Contributors
Philosophy isn’t a spectator sport, and Big Ideas isn’t about a small number teaching a larger number. In fact, we all seek to learn from each other, and our events, in particular, are very interactive affairs.
In a completely genuine sense, then, everyone who comes to an event is a contributor. Nevertheless, here are the folks who’ve presented at an event, written for the blog or done something else to help make all this possible.
It’s in the nature of Big Ideas that the people involved in it have wide-ranging interests. When a description reads “so-and-so is interested in x, y and z” the further qualification “among lots of other things” should be taken as implicit.
Danny Birchall
Danny is interested in history, politics, art, contemporary culture, memory and the relationship between them. He blogs at Squares of Wheat and writes a monthly column on online movies for Sight & Sound magazine. As well as writing for the site Danny presented the Big I event “What’s The Point Of Film Studies?” and participated in the podcast on psychogeography.
Nathan Charlton
Nathan is co-organiser of Big Ideas. He’s interested in philosophical aspects of history, politics and culture. He presented the session “Is Heritage History?“.
Rich Cochrane
Rich is also a co-organiser of Big Ideas. He’s interested in epistemology, aesthetics and the relationships between mathematics and philosophy.
Robert Kingham
Robert is interested in psychogeography and its possible relationships with planning and policy-making. He participated in the podcast on psychogeography and led the annex session on ley lines and probability.
Steve Morris
Steve is something of an expert on the use of (more or less) scientific evidence in the formation and execution of public policy. He presented a session on evidence-based policy.
Phil O’Donnell
Phil is interested in mathematics, puzzles and paradoxes. He’s presented two Big Ideas sessions, one on Newcomb’s paradox and the other asking “Can Consciousness Be Evoked Computationally?”. He also participated in the annex on ley lines and probability.