Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton (/ˈwɔːrbərtən/; born 1962) is a British philosopher. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, having written a number of books in the genre, but he has also written academic works in aesthetics and applied ethics.[1]

Education

Warburton was a pupil at the fee paying Sevenoaks school, one of the UK's most expensive schools[2]. He 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.[3] In May 2013, he resigned from the position of Senior Lecturer at the Open University.[4]

Career

He is the author of a number of introductory Philosophy books, including the bestselling Philosophy: The Basics (4th ed.), Philosophy: The Classics (4th ed.), and Thinking from A to Z (3rd ed.); he also edited Philosophy: Basic Readings (2nd ed.) and was the 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 Ernő Goldfinger.[5] He regularly teaches courses on philosophy and art at Tate Modern and writes a monthly column "Everyday Philosophy" for Prospect magazine.

He runs a philosophy weblog Virtual Philosopher[6] and with David Edmonds regularly podcasts interviews with top philosophers on a range of subjects at Philosophy Bites.[7] He also podcasts chapters from his book Philosophy: The Classics.[8] He has written for the Guardian newspaper.[9]

Partial bibliography
  • Philosophy: The Basics (4th ed.) ISBN 978-0-415-32773-2
  • Philosophy: The Classics (4th ed.) ISBN 978-0-415-53466-6
  • Thinking from A to Z (3rd ed.) ISBN 978-0-415-43371-6
  • The Art Question
  • Ernö Goldfinger: The Life of An Architect
  • Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction ISBN 978-0-19-923235-2
  • Philosophy Bites (co-edited with David Edmonds) ISBN 978-0-19-957632-6; Philosophy Bites. 25 Philosophen sprechen über 25 große Themen (translated by Holger Hanowell), Reclam 2013
  • Philosophy Bites Back (co-edited with David Edmonds) ISBN 978-0-19-969300-9; Auf den Schultern von Riesen. 27 Philosophen sprechen über ihre Lieblingsphilosophen (translated by Holger Hanowell), Reclam 2015
  • A Little History of Philosophy ISBN 978-0-300-15208-1
  • Hope: A New Beginning (An A. Gąsiewski Biography) ISBN 978-0-19-420696-9

References
  1. Baggini, Julian & Jeremy Stangroom (eds.) New British Philosophy, p. 272. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-24346-7.
  2. Tasch, Barbara. "These are the 11 most expensive private boarding schools in the UK". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  3. "Faculty of Arts: Department of Philosophy". Open University. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  4. "Nigel Warburton, virtual philosopher". The Philosophers Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  5. "Nigel Warburton CV at PFD". PFD Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  6. http://www.virtualphilosopher.org
  7. http://www.philosophybites.com
  8. http://www.philclassics.libsyn.com
  9. Warburton, Nigel (2015-05-06). "Is it wrong to vote tactically in the general election? | Nigel Warburton". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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