Paul C. Taylor

Paul C. Taylor is the Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his undergraduate training at Morehouse College and his graduate training at the Kennedy School of Government and at Rutgers University. His research focuses primarily on aesthetics, the philosophy of race, American philosophy, and Africana philosophy. His books include Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics and Race: A Philosophical Introduction.

He earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Morehouse, an MPA at Harvard, and PhD. in philosophy from Rutgers.