Nigel Warburton (/ˈwɔːrbərtən/; born 1962) is a Britishphilosopher. 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 inaesthetics andapplied ethics.[1]
Warburton received aBA from theUniversity of Bristol and aPhD fromDarwin College, Cambridge, and was a lecturer at theUniversity of Nottingham before joining the Department of Philosophy atthe Open University in 1994.[2] In May 2013, he resigned from the position of Senior Lecturer at the Open University.[3]
He is the author of a number of introductory Philosophy books, including the bestsellingPhilosophy: The Basics (4th ed.),Philosophy: The Classics (4th ed.), andThinking from A to Z (3rd ed.); he also editedPhilosophy: Basic Readings (2nd ed.) and was the co-author ofReading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill. He has written extensively about photography, particularly aboutBill Brandt, and wrote a biography of the modernist architectErnő Goldfinger.[4] He writes a weekly column "Everyday Philosophy" forThe New European newspaper.
He runs a philosophyweblogVirtual Philosopher[5] and withDavid Edmonds regularly podcasts interviews with top philosophers on a range of subjects atPhilosophy Bites.[6] He also podcasts chapters from his bookPhilosophy: The Classics.[7] He has written for theGuardian newspaper.[8] He is the Philosophy Editor for the literary website FiveBooks.[9]
