Our centre member Angie Hobbs' book "Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book" has been selected by Nigel Warburton for Five Books as the number one "Best Introductions to Philosophy"! Introductory books are important, as he points out in an inteview about his choices : "Now, some philosophers, when asked about introductory books, say, ‘Well, of …
Some recent activities of centre member Angie Hobbs
Centre member Angie Hobbs has had a busy couple of months! On the 21st of May she helped compose a letter from the British Philosophical Association to the Government to draw attention to what philosophers at U.K. institutions are doing to assist in the pandemic. Read the letter here. On the 5th of June, Angie …
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Interview: Why philosophers could be the ones to transform your 2020
"Can a thinker who last plied his trade two millennia ago really help? Does a controversial 19th-Century German scholar make a good life coach? Might the study of Jean-Paul Sartre be the key to a new you?" On the 15th of January 2020, an interview with centre-member Angie Hobbs was published on BBC culture, in …
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