Robert Fogelin

Who is Robert Fogelin?

Robert John Fogelin is an American philosopher. He is a professor of Philosophy and Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College where he has taught since 1980. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005.

Fogelin received his B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1955. In 1957 he received his M.A. from Yale University and in 1960 his Ph.D. also from Yale. He joined the faculty of Pomona College in 1958. In 1966, he became an associate professor at Yale. He served as master of Yale's Trumbull College from 1973 to 1976. Fogelin remained at Yale until 1980 when he became a professor at Dartmouth.