Peter Boghossian

Dr Peter Boghossian is a freelance philosopher and former academic. He was jointly responsible for the "Sokal squared" hoax, as a result of which he was investigated by his then-employer, Portland State University, for research misconduct. He later left the university and now travels the world engaging bystanders in "street epistemology" - open, reasonable conversations on a range of topics.  We talked to him about whether there are moral facts, what people think about in prison, whether universities should get state funding, and how to create a post-university educational and intellectual world.  The "Sokal squared" hoax: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-sokal-hoax/572212/ "Street epistemology" on Peter"s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYNjnJFU-62t25_8aD9loEqZL9J4p-82p