Ne morate platiti ulaznicu za ovaj najveći filozofski (također muzički, filmski, komičarski itd.) festival; već iz popisa tema i govornika možete pokupili dovoljno naputaka za slijedećih nekoliko godina udaranja glavom u granice uma. Primjerice, o pitanju trebamo li iz nemogućnosti objašnjenja odnosa materije i svijesti izvesti novo razumijevanje ne svijesti, nego materije: što uopće znači da je nešto fizičko? Dobar slogan festivala: koje su ideje heretične danas, a sutra će biti u udžbeniku?
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John Heil and Daniel Stoljar, both recently reviewed on 3:AM, will be taking part in a debate together in this year’s HowTheLightGetsIn philosophy and music festival. Together with figures from the worlds of science, politics, philosophy and culture they will be traveling to Hay-on-Wye to debate everything from the science of consciousness to nature of matter and discover which of today’s heresies will become the truths of tomorrow.
HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy festival, takes place over 10 days at the end of May, with a programme packed with over 500 thought-provoking debates, talks and courses aiming to bring big thinking back into public life. Other philosophers taking part this year include Hubert Dreyfus, Nancy Cartwright, Thomas Pogge, Margaret Boden and Ted Honderich.
Alongside this runs a programme of music, comedy and film Mr Scruff, Holly Burn, gypsy dance masters Molotov Jukebox, Sara Pascoe, DJ Andrew Weatherall, music pioneers Alexis Taylor and Felix Martin of Hot Chip fame, award winning songstress Phildel, Zen Hussies, Nish Kumar and hundreds more.
Other great speakers from outside the world of philosophy include scientists such as David Nutt, Laurence Krauss, Roger Penrose and Lee Smolin, politicians Michael Howard, Dianne Abbott and Hilary Benn, Sophie Fiennes, Owen Jones, Mike Figgis, Imogen Stubbs and Cory Doctorow.
Daniel and John’s event It’s An Immaterial World is part of this year’s theme, ‘Heresy, Truth and the Future’, through which the festival aims to take up views that might be seen as heretical in the current intellectual scene, bring them to the fore and put them to the test. In this case the topic under discussion is whether difficulties of the mind-body problem are down to misunderstanding not mind, but rather matter, or what it is for something to be physical.
John will also be giving a course, part of the new IAI Academy thread, on his ontology, and metaphysics of science, The Universe As We Find It. Over three lectures he will be discussing the fundamentals of his ontology and its relation to science, and how this builds up to dissolve many problems that have troubled philosophers for centuries.
The Academy itself aims to promote sharing the ideas whilst championing the perspectives of individual thinkers, rather than claiming to be able to provide any kind of objective insight. As well as courses on physics, psychiatry, feminism, economics and neuroscience, there will be sessions on global justice with Thomas Pogge, medical ethics with Janet Radcliffe Richards, and animal minds with Mark Rowlands.
Check out our full programme of talks and debates, plus our fantastic line-up of music, comedy and film at www.howthelightgetsin.org
31st May – Debate – It’s An Immaterial World
We think we understand what the world is made of. Atoms and, we are now told, bosons quarks and leptons. Yet our theory of matter does not explain thought. Do we need a radically new model to explain how material things and immaterial thought are connected? American metaphysician John Heil, Biologist and author of The Science Delusion Rupert Sheldrake, and Australian philosopher of mind Daniel Stoljar think about thinking
Daniel’s events:
31st May – Debate – Heraclitus’ Dream
From everyday objects to the stars, the world of things appears stable and fixed. Yet for quantum physics and the ancient philosopher Heraclitus nothing remains the same. Rather than a framework of things might the world be essentially fluid? Cambridge Professor Huw Price and theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli go in search of solidity with metaphysician Daniel Stoljar and philosopher of science Eleanor Knox.
1st June – Talk – Is Progress Possible?
Whitehead famously said western philosophy was simply a footnote to Plato. Can it actually make progress? Australian philosopher Daniel Stoljar presents the optimist’s compelling case.
John’s Events:
1st June – Course – The Universe As We Find It
Didn’t science kill philosophy? By rethinking metaphysics, Washington University in St. Louis Professor John Heil uncovers why the greatest problems in philosophy and science may have been an illusion.
Part One: Why Metaphysics?
Are metaphysical ideas necessary for explaining what science really reveals?
Part Two: Truth and the Universe
Why should universal principles govern our world? Do we need a new way of thinking about cause and effect?
Part Three: The Big Questions
Have we been asking the wrong questions? Heil dissolves the grandest puzzles of philosophy.
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This year's HowTheLightGetsIn presents hundreds of talks and debates featuring a selection of the finest minds in philosophy, art, science, politics and more. Our 2014 line-up includes eminent physicist and cosmologist Roger Penrose, writer and filmmaker Colin MacCabe, Independent columnist and author of Chavs Owen Jones, and BBC Radio 4's comic heavyweight Marcus Brigstocke.
