David Edmonds (Uehiro Centre, Oxford University) and Nigel Warburton (freelance philosopher/writer)
Raymond Geuss wants political philosophers to focus on real politics rather than abstract notions. I
Roger Crisp discusses the nature of virtue in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosoph
Anthony Appiah makes the case for the relevance of psychological experiments to our ethical reasonin
Friedrich Nietzsche's The Genealogy of Morality provides a radical view of the origins of our values
Philosophers have been fascinated by paradoxes since ancient times. In this episode of the Philosoph
Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is a notoriously difficult work. In this interview for Philo
Philosophers of mind have traditionally introspected sitting alone in their rooms. Now new developme
Ray Monk discusses the relationship between philosophy and biography in this interview with Nigel Wa
Philosophy began in earnest with Socrates. He asked impertinent questions. In this interview with M.
Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas about art and truth run through much of his philosophical writing, but a
Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling retells and interprets the story of Abraham and Isaac. In Kie
How can we enjoy watching tragedy when it is a genre that deals with suffering and pain? In this epi
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most notorious works of political philosophy ever wri
Plotinus, who lived in the 3rd Century A.D., was the founder of neo-platonism. In this episode of Ph
What precisely is a legal right? Matthew Kramer discusses this question with Nigel Warburton in this
Modern society is for most people synonymous with progress. Not for the eighteenth century thinker J
How do we weigh lives one against another? Governments frequently have to make life and death decisi
Jacques Derrida, father of deconstructionism, divided philosophers. For some he was a genius; for ot
John Locke, writing in the Seventeenth Century, argued for religious toleration, though stopped shor
Should minority groups such as recent immigrants or those who have suffered historic injustice be gi
