b. 1964
John Hawthorne (born 1964) is an analytic philosopher known for influential work in epistemology and metaphysics. He is particularly recognized for his treatment of the lottery paradox and his defense of epistemic invariantism. He has held positions at Rutgers, Oxford, and the University of Southern California.
Developed a systematic invariantist response to the lottery paradox in 'Knowledge and Lotteries' (2004)
Influential contributions to the contextualism vs. invariantism debate in epistemology
Co-authored 'Knowledge and the State of Nature' with Timothy Williamson on epistemic norms
Significant work on metaphysics of properties, ontology, and modality
Helped revitalize interest in Moorean epistemology and commonsense knowledge