We have just released Festival Live Passes which will be available at an EarlyBird rate until we announce this year's full 2014 programme. They give you unlimited access to all of our live music, comedy acts and late-night parties for the whole festival and come as 3-day or 10-day passes. You can also browse though our Tickets & Programme for select debates and talks until our full programme is released later this month.
Here are Just a Few Selected Speakers from HowTheLightGetsIn 2014...
Warren Ellis in Fantasies and LiesMyth and fantasy are the stuff of fiction. They are not meant to be the stuff of real life. Yet are we not all victim to our own fantasies? Might myths be essential to our motivation and success and more broadly reality be woven in with fantasy? Or is this to demean everyday life and make of it a lie?
Vassili Christodoulou asks philosopher and classicist Angie Hobbs, novelist and comic book writer Warren Ellis, and historian of ideas Hannah Dawson to interrogate the myths we live by.
Roger Penrose in Secrets of the MindWe have no explanation of consciousness. Yet from the origins of life to the workings of the atom, science has provided answers when none were thought possible. Might we be about to crack consciousness as well? An impossible fantasy or an exciting adventure for mankind?
Joanna Kavenna asks eminent physicist Roger Penrose, Master and His Emissary author Iain McGilchrist, and evolutionary psychologist Nicholas Humphrey to explain the all-seeing 'I'.
Diane Abbott in The Eye of the Needle
The Government and the left appear to agree: we have a moral duty to pay tax. Yet hip companies from Google to Starbucks have other ideas. Is paying tax not a moral issue after all? Might avoidance even be a catalyst for growth? Or is paying tax the only way the rich pass the eye of the needle?
Labour politician Diane Abbott, philosopher and former Times columnist Jamie Whyte, and former Liberal Democrat minister Chris Huhne consider a 21st century heresy.
Lawrence Krauss in Philosophy Bites BackFrom neuroscience to cosmology, Hawking to Dawkins, many argue science can do away with philosophy. Yet science is replete with philosophical puzzles. Should we see science as one metaphysics amongst others? Or is this to swap the megalomania of science with that of philosophy?
Live from Australia, physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss squares off against philosophers Angie Hobbs and Mary Midgley. The BBC's Rana Mitter keeps the fight fair.
Brooke Magnanti in The Greatest Adventure
Romantic love is central to our culture, our novels, films and lives. Yet historians argue it is a modern western invention. Might we live more fulfilling lives if we gave up chasing this romantic ideal or does it still offer us the most exciting adventure of our lives?
Philosopher and author Roger Scruton, Telegraph columnist and Secret Diary of a Call Girlauthor Brooke Magnanti, and French philosopher and author of The Paradox of Love Pascal Bruckner pursue true romance.
Rupert Sheldrake in Science... Fiction?We think science works because it is true. Yet the theories are different from a century ago and will be different a century hence. Perhaps science is powerful rather than true. Would this lead us to more radical theories or undermine the method that has delivered such success?
Pharmacologist and former Home Office drugs advisor David Nutt, author of The Science Delusion Rupert Sheldrake, and philosopher of physics James Ladyman challenge the power of science.
Hilary Benn in The End of Aid?We think aid saves lives. Yet the IMF warns there is no correlation between aid and growth. Might the UK's £11bn maintain the very cycles of poverty it seeks to abolish? Worse still, is it another name for colonialism? Or would giving up on aid neglect our responsibility to the world's poorest?
Former Panorama editor Roger Bolton asks Development Secretary to Brown Hilary Benn, former BP CEO Tony Hayward, and economist and novelist Teller envisage a future without aid.
Named in Time Out's Top 100 most influential UK creatives 2012, Tom Bingle aka Inkie, has seen his work published in Rolling Stone, GQ and Dazed and Confused.
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Architect and Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson steered the city to the title of European Green Capital for 2015 within his first 12 months at the post.
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Orlando Murrin [273]
Writer Orlando Murrin began as a restaurant pianist, moved into journalism, won through to the finals of Masterchef and became editor of BBC Good Food.
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Times columnist and twice winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Journalism. He is the current Chair of Index on Censorship.
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Fforde has been writing since 2001 when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. Since then he has published a dozen more novels. He lives and works in Wales.
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Technology Columnist for The Observer and Vice-president of Wolfson Collge, Cambridge, John's most recent book is From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet.
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Labour leader nominee and former Shadow Minister for Health. Abbott has been MP for Hackey North and Stoke Newington since 1987.
