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May 13, 2021 · Parenting comedy Breeders returns to Sky One later this month, with the timeline advanced so the young children of series one, Luke and Ava, are now aged 13 and 10 respectively. Here showrunner Simon Blackwell talks about mining his real life, the writing process and swearing in front of the children…
Jan 1, 2001 · Simon Blackburn begins arguing why it is important to study philosophy and gives some background to key philosophers such as Descartes, Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein. Each chapter explains a major issue, and has a self-contained guide discussing the problems that philosophers have studied.
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Simon John Blackwell (born 27 May 1966) is an English comedy writer and producer. He is best known for his work on The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep, and for his collaborations with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain on Peep Show, Four Lions and The Old Guys.
TitleYearFunctioned As(producer)Notes2020–presentExecutiveAlso creator2017–2021ExecutiveAlso creator2014Co-executiveAlso co-creator2012–2015Executive13 episodes- We can grieve over lost powers and memories, or rejoice over gained knowledge and maturity, according to taste. Simon Blackburn. Memories, Maturity, Grieving.
- Chance is as relentless as necessity. Simon Blackburn. Chance, Relentless, Chances Are.
- Contemporary culture is not very good on responsibility. Simon Blackburn. Responsibility, Culture, Very Good.
- A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of worship, nor a source of moral authority.
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- “How you think about what you are doing affects how you do it, or whether you do it at all.” ― Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy.
- “There are always people telling us what we want, how they will provide it, and what we should believe. Convictions are infectious, and people can make others convinced of almost anything.”
- “Others may want to stand upon the ‘politics of identity’, or in other words the kind of identification with a particular tradition, or group, or national or ethnic identity that invites them to turn their back on outsiders who question the ways of the group.
- “Imagination abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the source of her wonders.” ― Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy.
Simon Walter Blackburn FBA (born 12 July 1944) is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language. More recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy.
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Mar 3, 2014 · For Blackburn, the question bears so little resemblance to any real-life situation as to render it trivial. With a mischievous smile, he quotes Elizabeth Anscombe: “I’ll blow up the track and kill the lot of them”.
