Nigel Warburton
Nigel Warburton (born 1962) is a philosopher, currently Senior Lecturer at the Open University. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, being author of a number of books of this genre, but he has also written academic works in esthetics and applied ethics.[1]
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[edit] Education
Warburton received a BA from the University of Bristol and a PhD from Darwin College, Cambridge and was a lecturer at the University of Nottingham before joining the Department of Philosophy at the Open University in 1994.[2]
[edit] Career
He is author of a number of introductory Philosophy books including the bestselling Philosophy: The Basics (4th ed.), Philosophy: The Classics (3rd ed.) and Thinking from A to Z (3rd ed.), Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide, and The Art Question; he also edited Philosophy: Basic Readings, second edition and is co-author of Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill. He has written extensively about photography, particularly about Bill Brandt, and wrote a biography of the modernist architect Ernö Goldfinger.[3] He regularly teaches courses on philosophy and art at Tate Modern and writes a monthly column 'Everyday Philosophy' for "Prospect" magazine.
He runs a popular[clarification needed] philosophy weblog Virtual Philosopher[4] and with David Edmonds regularly podcasts interviews with top philosophers on a range of subjects at Philosophy Bites.[5] He also podcasts chapters from his book Philosophy: The Classics.[6]
[edit] Partial bibliography
- Philosophy: The Basics (4th ed.) ISBN 978-0415327732
- Philosophy: The Classics (3rd ed.) ISBN 978-0415356299
- Thinking from A to Z (3rd ed.) ISBN 978-0415433716
- The Art Question
- Ernö Goldfinger: The Life of An Architect
- Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction ISBN 978-0199232352
- "Philosophy Bites" (co-edited with David Edmonds) ISBN 978-0-19-957632-6
[edit] References
- ^ Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom (eds) New British Philosophy, Routledge 2002, ISBN 0415243467, p. 272
- ^ "Faculty of Arts: Department of Philosophy". Open University. http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/philos/warburton.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ "Nigel Warburton CV at PFD". PFD Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20071024175008/http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/warburtn/b-aut.html. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ http://www.virtualphilosopher.org
- ^ http://www.philosophybites.com
- ^ http://www.philclassics.libsyn.com
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Philosophy Bites podcast
- Ethics Bites podcast
- Virtual Philosopher weblog
- Art and Allusion weblog
- Free Speech weblog
- Interview with Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds about Podcasting on Oxonians Podcast
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