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Atheists Dawkins, Hitchens, Dennett and Harris in Discussion

There is a lot more free content available at richarddawkins.net

Free Speech at Oxford Literary Festival: A Very Short Talk, Monday 30th March

Nigel Warburton on Free Speech -  a 10 minute talk from a soapbox at the Oxford Literary Festival tomorrow (Monday 30th March 2009) at 7.15 pm. Festival Bookshop, Meadows Marquee, Christ Church, Oxford.

The Gift is Never Free

Barrack Obama's gift to Gordon Brown (25 DVDs) was embarrassing. Read my views on the philosophical significance of this gesture in the April edition of Prospect Magazine or online here. This is the latest installment of my monthly column 'Everyday Philosophy'.

Aesthetics and Evolution - A Review of Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct

I have reviewed The Art Instinct by Denis Dutton for  April's Prospect Magazine. Read my review here. As well as writing on aesthetics, Dutton runs the marvellous Arts and Letters Daily site. Numerous other reviews of The Art Instinct are available here.

Free Video Lecture Courses in Philosophy

Academic Earth has two Yale Philosophy lecture courses - one on Death and one on Political Philosophy - available free from the Philosophy section of their site.

These are great times for autodidacts!

Philosophy: The Classics Podcast - Over a Million Downloads

Philosophy: The Classics, the free podcast based on my book of the same name has now had over a million downloads. I've released 18 episodes so far and am toying with releasing more (the book has 27 chapters). It's also available on iTunes.