Richard Foley (philosopher)

Richard Foley
Foley in 2025
Born (1947-02-12) February 12, 1947
Academic background
Alma materBrown University (Ph.D.) Miami University (BA and MA)
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
School or traditionAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsNew York University

Rutgers University

University of Notre Dame
Main interestsEpistemology

Richard Foley is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He has made contributions to epistemology, the field of philosophy concerned with the theory of justified (or rational) belief and the theory of knowledge.