Peter Boghossian (in progress)

Peter Gre­go­ry Boghoss­ian (born July 25, 1966) is an Amer­i­can philoso­pher and edu­ca­tor known for his work in crit­i­cal think­ing, athe­ism, and the Socrat­ic method. He served as an assis­tant pro­fes­sor of phi­los­o­phy at Port­land State Uni­ver­si­ty for a decade, focus­ing on ped­a­gogy, sci­en­tif­ic skep­ti­cism, and engag­ing in pro­duc­tive dia­logue on con­tentious issues. Boghoss­ian gained promi­nence through the “griev­ance stud­ies affair,” a con­tro­ver­sial project that exposed prob­lems in cer­tain aca­d­e­m­ic dis­ci­plines by sub­mit­ting inten­tion­al­ly flawed papers to peer-reviewed jour­nals. In Sep­tem­ber 2021, Boghoss­ian resigned from Port­land State Uni­ver­si­ty, claim­ing lack of intel­lec­tu­al free­dom. Accord­ing to Boghoss­ian, “the regres­sive left have tak­en over acad­e­mia.” Boghoss­ian con­tin­ues to be a vocal advo­cate for free expres­sion and crit­i­cal inquiry in edu­ca­tion, co-author­ing books like How to Have Impos­si­ble Con­ver­sa­tions and engag­ing in pub­lic dis­course on ide­o­log­i­cal and cul­tur­al issues.

Boghoss­ian found­ed the non­prof­it Nation­al Progress Alliance in 2021. Peo­ple include:

• Lyell Ash­er, Direc­tor (since 2022)
• Peter Boghoss­ian, Pres­i­dent (since 2021)
• Melis­sa Chen, Sec­re­tary (2021)
• Erin Her­rick, Chair (since 2022)
• Rob Kramer, Direc­tor (since 2022)
• Matt Thorn­ton, Direc­tor (since 2022)
• Michael Trol­lan, trea­sur­er (since 2021)

In 2021 Boghoss­ian also began writ­ing a Sub­stack called Beyond Woke.

Boghoss­ian has been involved in anti-trans­gen­der activism and appears in the 2023 anti-trans pro­pa­gan­da series Uncom­fort­able Truths: The Real­i­ty of Gen­der Iden­ti­ty Ide­ol­o­gy. which has been described as anti-trans­gen­der propaganda.

In recent years, he has stirred fur­ther debate with his involve­ment in Hun­gary, where he deliv­ered a lec­ture at the Math­ias Corv­i­nus Col­legium in Budapest. There, he expressed admi­ra­tion for Hungary’s poli­cies on free speech and edu­ca­tion under Prime Min­is­ter Vik­tor Orbán, includ­ing a ban on gen­der stud­ies pro­grams. This stance drew crit­i­cism for seem­ing­ly sup­port­ing gov­ern­ment restric­tions on aca­d­e­m­ic free­dom, con­trast­ing his advo­ca­cy for open inquiry.

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