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Documentary maker Fiennes has shot the great and the good of contemporary culture including Anselm Kiefer in arthouse classic Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow and Slavoj Zizek in The Pervert's Guide series. Grace Jones is the subject of her forthcoming film
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Self-professed "purveyor of filth" Neilson rose to fame as a pioneer of the in-yer-face movement after being kicked out of drama school for insubordination. His plays include The Wonderful World of Dissocia.
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Spokesperson of the English Collective of Prostitutes and co-ordinator of Legal Action for Women, Niki Adams is an expert on prostitution laws and campaigner for the decriminalization of sex work.
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Film director whose Leaving Las Vegas was nominated for two Oscars. He has since worked at the cutting-edge of digital film on projects including Timecode and Suspension of Disbelief.
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Award winning science journalist and former BBC science correspondent, Nelson is editor of The Biologist, presents the Space Boffins podcast, makes films for ESA, and reports on science for Radio 4.
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Renowned space scientist and presenter of The Sky at Night, Maggie was voted one of Britain's top 10 most influential black people by the UK Power List.
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Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University, where he builds models in state-of-the-art supercomputers in an attempt to understand the evolution of the structures of the universe.
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Sandra Newman is a Guardian-nominated novelist and author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done. She counts professional gambling amongst her previous professions.
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David Adjaye [130]
Winner of the Stirling Prize and a Visiting Professor at Princeton, David Adjaye has been described as "one of the biggest brands in architecture" by Time Magazine.
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An outspoken philosopher of science with a postmodern take, Steve Fuller is the author of Humanity 2.0 and Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick
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Chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, Nutt has been a fierce defender of science based policy since his infamous sacking as drugs advisor to the government.
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Rosalind Arden [112]
Lecturer in the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, Rosalind Arden's research investigates the connections between intelligence, genetics and health. Her work has been reported in Science, the Economist and by the BBC.
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Commentator, author and sociologist Frank's recent work explores the nature of authority and mistrust. He is a leading voice in discussions of fear, risk and the unknown.
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John Ó Maoilearca [445]
Philosopher and film theorist at Kingston University, Professor Ó Maoilearca is chair of the Society for European Philosophy and editor of the journal Film-Philosophy.
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Lucy Atkins [273]
Lucy Atkins is an award-winning British journalist and author. She has written for newspapers including the Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, and The Daily Telegraph.
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Born with the "gift of Glasgow's gab" (Times), Respect MP Galloway described his 2012 return to office as "the most sensational victory in British history."
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Peter Oborne [176]
Oborne is chief political commentator of the Telegraph and an associate editor of the Spectator. His most recent book is A Dangerous Delusion.
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Atkins Professor Emeritus or Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Peter Atkins is one of the foremost physical chemists and the author of Galileo's Finger.
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César Gaviria [124]
President of Colombia from 1990-94, César Gaviria, he has since served two terms as Secretary General of the Organisation of American States. He is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
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One of Britain's most senior civil servants, Omand served as Director of GCHQ, before becoming Permanent Secretary and Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office.
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American anthropologist Scott Atran has repeatedly briefed the US Defense Board on how to counter violent extremism. His books include In Gods We Trust.
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Former Chair of the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners, in 2013 she was voted one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by woman's hour.
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Writer, broadcaster and former Conservative MP, Matthew Parris writes columns for the Times and the Spectator as well as presenting Radio 4’s Great Lives.
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Lecturer and fellow at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, Anita Avramides' recent work focuses on how we know about the minds of others. Her books include Other Minds.
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Co-founder of The Other Club, Katie is a columnist and feature writer for The Sunday Times Magazine. Her writing can also be found in The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Observer, Elle Magazine, Grazia and Marie Claire.
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Bruce Parry [306]
An award-winning documentary maker, explorer and former Royal Marines troop commander, Bruce Parry is known for his documentary series for the BBC, which include Tribe, Amazon and Arctic.
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Author and Emeritus Reader in Sociology at the University of London, Christopher Badcock's current work seeks to explain brain evolution, the mind and mental illness using a grand theory of genetic conflict.
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Director of the Forum for European Philosophy and Associate Professor at the LSE, Glendinning is the author of Derrida's Legacies.
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Benny Peiser [401]
The founder of CCNet, a leading climate policy network, Peiser is co-editor of the journal Energy and Environment and director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
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Co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine, Baggini is the author of The Virtues of the Table and The Duck That Won the Lottery.
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Lydia Goehr [461]
Lydia is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. She is a recipient of Mellon, Getty, and Guggenheim Fellowships. In 2012 she was awarded the H. Colin Slim Award by the American Musicological Society. She is the author of The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy.
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Former 'Editrice' of the Erotic Review and a columnist for the Daily Telegraph, whose books include the Decadent Handbook. She is currently at work on her first novel.
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Independent theoretical physicist, who reformulated relativity using Machian principles where Einstein had failed. His books include The End of Time.
