David Bather Woods
@dbatherwoods
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associate professor @PhilosWarwick • friendly neighbourhood Schopenhauerian • part time Proustian • author @UChicagoPress • repped by @Kat_Aitken
Joined July 2019
It lives! You can now preorder my philosophical biography of Schopenhauer. Out in November.
press.uchicago.edu
An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer’s pessimism. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)...
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Trending in #Philosophy: https://t.co/634GvuPhml 1) David Harvey’s Value Theory (@histmat) 2) Ethical Paradox of Automation 3) Schopenhauer’s worst of all possible worlds (@BJHP_1993) 4) Marx & the Wood-Theft Debates (@histmat) 5) Imaginative contagion & moral corruption
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V excited to say I just launched a podcast!! Surprising Ethics is all about the most interesting and surprising ideas in ethics and political theory. 3 launch episodes+ 1-min trailer here!
surprisingethics.buzzsprout.com
The most interesting ideas from ethics and political theory. Where every episode contains a surprise.Surprising Ethics is an accessible philosophy podcast exploring the striking ways in which...
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On 17 September, the project is hosting its second workshop of the year, entitled "Kierkegaard and Intellectual Virtue". We have a great line-up of speakers and topics! More info here: https://t.co/YdnGwX8IUu
@SotonPhilosophy @HumanitiesUoS @unisouthampton
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Join us on 30th September for an evening with Nick Foster discussing COULD, SHOULD, MIGHT, DON'T with @philosophybites Tickets are available in store or here https://t.co/w68mne60Fc
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Very exciting conference coming up in November at University of Notre Dame Australia. Exploring the deepest and oldest questions Women in the History of Philosophy: On Nature Wednesday 26 – Thursday 27 November 2025
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Here is "AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto". I've been working on this feverishly because the issue seems to me so urgent - and I'm worried extreme positions on both sides are becoming locked in, when the best way forward is in the centre. Please read it! (1/2)
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"If we stop producing people who are trained or educated to help undergraduates understand the most important things thought or written or painted in human history,” the renowned philosopher Robert Pippin said, “we might not be able to recover that.” 🎯
The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. @Tyler_A_Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
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Thrilled to be included among these books to watch out for (and honoured to be compared in any way to Sarah Bakewell, whose book on Montaigne is the gold standard)
Some of the new philosophy books out recently (or later this fall) that we like the look of: https://t.co/6ZfuXFgKKw, picked by Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) Books by @drangiehobbs, @DavidEdmonds100, @dbatherwoods, @jonathanwebber, @AgnesCallard
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Some of the new philosophy books out recently (or later this fall) that we like the look of: https://t.co/6ZfuXFgKKw, picked by Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) Books by @drangiehobbs, @DavidEdmonds100, @dbatherwoods, @jonathanwebber, @AgnesCallard
fivebooks.com
Philosophy books, at their best, open the door to thinking about how to live our lives and interact with the world around us. Fortunately, the past decade has seen many popular philosophy books...
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📣 New publication! 📣 My article, ‘Schopenhauer’s Worst of All Possible Worlds’, is open access in BJHP 🔓 @PhilosWarwick @theBSHP @BJHP_1993
tandfonline.com
Few are persuaded by Schopenhauer’s argument that ours is the worst of all possible worlds. In this paper, I propose and defend an alternative reading of Schopenhauer’s argument. According to my re...
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The final Philosophy in the Bookshop events of 2025, Hosted by @philosophybites and featuring @crblease @drangiehobbs @DavidEdmonds100 and @dbatherwoods Free to attend @blackwelloxford @blackwellbooks Register to attend
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📣 New publication! 📣 My article, ‘Schopenhauer’s Worst of All Possible Worlds’, is open access in BJHP 🔓 @PhilosWarwick @theBSHP @BJHP_1993
tandfonline.com
Few are persuaded by Schopenhauer’s argument that ours is the worst of all possible worlds. In this paper, I propose and defend an alternative reading of Schopenhauer’s argument. According to my re...
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Excited for this event at Blackwell’s flagship book shop to talk about my new philosophical biography of Schopenhauer. Register now! 👇📚
New @philoxophy Philosophy in the Bookshop announced. Saturday 6th December at 11am with @philosophybites and @dbatherwoods Register to attend for free here https://t.co/XfAy1mw3Zs
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New @philoxophy Philosophy in the Bookshop announced. Saturday 6th December at 11am with @philosophybites and @dbatherwoods Register to attend for free here https://t.co/XfAy1mw3Zs
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that old desire to rebel against an imaginary plot woven against me by my parents
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The AWS will be hosting a virtual Simone Weil reading group this coming school year. We will read four different works drawn from Weil's writings on literature, politics, and spirituality and we would love for all Weil enthusiasts to join us: https://t.co/r4WJXj1eAE . 🧵
simoneweilsociety.org
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Finally got my contributor copy of this great volume - hopefully it will help Baumgarten become a bit more widely known!
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Springer have published an updated version of my chapter 'Vegetarian Eating' in the Handbook of Eating and Drinking. I like this chapter, as it asks a tricky question: is there an ethical case for vegetarianism that isn't ultimately a case for veganism? https://t.co/322OM2Oy09
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The philosophical literature is apparently replete with arguments for vegetarianism based on harm to animals. However, these are really arguments for veganism, not vegetarianism. This chapter...
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