David Edmonds, Oxford University, BBC, and Nigel Warburton, Open University
 
 
David Edmonds is an award-winning documentary maker for the BBC World Service. He is the author or co-author (with John Eidinow) of several books, including Wittgenstein's Poker (short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award), Bobby Fischer Goes To War (long-listed for the Samuel Johnson prize), and Rousseau's Dog (about the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume). 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:

Sarah Bakewell, City University in London
Richard Bourke, Queen Mary, University of London
John Campbell, University of California, Berkeley
Clare Carlisle, King's College, London
John Dunn, Cambridge University
David Edmonds, Oxford University, BBC
A. C. Grayling, New College of the Humanities, London
Angie Hobbs, University of Warwick
Terence Irwin, Oxford University
Susan James, Birkbeck College, University of London
Anthony Kenny, Oxford University
Chandran Kukathas, London School of Economics
Melissa Lane, Princeton University
Mary Margaret McCabe, King's College London
Hugh Mellor, Cambridge University
Peter Millican, Oxford University
A.W. Moore, Oxford University
Nicholas Phillipson, Edinburgh University
Richard Reeves, Director of Strategy, Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Aaron Ridley, University of Southampton
Peter Singer Princeton University/ University of Melbourne
Quentin Skinner, Queen Mary, University of London
Barry C. Smith, Institute of Philosophy, University of London
Robert Rowland Smith, independent writer and broadcaster
Robert Stern, University of Sheffield
Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University
Nigel Warburton, Open University
Mary Warnock, House of Lords
Jonathan Wolff, University College London