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Tanya Gold is a journalist for the Sunday Times and the Spectator. Notable awards include Feature Writer of the Year and Columnist of the Year nominee at the British Press Awards.
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New Statesman contributing editor and British Media Awards' Twitter Personality of 2012. Aged 23, she was the youngest person to be shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
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BBC New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari is co-founder of the intellectual salon How To Live and author of Keats and Philosophy.
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Suzy Greaves [273]
Suzy Greaves is a writer, journalist, author, business owner and editor. She became editor of Psychologies magazine in 2012.
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Renowned Mathematical Physicist and winner of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics with Stephen Hawking for their work on black holes. His books include Cycles of Time and The Emperor's New Mind.
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Camila Batmanghelidjh [229]
Founder of Kids Company and author of several books, Batmanghelidjh has revolutionised the lives of thousands of young people. She is also a prolific writer and activist.
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Sally Green [229]
Green sold her first trilogy for an estimated £1 million to Penguin. Half Bad, the first in the series, has been described by Kate Atkinson as the new Hunger Games.
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Yale philosopher and director of the Global Justice Program, Pogge is a legend in his field. From the UN to the pharmaceutical industry, Pogge is revolutionising our approach to global justice.
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Author and critic Bayley is also the former director of the Design Museum. He writes for the Observer and is a contributing editor to GQ.
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Patrick Haggard [448]
Deputy director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Patrick Haggard is a neuroscientist specialising in questions of free will.
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Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Trinity, Cambridge, Price is founder of the Centre for Time and co-founded of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.
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Minister for International Development under Blair and Minister for the Environment under Brown, Benn is now a key part of Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.
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Social scientist pioneering proponent of 'erotic capital', Catherine Hakim's books include The New Rules: Internet Dating, Playfairs and Erotic Power.
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Columnist, comedian and broadcaster, Steve Richards is the Independent's Chief Political Commentator. He also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster and GMTV’s The Sunday Programme.
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Leader of the Green Party and former editor of The Guardian Weekly, Natalie Bennett is also founder of the blog Carnival of Feminists and an active campaigner on women's issues.
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Author of Middle Age ("It is not often you find burning outrage in a work of philosophy" - Independent), Christopher Hamilton works at Kings College London.
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Oxford Professor of Practical Philosophy and Consultant at the Uehiro Centre for Practical ethics, Janet Radcliffe Richards has stirred the waters in discussions of organ trade. Her books include Human Nature After Darwin.
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Journalist and broadcaster Owen Bennett-Jones has been a foreign correspondent for the BBC in Islamabad, and written for the Financial Times and the Guardian. He currently presents the World Service's Newshour.
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Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, John Harris presents a bold argument for human enhancement. His latest book is Enhancing Evolution.
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Founding member of the anarchist punk group Crass, Penny Rimbaud is a musician, poet, author and activist. His works include This Crippled Flesh.
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Psychologist and author of Madness Explained and Doctoring the Mind, Richard Bentall is the Professor of Psychology at the University of Liverpool.
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Professor in Psychological Medicine known for criticising a lack of neutrality regarding psychotropic drugs and his role in 'Toronto Affair' over academic freedom. His books include The Antidepressant Era and Pharmageddon.
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Professor of Literature, science fiction writer and critic, his award winning books include Anticopernicus and New Model Army.
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President of the World Psychiatric Association, Dinesh Bhugra is professor of mental health at the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL specialising in cross-cultural psychiaty.
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Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, John Heil’s work focuses on metaphysics and philosophy of mind. He is author of The Universe as We Find It.
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Marc Robinson [461]
Former Director Of Film, TV & Advertising at Universal Music, Robinson now leads Universal's global creative efforts Managing Director of Globe, Creative and Commercial.
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Writer, feminist and co-founder of Justice for Women, writes regularly for the Guardian on subjects from LGBT rights to child protection to domestic violence.
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Journalist and broadcaster Isabel Hilton is the founder of China Dialogue. She writes for the Guardian and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and 4.
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Feminist sociologist Hilary Rose's books include Love, Power and Knowledge, which was listed as one of the "101 Best Books of the 20th Century".
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Social Entrepeneur and founder of the Big Issue. He was awarded an MBE for his services to homeless people.
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Having recently joined the team at Sky News as Social Affairs and Education Editor, Afua was previously the West Africa correspondent for the Guardian.
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Emeritus professor of Neurobiology at Open University and author of The Making of Memory, Steven Rose was in 2012 awarded the BNA lifetime award for outstanding contributions to neuroscience.
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Cambridge philosopher and vice-president of the British Humanist Association, his books include Truth, Ruling Passions and Practical Tortoise Raising.
