Nigel Warburton

Short description: British philosopher (born 1962)

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]

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 Partial bibliography
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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] In May 2013, he resigned from the position of Senior Lecturer at the Open University.[3]

## 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.[4] He writes a weekly column "Everyday Philosophy" for The New European newspaper.

He runs a philosophy weblog Virtual Philosopher[5] and with David Edmonds regularly podcasts interviews with top philosophers on a range of subjects at Philosophy Bites.[6] He also podcasts chapters from his book Philosophy: The Classics.[7] He has written for the The Guardian newspaper.[8] He is the Philosophy Editor for the literary website FiveBooks.[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 ISBN 0-415-17490-2
* 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. ↑ "Faculty of Arts: Department of Philosophy". Open University. http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/philos/warburton.htm.
3. ↑ "Nigel Warburton, virtual philosopher". The Philosophers Magazine. http://philosophypress.co.uk/?p=1159.
4. ↑ "Nigel Warburton CV at PFD". PFD Group Ltd. http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/warburtn/b-aut.html.
5. ↑ "Home". http://www.virtualphilosopher.org/.
6. ↑ "Home". http://www.philosophybites.com/.
7. ↑ "Home". http://www.philclassics.libsyn.com/.
8. ↑ Warburton, Nigel (2015-05-06). "Is it wrong to vote tactically in the general election? | Nigel Warburton" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/06/wrong-vote-tactically-general-election.
9. ↑ Five Books (24 April 2023). "Philosophy Books". https://fivebooks.com/category/philosophy/.

## External links

* Official site

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