Dr. Janet Broughton

Biography

Janet Broughton is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, with a particular interest in skepticism. She is the author of 'Descartes’s Method of Doubt' and has completed work on 'Hume’s Radical Scepticism,' both published by Oxford University Press. Broughton has held several administrative roles at Berkeley, including Dean of the Arts and Humanities and Vice Provost for Faculty, as well as Executive Dean of the College of Letters & Science. Her academic contributions have significantly advanced the understanding of early modern philosophical thought, particularly in the context of epistemology and skepticism.

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