Julian Baggini

About

Julian Baggini is a British philosopher, journalist and the author of over 20 books about philosophy written for a general audience. He graduated from the University of Reading with a BA in Philosophy and in 1996 he was awarded a PhD from University College London for a thesis on the philosophy of personal identity. He is also an honorary graduate and honorary research fellow of the University of Kent’s Department of Philosophy.

Julian is co-founder of The Philosophers’ Magazine and has written for numerous international newspapers and magazines. In addition to writing on the subject of philosophy he has also written books on atheism, secularism and the nature of national identity. In 2019 Baggini was named academic director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.