Meet the Endowed Chair
Professor Paul C. Taylor

Raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Paul C. Taylor holds the Endowed Chair of W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Professor Taylor specializes in race theory, aesthetics, pragmatism, social and political philosophy, and Africana Philosophy. He is also the chair of the Philosophy department.

From Journal on African Philosophy
Interview with Professor Paul C. Taylor

.... I’m someone who made the mistake of thinking that the world should make sense, and of noticing that it routinely and stubbornly didn’t do so when it came to black folk in the US. And then I made the mistake of thinking philosophy was uniquely positioned to help. (It might help, but so might lots of other things, like good literature, bad movies, and fine whiskey; and it takes a lot of work on philosophy to make it fit for working on other things.) But by the time I realized these were mistakes, the die was cast.

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