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The first Chair for the Public Understanding of Philosopphy at Sheffield, Angie Hobbs is a Plato scholar and a frequent broadcaster.
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Meg Rosoff [221]
Carnegie Medal winning author of How I Live Now, “the best children’s novel for adults since The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” (Time Out).
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Political theorist, theologian and leading proponent of 'Red Toryism', Philip Blond is Director of the ResPublica think tank, and an advisor to David Cameron.
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Grote Professor Emeritus of philosophy of mind and logic at UCL, Ted Honderich is known for his outspoken views on issues from consciousness to terrorism and his principle of humanity.
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Italian Theoretical Physicist who pioneered Loop Quantum Gravity and formulated Relational Quantum Mechanics. His books include What is time? What is space?
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A Professor of Cognitive Science at "the forefront of efforts to exorcise Cartesian superstition" (New York Times), Margaret Boden's books include Mind as Machine and The Creative Mind.
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Katie Hopkins [450]
Tabloid newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins is a broadcaster and a business woman. She stood for MEP for the South West England Constituency as an Independent candidate in 2009.
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Miami-based philosopher Mark Rowlands is most widely known for his 'remarkably touching' (New Humanist) best selling memoir, The Philosopher and the Wolf.
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Roger was Editor of Panorama and Tonight at the BBC, before becoming Head of Network Production in 1983. After decades of success as a producer, Roger turned his hand to presenting as the voice of Radio 4's Feedback and Sunday.
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Best known for his book The End of Science, John Horgan is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Technology expert and author Kate Russell is the presenter of the BBC's flagship technology show Click. Her books include Working the Cloud.
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Director of the Centre for Cognition Research at the University of Reading, Professor Emma Borg is a philosopher of language, mind and cognitive science and author of Pursuing Meaning.
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Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College London, Jennifer Hornsby is know for challenging analytic philosophy’s orthodoxy, her work ranging across mind, action, language and feminist philosophy.
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Science journalist, author and broadcaster whose book Geek Nation was published in 2011, Angela Saini has written for the Guardian, New Scientist and Wired.
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Stand-up comedian and broadcaster, Marcus Brigstocke is a vereran of television and radio including Radio 4's The Now Show, I've Never Seen Starwars and The Brig Society.
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Former Leader of the Conservative Party Michael Howard began his professional life as a Queen's Counsel. He has long been tipped for a return to the political frontline.
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Consultant psychiatrist and author of Outdoor Psychiatry, Mark has spent two decades working in acute psychiatric wards.
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Pascal Bruckner is a French author, public intellectual and essayist. His recent books include The Tyranny of Guilt and Has Marriage for Love Failed?
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An investigative journalist, Hrafnsson began life working for state broadcasters in his native Iceland. Deciding to go indepnendent, he began to work with Wikileaks - he is now its leading spokesperson.
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Rhian Samuel [461]
Rhian is a Welsh composer who has published over 80 compositions. Her pieces are performed in countries around the world and ionclude chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral music. In 1999, she became Professor of Music at City University in London. In 2006 she was awarded the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales.
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Jon Butterworth [265]
Leading CERN scientist and professor of particle physics at UCL. He writes the Life and Physics blog at the Guardian and is the author of Smashing Physics.
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Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Prior to elected office, Huhne was an award-winning journalist on The Economist, Guardian and Independent.
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James Martin Fellow at the Future of Humanity Insitute at Oxford University, his research centres on the ethical and social implications of future technologies and human enhancement.
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Carla Buzasi [38]
An award-winning editor and writer, Busazi has contributed to the Guardian, Cosmopolitan, and Vogue. She is the editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post UK.
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Known for his work on the evolution of human consciousness, theoretical psychologist Nicholas Humphrey's work has spanned from reseach with mountain gorillas to editing a literary journal. His books include The Inner Eye and Soul Dust.
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Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and one of the Duttweiler Institute's Top 100 global thought leaders, Saskia Sassen's books include The Global City.
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Multiple award-winning mathematician Peter Cameron frequently engages the public in how to think like a mathematician and has an Erdos number of 1.
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Columnist at the Guardian, Jones was voted 7th most influential Left-winger by The Telegraph in 2013. The New York Times selected his debut book Chavs in its top 10 non-fiction books of 2011.
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Executive director of Greenpeace UK, John Sauven is an economist by training. His current initatives include a drive to stop the exploitation of the Artic by the oil industry.
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Socialist and feminist activist and writer, Beatrix Campbell has written for the Guardian, New Statesman and Red Rag, as well as nine books including this year's The End of Equality.
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Economist, prolific journalist and two-time British Press Award winner. Kaletsky is the author of Capitalism 4.0 and Chairman of the Institute of New Economic Thinking.
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Founder of the New York Institute of the Humanities, and Centennial Professor of Sociology at LSE, Sennett is the author of The Craftsman and Together.
