Dr David Edmonds

David is a former award-winning documentary maker for BBC radio.  His favourite programme was entitled Can God can make a breakfast so big He can’t eat it?  He is the author, co-author or editor of 19 books which have been translated into 29 languages.  His first book, with John Eidinow, was the international bestseller Wittgenstein’s Poker – for which Bill Clinton has acted as (unpaid) promoter.  Other books include Would You Kill The Fat Man?, The Murder of Professor Schlick, Parfit, and Death In A Shallow Pond.  David is a former columnist for the New Statesman and former contributing editor to Prospect magazine. He is the host of Philosophy 24/7 http://philosophy247.org/ and with Nigel Warburton he co-runs Philosophy Bites (www.philosophybites.com), the popular philosophy podcast which has had over 50 million downloads.  David has two philosophy degrees from Oxford and a PhD in philosophy from the Open University.  He has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan.