This is the page for those of you who want to know about the philosopher Simon Blackburn, who is Professor of that subject in the University of Cambridge. Other Simon Blackburns are elsewhere in cyberspace, such as this homonymous mathematician, Link who kindly put a link to me, or nowhere in Cyberspace, although let us hope somewhere in physical space. Students should scroll down to find Holman Hunt's painting The Awakened Conscience, which is the link to notes.

Here is a picture of me
in a native habitat:
follow it for a brief biography		 A picture of me
Here is a picture of my latest book, a short introduction to the philosophy of David Hume.
And here is one of the great man himself, in a rare movie shot
Here is a picture of another recent book.

The site now gives you seven distinct options, one for each day of the week

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There is a bread and butter place for students in my current courses, or at least those whose consciences are awakened, to find notes, if, indeed, I have suggested that they are here to be found:
You can browse several recent papers
by following this route: The picture shows you how much pleasure reading can give
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This image of the Government Command Economy Gauleiters is inadequate to the Kafkaesque insanity of BIS, interrogating truth in the name of Business.But it is the best I can do, and includes a recent riposte to the Dark Lord
Next, You can see an assortment of other books, remembering that Nietzsche said that a philosopher is an explosion waiting to happen.
A recent addition is the portfolio of black & white photographs with, I hope, philosophical themes, that I have taken over the years. The diagonal arrow bottom right brings up the full screen instead of the slide list.
Another thing you might want to do
is to look at a bibliography to see what
the fearless undaunted wanderer above
the sea of fog, gazing resolutely into
the Heart of Being,bringing back reports
from outside the Cave, has managed to tell:
The last option is to look at reviews I have written in various organs, particularly the New Republic. These include reviews of Heidegger, Eco, Nussbaum, Pinker, Dawkins, and others. The ladder is to enable us reverently to approach these commanding presences, and then, with a smile or a tear, to climb down again.