Allan Hazlett

Allan Hazlett

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy
PhD, Brown University
research interests:
  • Epistemology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Metaethics
  • Aesthetics

contact info:

mailing address:

  • Washington University
    CB 1073
    One Brookings Drive
    St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Allan Hazlett works on testimony, skepticism, desire, the value of truth, reasons, and other topics in epistemology and metaethics. 

Hazlett studied philosophy at Brown University, earning his doctorate in 2006. Since then he has worked for Texas Tech University, Fordham University, Dartmouth College, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of New Mexico. He is the author of two books: A Luxury of the Understanding: On the Value of True Belief (Oxford University Press, 2013) and A Critical Introduction to Skepticism (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014).