David Edmonds (born 1964) 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

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and has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the

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. 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

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he produces the popular podcast series '' Philosophy Bites''. He also presents the ''Philosophy 24/7'' podcast series 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

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, 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

*''Wittgenstein's Poker'',

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, 2001. *''Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time''. 2004. HarperCollins Publishers. *''Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment''. 2006. *''Caste Wars'',

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, 2006. *''Would You Kill the Fat Man'',

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, 2013. *''Undercover Robot, My First Year as a Human'' with Bertie Fraser,

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, 2020. *''The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle'',

, 2020. *''Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality'',

, 2023.

References

External links

David Higham Associates webpage''Philosophy Bites'' podcast

''Philosophy 247'' podcast
* Academics of the Open University Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Chicago fellows University of Michigan fellows Living people 21st-century British philosophers 21st-century British writers 1964 births {{UK-radio-bio-stub