b. 1969
Michael Huemer is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder, known for his work in epistemology, ethical intuitionism, and political philosophy. He is a leading defender of phenomenal conservatism in epistemology and philosophical anarchism in political theory, arguing that political authority is an illusion.
Developed and defended phenomenal conservatism as a theory of epistemic justification
Authored 'The Problem of Political Authority' (2013) defending philosophical anarchism
Authored 'Ethical Intuitionism' (2005) defending moral realism and intuitionist epistemology
Contributed to debates on skepticism, direct realism, and the ethics of immigration
Prolific defender of common-sense philosophy against revisionary metaphysics