Alex Neill is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His current focus is on the history of 18^th- and 19^th-century philosophical aesthetics. He is co-editor (with Aaron Ridley) of The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern (1995) and Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates, 3e (2007).

Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His research interests fall chiefly in the areas of 19^th-century German philosophy and aesthetics.  His recent books include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002), Reading Aesthetics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Blackwell, 2005), and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (2007).