Paul L. Franco

Since 2012, I have taught in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington-Seattle under a variety of titles. I'm now an Associate Teaching Professor. Before UW, I taught at Haverford College for a couple of years. I also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, where I earned my PhD in 2011.

My research is in the history of analytic philosophy, history of philosophy of science, philosophy of science, and their intersections. Find out more at the research tab above or click here.

Teaching widely informs my research. I teach 5-7 courses a year. Most regularly, I teach Intro, Intro to Ethics, 17th - 18th c. Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, and History of Analytic Philosophy. I've taught grad seminars on conceptions of analysis in 20th c. philosophy, the history of analytic metaethics, and the history of values in science. Find out more at the teaching tab above or click here.

I'm currently Director of Graduate Studies (or Graduate Program Coordinator) for my department, and Treasurer for the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, or HOPOS. Find out more at the service tab above or click here. 

My brother and sister have PhDs in actual science, not philosophy of science like me. We're first-generation college grads who were all born and raised in Roswell, New Mexico, where our parents still live. My primo made the New Mexico-themed hat I'm wearing in my picture. And the banner image was painted by my partner, Erin Kendig.