David Edmonds (born 1964[1]) is a British philosopher, and a radio feature maker at the BBC World Service. He studied at Oxford University, has a PhD in philosophy from the Open University and has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Edmonds is the author of Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination and co-author with John Eidinow of Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers and Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time.
With Nigel Warburton he produces the popular podcast series Philosophy Bites.[2]
He also presents the Philosophy 24/7 podcast series[3] produced by Hugh Fraser of the Storynory podcast, and consults with Michael Chaplin on the BBC radio plays The Ferryhill Philosophers.
He has also written a book on the trolley problem, entitled Would You Kill the Fat Man?. In this he outlines the problem and several of its variations, providing a rounded view on the trolley problem whilst analysing many ethical theories and how they would respond to the trolley problem.
Selected works
edit- Wittgenstein's Poker, Faber & Faber, 2001. ISBN 978-0-571-20909-5
- Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time. 2004. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0060510242
- Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment. 2006. ISBN 978-0060744915
- Caste Wars, Routledge, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-38537-4
- Would You Kill the Fat Man, Princeton University Press, 2013. ISBN 9781400848386
- Undercover Robot, My First Year as a Human with Bertie Fraser, Walker Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1406388664
- The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle, Princeton University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0691-16490-8
- Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality, Princeton University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-0-691-22523-4
References
edit- ^ "VIAF for Edmonds, David". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Slattery, Luke (14 May 2011). "A window on the big questions". The Australian. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "About Philosophy 247". Retrieved 9 March 2018.
External links
edit- David Higham Associates webpage
- Philosophy Bites podcast Archived 28 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Philosophy 247 podcast
- Appearances on C-SPAN
