more

Angie Hobbs

Philosopher and classicist, Chair for the Public Understanding of Philosophy at Sheffield University

Angie Hobbs is the chair for the Public Understanding of Philosophy at Sheffield, and a frequent contributor to the BBC’s In Our Time, Night Waves and The Forum. She is the author of Plato and the Hero and is currently working on a new edition of Plato’s Symposium.

Angie Hobbs is the chair for the Public Understanding of Philosophy at Sheffield, and a frequent contributor to the BBC’s In Our Time, Night Waves and The Forum. She is the author of Plato and the Hero and is currently working on a new edition of Plato’s Symposium.

Angie Hobbs In..

Sidebar Ad
Rana Mitter, Mary Midgley, Angie Hobbs, Lawrence Krauss

Philosophy vs Science

On reason and the search for truth
Isabel Hilton, Steve Fuller, Angie Hobbs, Leanne Wood

Politics and Post-Truth

Is a politics of emotion bad?
Mark Vernon, Angie Hobbs, Adrian Moore, Shahidha Bari

Thinking Dangerously, Living Differently

Can philosophy change how we think?
Angie Hobbs, Kwasi Kwarteng, Philip Collins, Steve Fuller

The Myths of Meritocracy

Should we reward intelligence?

More Videos

Angie Hobbs, David Malone, Margaret Heffernan, Mark Rowlands

Forgetting to Be Me

Is true memory a fantasy?
Raymond Tallis, Angie Hobbs, Jim Al-Khalili, Craig Bourne, Quentin Cooper

Time's Arrow

Can physics explain the nature of time?
Isabel Hilton, Steve Fuller, Angie Hobbs, Leanne Wood

Politics and Post-Truth

Is a politics of emotion bad?
Angie Hobbs, Hannah Dawson, Joanna Kavenna

Fantasies and Lies

Are myths dangerous?
Barry C. Smith, Don Cupitt, Robert Rowland Smith, Angie Hobbs, Simon Armitage

Blinded by the Light

Metaphors of truth and reality
Angie Hobbs, Brooke Magnanti, Robert Eaglestone, Barnaby Martin

The End of Romance?

Time to chuck out this modern invention
Angie Hobbs, Ian Blair, Polly Morland, Peter York

Death of the Hero

Icons for a new era