Jason Stanley

Jason Stanley (born 1969) is an American philosopher who is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.[1][2] He is best known for his contributions to philosophy of language and epistemology, which often draw upon and influence other fields, including linguistics and cognitive science. He has also written for a popular audience on the New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone". In his more recent work, Stanley has brought tools from philosophy of language and epistemology to bear on questions of political philosophy, especially in his 2015 book How Propaganda Works.[3]

Education

Stanley graduated from Corcoran High School in his hometown of Syracuse, New York. He studied at University of Tübingen, Germany, from 1985 to 1986 as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, after which he enrolled in the State University of New York in Binghamton, NY, where he studied philosophy of language under Jack Kaminsky. In 1987 he transferred to University of Tübingen, but returned to the State University of New York in 1988, this time at the Stony Brook campus. There, he studied philosophy and linguistics under Peter Ludlow and Richard Larson. Stanley received his BA in May 1990, and went on to receive his PhD from MIT in January 1995 with Robert Stalnaker as his thesis advisor.

Academic career

After receiving his doctorate, Stanley accepted a position at University College, Oxford, as a stipendiary lecturer. He returned to New York shortly thereafter to teach at Cornell University. In 2000, he left Cornell and became an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2004, he moved to the department of philosophy at Rutgers University, where he taught from 2004 to 2013. In March 2013 he accepted a professorship at Yale University.[4]

Awards

His book Knowledge and Practical Interests won the 2007 American Philosophical Association book prize.[5]

In 2016, Stanley earned a PROSE Award in philosophy for his book How Propaganda Works.[6]

Personal life

Both of Stanley's parents emigrated to the United States from Europe—his father from Germany in 1939, and his mother from Poland. He grew up in upstate New York. Stanley describes his Jewish background as informing his writing on fascism: "To me, my Judaism means an obligation to pay attention to equality and the rights of minority groups."[7]

Publications
  • Language in Context: Selected Essays (Oxford, Oxford University Press: 2007), ISBN 978-0-19-922592-7[8]
  • Knowledge and Practical Interests (Oxford, Oxford University Press: 2005), ISBN 978-0-19-923043-3[9]
  • Know How (Oxford University Press: 2011), ISBN 9780199695362[10]
  • How Propaganda Works (Princeton University Press: 2015), ISBN 9780691164427[11]
  • How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (Penguin Random House: 2018), ISBN 9780525511830[12]

References
  1. Hayden, Michael Edison (August 27, 2020). "The Fascist Underpinnings of Pro-Trump Media: An Interview With Author Jason Stanley". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. "Fascism Scholar Says U.S. Is 'Losing Its Democratic Status'". NPR. September 6, 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. "Jason Stanley". CCCB. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. Monaghan, Peter (April 15, 2013). "A Leading Philosopher is Drawn from Rutgers to Yale". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. "Prizes and Awards: Book Prize", The American Philosophical Association.
  6. "2016 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. Edmonds, David (September 14, 2020). "Jewniversity: Jason Stanley". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  8. Stanley, Jason (July 5, 2007). "Language in Context: Selected Essays". Oxford University Press.
  9. Stanley, Jason (November 15, 2007). "Knowledge and Practical Interests". Oxford University Press.
  10. Stanley, Jason (August 25, 2011). "Know How". Oxford University Press.
  11. "How Propaganda Works". December 6, 2016 – via press.princeton.edu.
  12. "How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley: 9780525511830 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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