The question

Whom do you read even though you disagree with them?

Originally asked

Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017

Vox used this as one of nine fixed questions in its 2017 series on intellectual habits.

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Massimo Pigliucci

K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Even though I’m not a utilitarian, and so I tend to disagree with Singer in terms of the general framework, this book literally changed my life. I read it many years ago, in the 1990s, when I was in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Nigel Warburton, Five Books interview, published transcript, 2 October 2022 source ↗

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Alain de Botton Writer and philosopher; founder of The School of Life
It’s very gratifying to grow utterly incensed by the Mail Online and come away from it full of fury and absolute outrage at its prejudice and xenophobia — and support for Brexit.
Recorded Sean Illing, Vox, “9 questions” series, 29 April 2017 source ↗
David Hare Playwright and screenwriter
I’ve been reading – and fighting – Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts; feeling admiration and anger in equal parts.
Recorded Matthew Reisz, Books interview, The Guardian, 7 August 2022 source ↗
Beth Breeze Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the University of Kent
We should engage with these texts. I disagree with them, and I argue back against them, but I don’t think that means they shouldn’t be read and thought about.
Recorded Sophie Roell, Five Books interview, published transcript, 29 December 2021 source ↗
Henry Rollins Musician, writer and broadcaster
I’ve read Cheney’s and Bush’s autobiographies. Books by Sarah Palin and Anne Coulter. I read articles on Breitbart.
Recorded Sean Illing, Vox, “9 questions” series, 8 April 2017 source ↗

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