James Garvey has a PhD in philosophy from University College London. He is the secretary of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the world's largest charity devoted to the promotion of free philosophical inquiry, and editor of The Philosophers' Magazine.James is the author of The Great Philosophers and The Story of Philosophy (both with Jeremy Stangroom), The Twenty Greatest Philosophy Books, and The Ethics of Climate Change. He edited The Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Mind and is co-editor of the Think Now series of books on social and political philosophy. His books have been translated into nine languages. He writes papers for academic journals, as well as opinion pieces and reviews, mainly for the Guardian and the Times Higher Education.http://jamesgarveyactually.wordpress.com/