered the way we see ourselves, and our planet. And yet his name is widely forgotten

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Everyday philosophy: How the world forgot James Hutton
A Scottish geologist made a discovery that altered the way we see ourselves, and our planet. And yet his name is widely forgotten
www.thenewworld.co.uk