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This year marks another anniversary: 50 years ago, the philosopher Robert Nozick foresaw the themes of The Matrix – and much more about contemporary life – by proposing an intriguing thought experiment.

“He’s a great listener, a great philosopher and his story of working at McDonald’s to get his first guitar has always stayed with me.”

Political activist, philosopher and author Professor Angela Davis will also receive a doctorate in letters.

Cox will play pioneering Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith in the work by playwright James Graham.

Their infatuations are challenged by a cunning philosopher who persuades the bros to pretend they’ve been suddenly drafted and to return later in disguise to woo each other’s fiancée.