Jacob McNulty (born 16 January 1989) is an American professor and historian of philosophy at Yale University.[1][2]

Jacob McNulty
Born (1989-01-16) January 16, 1989 (age 37)
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (PhD)
ThesisLogic in Hegel's Logic (2019)
Frederick Neuhouser
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or tradition
Continental philosophy
InstitutionsYale University
Websitehttps://philosophy.yale.edu/profile/jacob-mcnulty

Life and work

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McNulty received his PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 2019 with the thesis title Logic in Hegel's Logic[3] under the supervision of Frederick Neuhouser and Axel Honneth. Prior to joining Columbia, he earned an A.B. in social studies from Harvard College and an M.Phil. in intellectual history from the University of Cambridge.[1]

His 2023 book, has received reviews from Gregory S. Moss,[4] Clinton Tolley,[5] Stephen Houlgate,[6] C. Yang,[7] Mark Alznauer,[8] and Elena Ficara.[9]

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Jacob McNulty | Department of Philosophy". philosophy.yale.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  2. "Meet the FAS faculty: Jacob McNulty | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  3. McNulty, Jacob Michael (2019). Logic in Hegel's Logic (Thesis). doi:10.7916/D8-VAA9-4T58.
  4. "Jacob McNulty, Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics | CSCP / SCPC". c-scp.org. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  5. Tolley, Clinton. "Jacob McNulty, Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 264pp., $32.99 (pbk)., ISBN 9781009068284". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  6. Houlgate, Stephen (2023-10-06). "Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics, by Jacob McNulty". Mind fzad052. doi:10.1093/mind/fzad052. ISSN 0026-4423.
  7. Yang, C. (2025-01-02). "Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics: by J. McNulty, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2023, xxi + 264 pp., $ 99.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-316-51256-2". History and Philosophy of Logic. 46 (1): 194–196. doi:10.1080/01445340.2023.2251828. ISSN 0144-5340.
  8. Alznauer, Mark (April 2024). "Jacob McNulty, Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-316-51256-2. Pp. xxi + 264. £75/$99.00". Hegel Bulletin. 45 (1): 175–179. doi:10.1017/hgl.2024.6. ISSN 2051-5367.
  9. Ficara, Elena (2023). "Hegel's logic and metaphysics. By Jacob McNulty, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. xxi + 264 pp. ISBN: 978-1-316-51256-2". European Journal of Philosophy. 31 (4): 1139–1141. doi:10.1111/ejop.12904. ISSN 1468-0378.
  10. "Dense Dogmatism: Jacob McNulty on Herbert Marcuse | Mises Institute". mises.org. 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-06-09.