Desidério Murcho (born 18 May 1965) is a Portuguese philosopher, professor, and writer.
Desidério Murcho got his BA in philosophy in 1992 from Lisbon University and his MA in 2000 from the same university.
He is pursuing a PhD in philosophy at the King's College London since 2000.
He is founding member of the Centro para o Ensino da Filosofia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia (Center For the Teaching of Philosophy of the Portuguese Philosophy Society).
He was the director of the online journal Crítica.
He wrote a column in the Os Meus Livros magazine and wrote a weekly chronicle in the Público daily paper.
He was managing editor of the Disputatio journal.He has worked in the training of secondary education philosophy teachers in Portugal.