I did a BA in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Warwick, an MPhil in Philosophy at Warwick and am about to start a PhD in Philosophy at… Warwick. My primary research interests are the philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of mind and the ontology of concepts (basically I want to know what concepts are). Immanuel Kant is the source of much inspiration for me. My views on cognition are overtly Kantian and I’m pretty sure he solved the whole idealism thing with transcendental idealism, the only sensible position one can take.
Thank you, Aditya Pandey, for an important and enduring question. We have here two distinct but intimately related questions. The first question really concerns whether we know when life begins, while the second pits life against body autonomy. Both require a substantial answer to the question of what constitutes life. I will therefore briefly explore […]
The only thought attached here is that it doesn’t seem fitting that the answer is, ‘Whatever science can’t answer.’ Thank you, Joshua Millard, for a great question. Your question has surely haunted all remotely self-aware philosophers at some point in their careers. Remarkably (or perhaps unremarkably, if you have followed philosophy for some time), there
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Thank you, Luke Rutherford, for a question that no doubt keeps us all up at night! I see you have cleverly dictated the terms of the debate within your question. Only two options seem open to me: either cereal is a soup or cereal is a salad. Either way I risk making myself out to
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Thank you, Dave Groves, for such a topical question! Yes, it is okay; don’t worry about it, enjoy your isolation in peace – that’s the short answer. Here is the long answer: It is important to recognise, first, that a great deal of happiness is built on the suffering of others. Were it not for
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