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Quassim Cassam
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An expert on perception, knowledge an intellectual vices, Quassim Cassam has brought his philosophical insight to bear on issues ranging from terrorism to conspiracy theories. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick.

An expert on perception, knowledge an intellectual vices, Quassim Cassam has brought his philosophical insight to bear on issues ranging from terrorism to conspiracy theories. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick.
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Philosophy vs Science
On reason and the search for truth

The Reality Illusion
Has perception evolved to trick us?

On Language and Logic
Why language dominates philosophy

Thinking Dangerously, Living Differently
Can philosophy change how we think?

The Word and the World
What are the limits of language?

The Edge of Reality
Where mathematical metaphors meet reality

The Future of the Post-Truth World
Is the era of objective truth over?

Stories to Change the World
On rhetoric, meaning and language

The Laws of the Universe
Are the laws of nature just human constructs?

Making Sense of Reality
Do we see what they tell us to see?

Beyond Experience
What is the nature of reality?

Thinking Across the World
Julian Baggini | Non-western philosophy traditions

Lies and Beauty
Is lying somehow essential to our lives?

The Limits of My World
Was philosophy's linguistic turn a mistake?

In the Beginning Was the Word
Is the world dependent on language?

Language and the World
How does language describe the world?

How do you solve a problem like uncertainty?
A new paradigm of risk

Limits of Thought: John McWhorter and Stanley Fish
Can we think outside of language?

Truth and Beauty
Do beautiful theories really explain the world?

Dreaming the Future
Utopia and the Limits of Thought

Limits of Language
Can we find the right words for everything?

The Known, The Strange and the New
Why does the world remain puzzling and strange?

Beyond the Machine
Metaphors of the body

Heraclitus' Dream
Are particles or processes fundamental?

Unnatural Laws
Are eternal laws an illusion?

Wittgenstein's Collection of Nonsense

After Relativism
The ways forward from post-modernity

The Secrets of the World
Can we have a complete description of reality?
Thinking Differently
Language, gender and sexuality

The Laughing Philosopher
Does comedy hold the key to truth and morality?

Language, Metaphor, and Reality
Methaphors to change the world

Unexplained Events
Does everything have a cause and effect?

Plato Not Prozac
Philosophy's therapeutic power

Fantasy and Reality
Should we 'get real' or embrace fantasy?

The Sex Lives of Philosophers
And what they tell us about their ideas

Fantasies and Lies
Are myths dangerous?

The End of Ideas
Has celebrity obliterated the intellectual?

The Ultimate Map of Reality
Could a metaphysical revival be on the agenda?

Thinking the Unthinkable
The limits of thought

After Postmodernity

Beyond Reality
What are the limits of our understanding?

The Elegant Universe
Is truth always simple?

Everywhere and Nowhere
Are binary oppositions real?

Beyond Truth and Falsehood
What is real?

Stranger Than We Think
Do supernatural beliefs reflect the limits of human understanding?

Dangerously Big Ideas
Do we need grand theories?

This Debate Has No Title
Solving the self-referential paradox

God's Map
Charting the universe

The Call of Silence
The route to understanding

I Think Therefore Iamb
Poetry gives pleasure, distraction and emotional outlet but can it uncover a greater truth?
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The paradox of corruption

9/11 and the decline of America

China’s secret weapon

Recession is the threat, not inflation

What economists get wrong about climate change

The real trouble with Ukraine

The real cause of inflation

War rarely goes to plan

How we got Putin so wrong

Can you own the moon?

The weaponization of money

The truth about nuclear deterrence

AI won’t steal your job, just make it meaningless

The US can't break the Russia-China alliance

How the West got Russia and China Wrong

India is creating a new world order

Clean energy won't end war

Only neutrality can solve the geopolitical deadlock

Panic is causing a recession

What victory in Ukraine looks like

Inflation is more dangerous than recession

Xi risks losing the middle class

War in Taiwan will be more shocking than Ukraine

Putin and the failure of Western Intelligence

Ukraine is the legacy of Afghanistan

We're repeating the mistakes of Afghanistan

In Memoriam Tony Benn

Pelosi's visit echoes WW1 Archduke assassination

The truth behind Xi's Zero-Covid plan