Professor James Warren FBA

James Warren's research interests include Presocratic philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophy and his publications range across themes in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and moral psychology, ethics, and political philosophy.
A portrait picture of Professor James Warren FBA
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2026
Subjects
Classics, Philosophy

Summary

James Warren studied Classics at Clare College, Cambridge, where he took the Intensive Greek course. After two years as a Henry Lumley Junior Research Fellow at Magdalene College, in 2001 he took up a Lectureship in the Faculty of Classics and a Fellowship at Corpus Christi College where he teaches for both the Classics and Philosophy Triposes. 

His research interests include Presocratic philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophy and his publications range across themes in metaphysics, philosophy of mind and moral psychology, ethics, and political philosophy. 

He is the editor of the ‘Elements in Ancient Philosophy’ series for Cambridge University Press.

Current posts

University of Cambridge Professor of Ancient Philosophy

Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge Fellow

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