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A former mathematician turned philosopher of science, Cartwright’s book How The Laws of Physics Lie has provoked continuing and internationally-cited debate.
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Novelist and travel writer Joanna Kavenna’s novel Inglorious won the Orange Award. She has written for the London Review of Books and the Observer.
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Presenter of Radio 4's The World Tonight and PM, Shah was Media Professional of the Year at the 2011 Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
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Previously senior economics producer on BBC Newsnight and Ten O'Clock News, Aditya Chakrabortty is economics leader writer for the Guardian.
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Novelist and stand-up comedian AL Kennedy won the Costa Book of the year prize for Day, and has a regular blog on the Guardian. All The Rage – a new collection of short stories – was released in March this year.
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LHC Particle Physicist, and the first female physics professor at the University of Liverpool. "[Shears] is rapidly becoming the go-to scientist to explain all things CERN" Wired
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Bioethicist and Deputy Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation. Her work tackles the ethical challenges we face in the 21st century.
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John Kerr [2]
Kerr served as UK Ambassador to the EU in Brussels, and then the US in Washington from 1995 to 1997. He is now chairs the Centre for European Reform and is Vice-President of the European Policy Centre.
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Biologist whose research into parapsychology and evolution led to the theory of morphic resonance, expounded in A New Science of Life.
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Eric Clarke [461]
Eric has been the Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford since 2007. Before this, he was Professor of Music at the University of Sheffield. when he moved to Oxford University. His recent works include Music and Consciousness and Music and Mind in Everyday Life. He was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 2010.
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Global Chief Economist at HSBC and a former columnist for the Independent, his most recent book is When The Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence.
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Independent columnist and former assistant editor of the Times, Mary Ann presents Profile on Radio 4, and is on the Council of Tate Modern.
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Adam Cohen [189]
A graduate of Harvard and the LSE, Cohen now serves as Google’s Head of Competition Policy for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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Philosopher of science Eleanor Knox is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at KCL. Her work focuses on philosophy of space time physics, explanation and intertheoretic relations.
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Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study. His interests encompass the philosophy of wine, language and self knowledge.
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Joining the Sunday Telegraph at 25, Conway was the youngest ever Economics Editor of a national newspaper. Now based at Sky News, he is the author of The Summit.
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Lawrence Krauss [39]
Cosmologist and Professor of Physics at Arizona State University, USA, his best selling science books include A Universe From Nothing.
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A lecturer at the London Graduate School and former columnist for the Sunday Times, Robert Rowland Smith's books include Breakfast with Socrates.
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Andrew Copson [229]
Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, Copson has written for the Guardian and New Humanist and appears frequently in the media.
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Serena Kutchinsky [137]
Formerly a writer for Sunday Times Magazine and Time Out, Serena is now Digital Editor of Prospect magazine and author of their 'Is This Feminism?' blog.
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Lee Smolin [384]
Theoretical physicist known for proposing a reconciliation between loop quantum gravity and string theory. He is the author of Time Reborn and The Trouble With Physics.
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Niamh Corbett [169]
Vice President of investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Steering Committee member of the 30% Club, Niamh Corbett writes and speaks on women in business and women entrepreneurs.
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Head of the Philosophy department at Bristol, James Ladyman’s work focuses on the philosophy of physics. He is editor of Scientific Metaphysics.
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Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University, Daniel Stoljar is Philosophy of Mind Editor of the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
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Michael Crick [2]
A founding member of the Channel 4 News Team in 1982, Crick became the BBC's political editor in 2007. He returned to Channel 4 as a political correspondent in 2011.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer under Major and Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Thacther, Lord Lamont is now President of the Economic Research Council.
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Gisela Stuart [100]
Formerly a minister in the deprtment of health, Labour MP Gisela Stuart has been in parliament since 1997. She currently sits on the Defence Select Committee.
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UCL neuroscientist Molly Crockett's work focuses on the neural basis of morality and decision-making. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, The Financial Times, New Scientist and the BBC.
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Post-postmodern philosopher and video artist whose Closure marks a post-Derridian return to metaphysics. He is Director of the Institute of Art and Ideas.
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Actress and playwright whose career has spanned roles from the West End stage to the big screen. She is also a contributing editor on Readers’ Digest.
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Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, Helena is a Darwinian philosopher and feminist. Her books include The Ant and the Peacock.
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Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays and poetry. Her most recent novel, Swimming Home, was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
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Prominent activist, author and co-founder of OutRage! Voted #6 in the New Statesman’s ‘Heroes of Our Time’. Famously attempted to arrest Robert Mugabe.
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A best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster, Helen Croydon's books include the confessional memoir Sugar Daddy Diaries and Screw The Fairytale.
