David Edmonds, Oxford University, BBC, and Nigel Warburton, Open University

David Edmonds is a documentary maker for the BBC World Service, and the author or co-author of several books, including Wittgenstein's Poker, written with John Eidinow (short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award, translated into twenty five languages, and an international best seller) Bobby Fischer Goes To War, (translated into a dozen languages and was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson prize) and Rousseau's Dog about the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume. David received a First Class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and then took the B.Phil. in philosophy. He has a PhD in philosophy from the Open University. He has held fellowships from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. He is currently a Research Associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a Contributing Editor for Prospect Magazine.
 
Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, podcaster, and writer. His books include A Little History of Philosophy, Philosophy: the Basics, Thinking from A to Z, Philosophy: the Classics, The Art Question, and Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction. He runs several weblogs including virtualphilosopher.com and artandallusion.com.
 
 
Contributors:

Anthony Appiah, Princeton University
Simon Blackburn, University of Cambridge and University of North Carolina 
Alain de Botton 
Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley
John Cottingham, Reading University
Tim Crane, University of Cambridge 
Don Cupitt, University of Cambridge 
David Edmonds, University of Oxford, BBC
Miranda Fricker, Birkbeck, University of London 
Anthony Grayling, Birkbeck, University of London
Will Kymlicka, Queen's University Ontario 
Stephen Law, Heythrop College, University of London
Derek Matravers, Open University 
Hugh Mellor, University of Cambridge
Adrian Moore, University of Oxford 
Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University
Alex Neill, Southampton University
David Papineau, King's College London 
Anne Phillips, London School of Economics
Michael Sandel, Harvard University
Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford
Peter Singer, Princeton University
Barry C. Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
Barry Stroud, University of California, Berkeley
Nigel Warburton, Open University
Keith Ward, University of Oxford
Tim Williamson, University of Oxford