Paul W. Franks

Paul Walter Franks (born 1964) is a British philosopher and the Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies at Yale University. He graduated with his PhD from Harvard University in 1993. His dissertation, *Kant and Hegel on the Esotericism of Philosophy*, was supervised by Stanley Cavell and received the Emily and Charles Carrier Prize. Franks completed his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. His early education included the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and classical rabbinic texts at Gateshead Talmudical College. Franks' research interests include Jewish philosophy, Immanuel Kant, German idealism, metaphysics, epistemology, the foundations of human sciences, and post-Kantian approaches in Analytic and Continental philosophy. His 2005 book, '*All or Nothing*: Systematicity, Transcendental Arguments, and Skepticism in German Idealism,' is highly regarded for its historical reconstruction and contemporary relevance. He has taught at several universities, including Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, and University of Toronto, and held various fellowships. He was appointed the inaugural holder of the Senator Jerahmiel S. and Carole S. Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy at the University of Toronto in 2008 before moving to Yale in 2011. Franks has lectured internationally and contributed to numerous academic events and publications.