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    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1964

    David Edmonds is a contemporary British philosopher and broadcaster, best known for his work in popular philosophy and ethics. He co-hosts the Philosophy Bites podcast and has authored widely-read books on thought experiments and the history of analytic philosophy.

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    Co-created and co-hosts the Philosophy Bites podcast

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    Authored 'Would You Kill the Fat Man?' on the trolley problem

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    Wrote 'The Murder of Professor Schlick' on the Vienna Circle

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    Senior Research Associate at Oxford's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

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    Co-authored 'Wittgenstein's Poker' with John Eidinow

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    There is a fundamental tension between treating logical knowledge as a priori and the computational intractability of deciding logical validity.

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    There is a fundamental tension between treating logical knowledge as a priori and the computational intractability of deciding logical validity.

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