David Edmonds

Thought experiment 9: Mary’s Room

The Australian philosopher Frank Jackson used the tale of a colour-deprived prodigy to argue for a world beyond the physical. But is it so black and…

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Entering into a transformative experience means making a decision about what kind of “you” you want to be.

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How the American philosopher Edmund Gettier’s argument complicates our understanding of what constitutes knowledge.

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How the American ethicist Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of bodily autonomy can be transposed on to the right to…

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The American philosopher John Searle’s defence of human intelligence now has to confront today’s sophisticated AI algorithms.

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What do a hurtling trolley, a shallow pond and a famous violinist all have in common?

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Brilliant and eccentric, the Oxford philosopher spent his career grappling with fundamental moral questions.

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We are programmed to fear crowds, but a new style of policing shows that we shouldn’t be so worried.

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In the US, even voting is affected by "affirmative action". David Edmondsreports

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