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Colin MacCabe [272]
Distinguished Professor of English and Film at the University of Pittsburgh, MacCabe is a writer and film producer. He is editor of Critical Quarterly, and author of James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word.
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Presenter of Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, sociologist and broadcaster Laurie Taylor rose to prominence whilst a professor at the University of York. He also writes for THE.
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Kenneth Cukier [350]
Kenneth Cukier is Data Editor of the Economist and former technology editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia. His recent book Big Data, co-authored with Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, was shortlisted for FT Business Book of the Year 2013.
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A prominent activist for women’s rights, Mackay is the founder of the London Feminist Network. She is also responsible for the revival of Reclaim the Night in London.
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Danish novelist and former UN economist Janne Teller recently organised a petition by more than five-hundred international authors against mass surveillance. Her books include existential novel Nothing.
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Peter Curran [257]
BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 presenter Peter Curran is best-known for hosting The Friday Night Arts Show, When Art Went Pop and Loose Ends.
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Emmy-award winning actress and writer of screen and stage best known for her roles as one third of the anarchic Smack the Pony ensemble.
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Julien Temple [414]
Like a rubber dagger up the arse of the establishment' was the Sunday Times' assessment of legendary director Julien Temple. He cut his teeth on films about the emergent punk scene in 1980s, with collaborations with the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and the Kinks leading to several cult classics.
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Deputy Editor of the BBC's Parliamentary Programmes, Curran leads the teams who produce Today in Parliament and Yesterday in Parliament for BBC Radio 4.
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Sam Macrory [195]
Formerly the editor of The Parliamentary Monitor and political editor of House magazine, Sam Macrory is now editor of Total Politics.
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Screenwriter, broadcaster and award-winning novelist, Marcel Theroux is also the new face of BBC4. His latest book is Strange Bodies.
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Oliver Scott Curry [338]
Lecturer at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford and LSE, Oliver Curry's work on the evolutionary of morality has put rights and wrongs on a firm biological footing.
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Bronwen Maddox [196]
Maddox has been Editor of Prospect magazine since 2010. Previously she had served as Washington Bureau Chief and US Editor at the Times. In 2008 she published In Defence of America.
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Nikolai Tolstoy [2]
Tolstoy has enjoyed careers as a an author, historian and politician. He stood unsuccessfully against David Cameron in the 2010 elections for Witney. He is currently chairman of the International Monarchist League.
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Roger Davies [52]
Astrophysicist at Oxford university and former Presiendent of the Royal Astronomical Society. Davies codiscovered the concentration of mass in the universe called 'The Great Attractor'.
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A biologist, blogger and author, Brooke is best-known by her pen name Belle de Jour. Her blog and books were adapted into the television programme Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
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Cambridge Professor of Theoretical Physics and winner of the Adam's Prize, his research focuses on how the universe is held together on a fundamental level.
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Lecturer at the New College of the Humanities and Historian of ideas Hannah Dawson is author of Locke, Language, and Early Modern Philosophy.
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Former economic advisor to George W. Bush and founder of Principalis Asset Management, Pippa Malmgren has been named Global Leader of Tomorrow by The World Economic Forum.
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Mike Trace [124]
As UK Anti-Drug Co-ordinator under Blair, Mike created the UK's first National Drug Strategy. He was then chair of the EU's drugs agency, before moving to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. He is now Chair of the International Drug Policy Consortium.
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Previously a Cambridge philosopher, Jonathan Derbyshire is currently Managing Editor of Prospect and contributor to The Philosophers' Magazine.
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Director whose acclaimed BBC science documentaries include High Anxieties and Dangerous Knowledge. He is the author of the cult economics blog GolemXIV.
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Science writer, broadcaster and co-founder of the College for Enlightened Agriculture, Colin Tudge's books include Consider the Birds and The Secret Life of Trees.
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Derham was the youngest newscaster on British television when she joined ITN in 1998. A keen violinist, she has hosted the Classical BRIT Awards four times.
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Cat Marnell [450]
Cat Marnell is an American writer and editor, currently writing for Vice. She has also written for Galmour, Nylon and Self.
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A former clergyman who is now agnostic, Mark is a broadcaster and journalist who appears on the BBC and writes for the Guardian. His books include Wellbeing.
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Kishwar Desai is an author and columnist who previously worked in television. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa First Novel Award in 2010.
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Barnaby is the author of the recently published Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, the most intimate depiction of the revered genius yet.
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Robert Wade [168]
Professor of Political Economy and Development at the London School of Economics. In 2008 he won the Leontief Prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to economic theory.
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Thomas Dichter [196]
Dichter has worked in international develeopment for almost half a century. He has served as a Senior Consultant to the World Bank, UN and numerous leading global NGOs.
