14 Facts About Jason Stanley

Jason Stanley was born on 1969 and is an American philosopher who is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.

Jason Stanley has accepted an appointment at the University of Toronto based on what he describes as the deteriorating political situation in the United States.

Jason Stanley is best known for his contributions to philosophy of language and epistemology, which often draw upon and influence other fields, including linguistics and cognitive science.

Jason Stanley was raised in upstate New York in a Jewish family.

Jason Stanley graduated from Corcoran High School in Syracuse, New York.

Jason Stanley enrolled first at Binghamton University, where he studied philosophy of language under Jack Kaminsky.

Jason Stanley returned to New York and taught at Cornell University until 2000.

Jason Stanley was appointed an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Jason Stanley is the author of several books, including How Propaganda Works and How Fascism Works.

Jason Stanley has been interviewed by Vox NPR, KCRW in Los Angeles; and WBUR in Boston.

On March 28,2025, Jason Stanley accepted a position at the University of Toronto's Munk School in Canada.

Jason Stanley stated that he left the United States due to what he perceived to be America's descent into a fascist dictatorship.

Jason Stanley is the grandson of Ilse Stanley, who secured the release of 412 people from Nazi concentration camps from 1936 to 1938, and the great-grandson of the Berlin Cantor Magnus Davidsohn.

In 2016, Jason Stanley earned a PROSE Award in philosophy for his book How Propaganda Works.