Paul Guyer

Paul Guyer
Born
Paul D. Guyer

(1948-01-13) January 13, 1948
Education
Alma materHarvard University
ThesisCriteria for Judgment: Kant and the Problem of Taste (1974)
Doctoral advisorStanley Cavell
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsBrown University
Main interestsImmanuel Kant, aesthetics
Notable ideas"Two object" interpretation of transcendental idealism

Paul D. Guyer (/ˈɡ.ər/) is an American philosopher and a leading scholar of Immanuel Kant and of aesthetics. From 2012, he was Jonathan Nelson Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Brown University until his retirement in 2023. In 2025, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.