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Author of The Master and his Emissary, The Divided Brain and the Making of the Modern World, and former Consultant Psychiatrist at the Bethlem Royal, McGilchrist contributes to the British Medical Journal, the Sunday Times and the TLS.
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Diana Wallis [2]
Wallis was the first British woman in twenty years to be elected to the post of Vice President of the European Parliament, and is now President of the European Law Institute.
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Joy is editor of the Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary column and a contributing editor to Prospect magazine, following contrubutions to the Independent on Sunday, and the Observer. She is a co-founder of The Other Club
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John McTernan [195]
A Labour Party advisor since the early nineties, McTernan masterminded the Blair government's political strategy from 2005-07. In 2011 he became communications director to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
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Intellectual historian Peter Watson was deputy editor at New Society and writer for the Sunday Times and the Observer. His most recent book is The Age of Atheists.
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One of Forbes Magazine's 25 most influential people on the web, Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist and editor of Boing Boing, the world's most widely-read blog.
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Former editor of New Humanist and contributor to the Guardian, Melville is the author of Taking Offence.
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Pnina Werbner [168]
Pnina is an urban anthropologist who has studied Muslim South Asians in Britain and Pakistan and, more recently, the women's movement and the Manual Workers Union in Botswana. She is co-editor of the Postcolonial Encounters series published by Zed Books.
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The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, multi-award-winning Lyse reports in print and on screen from all over the world.
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Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina, her work focuses on the birth of the universe and has been widely covered by the New Scientist and the BBC.
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Philosopher turned management consultant whose books dissect flawed reasoning. He has written for the Times and been a philosophy lecturer at Cambridge.
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Hubert Dreyfus [116]
Professor of Philosophy at University of California Berkeley, Hubert Dreyfus is famous for his critiques of artificial intelligence and as a scholar of Martin Heidegger.
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Described by the Guardian as “the UK’s foremost scourge of scientific pretention”, Mary Midgley’s six-decade dominance of British philosophy has seen her author books including Beast and Man and The Myths We Live By.
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Professor of Philosophy at University of Dundee, James Williams is a scholar of Gilles Deleuze. His work includes philosophy of time, post-structualism and the philosophy of signs.
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Robert Eaglestone [65]
Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Contemporary Fiction.
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Carl Miller [449]
Founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at think-tank Demos, Carl Miller coined the term 'SOCMINT' - social media intelligence - with Sir David Omand and Jamie Bartlee. He is co-author of Truth, Lies and the Internet.
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Director of the MRC centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, embryologist Ian Wilmut led the research group that cloned Dolly the sheep.
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Siân Ede [259]
Author of the seminal Art and Science, Siân is adviser to the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society, and gave its Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar prize lecture on Art and Science in 2008.
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Presenter of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking and contributor to the Financial Times and LRB, Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at Oxford.
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Robert Winston [259]
Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London, Lord Robert Winston has presented series BBC including Superhuman and Child of our Time. Two of his children's books have won the Royal Society's Book Prize.
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CERN physicist John Ellis coined the term 'theory of everything' and coauthored the first paper on how to find the Higgs Boson in 1976.
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Ken Mogi [275]
Ken is a senior researcher at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories, and a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His speciality is in the mind-brain problem.
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Labour market expert and Professor of Public Sector Management, Alison Wolf is Director of the International Centre for University Policy at KCL. She headed a major government review on education in 2011 and is author of The XX Factor.
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Wildly successful comic book writer and 7-time Eagle award winner, Ellis has a knack for transhumanist themes and intelligent storytelling.
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John Moore [414]
John is best known for his work as the drummer in The Jesus and Mary Chain and as a member of indie rock group Black Box Recorder. He is an occasional columnist for the Guardian and has written for various magazines including Select, NME and The Erotic Review. He is currently working on a solo album.
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Lewis Wolpert [259]
Renowned developmental biologist, author of Six Impossible Things and Vice President of the BHA, known for his staunch defence of rational thought.
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Templeton Prize-winning cosmologist and coauthor, with Stephen Hawking, of The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time.
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Kofi Annan’s Director of Communications at the UN from 1998 to 2006, Mortimer is curently Senior Vice-President of the Salzburg Global Seminar.
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Robert Yates [165]
Yates is Assistant Editor and Comment Editor of the Observer. His writing for the Observer – and publications from the Spectator to Vogue – has ranged from documenting life inside Britain's schools to tracking football hooligans. Beyond print, he was the creative consultant on the BAFTA-winning TV show, Double Take and has broadcast regularly.
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Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, anthropologist Daniel Everett is best-known for multiple decades spent with the Pirahã people in the Amazon. His books include Language: The Cultural Tool.
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Professor of Sociology at the University of Lausanne, and fellow of Jesus College Cambridge, Véronique Mottier is the author of Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction.
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