David Bather Woods

Associate Professor in Philosophy , University of Warwick

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David Bather Woods is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK.

Written by David Bather Woods

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THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE

How to think for yourself

Schopenhauer and Proust can help you find inspiration from your favourite writers while also retaining an independent mind

by David Bather Woods

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THINKERS AND THEORIES

What Arthur Schopenhauer learned about genius at the asylum

‘Might not madness be a mere derangement of memory?’ What Arthur Schopenhauer learnt when he went into the asylum

by David Bather Woods