Nigel Warburton Quotes
Philosophy is not a spectator sport.
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Birth: | 1962 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Lecturer, Philosopher, Writer |
Nigel Warburton 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. 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. In May 2013, he resigned from the position of Senior Lecturer at the Open University.
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