Rate My Professor Paul Boghossian

Boghossian’s research interests are primarily in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He has written on topics including color, rule-following, eliminativism, naturalism, self-knowledge, a priori knowledge, analytic truth, realism, relativism, the aesthetics of music, and the concept of genocide. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Magdalen College at Oxford, the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, and the Australian National University. He has been a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a Fulbright Senior Specialist, and is a Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. Boghossian served on the Global Citizenship Commission and currently serves on the University of London’s School of Advanced Study Strategic Advisory Board. His books include Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism (Oxford University Press, 2006), Content and Justification: Philosophical Papers (Oxford University Press, 2008), New Essays on the A Priori (edited with Christopher Peacocke, Oxford University Press, 2000), Debating the A Priori (with Timothy Williamson), and New Essays on Normative Realism (edited with Christopher Peacocke, Oxford University Press, 2025). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.