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Jason Stanley

Jason Stanley (born 1969) is the Bissell-Heyd Chair in American Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and also has an appointment in the Department of Philosophy. In addition to his position at the Munk School, he is a Distinguished Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics. Before coming to the University of Toronto in 2025, he held positions as a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University (2013-2025), Rutgers University (2004-2013), The University of Michigan (2000-4), and Cornell University (1995-2000). He accepted the appointment at the University of Toronto in 2025, leaving the U.S. because of what he describes as the deteriorating political situation.

Stanley 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.

In more recent work, Stanley has brought tools from philosophy of language and epistemology to bear on questions of political philosophy—for example, in his 2015 book ''How Propaganda Works'' and his 2023 book ''The Politics of Language''. Provided by Wikipedia