John Greco (philosopher)

John Greco
Born	April 24, 1961
Academic background
Alma mater	Georgetown University; Brown University
Doctoral advisor	Ernest Sosa

John Greco (born April 24, 1961) is the Robert L. McDevitt and Catherine H. McDevitt Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. Before coming to Georgetown, Greco taught at Saint Louis University.

Greco received his A.B. from Georgetown University in 1983 and completed his Ph.D. at Brown University in 1989 under Ernest Sosa.^[1] His research interests are in epistemology and metaphysics and he has published widely on virtue epistemology, epistemic normativity, skepticism, and Thomas Reid. From 2013 until 2020, he was the Editor of American Philosophical Quarterly.^[2] For 2013–15, together with Eleonore Stump, he held a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility.^[3]

Publications

The Transmission of Knowledge^[4]
Achieving Knowledge: A Virtue-theoretic Account of Epistemic Normativity^[5]
Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry^[6]

References

Back to citation "John Greco". Retrieved June 1, 2020.
Back to citation The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology [1999, 2004], back cover.
Back to citation "The Philosophy and Theology of Intellectual humility". Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
Back to citation Greco, John (2021). The transmission of knowledge. Cambridge New York (N.Y.): Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-1-108-47262-3.
Back to citation Greco, John (2010). Achieving knowledge: a virtue-theoretic account of epistemic normativity. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-84464-5.
Back to citation Greco, John, ed. (2000), "The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry", Putting Skeptics in their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and their Role in Philosophical Inquiry, Cambridge Studies in Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–24, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511527418.002, ISBN 978-0-521-77263-1, retrieved October 9, 2025

[1] Back to citation "John Greco". Retrieved June 1, 2020.

[2] Back to citation The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology [1999, 2004], back cover.

[3] Back to citation "The Philosophy and Theology of Intellectual humility". Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2014.

[4] Back to citation Greco, John (2021). The transmission of knowledge. Cambridge New York (N.Y.): Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-1-108-47262-3.

[5] Back to citation Greco, John (2010). Achieving knowledge: a virtue-theoretic account of epistemic normativity. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-84464-5.

[6] Back to citation Greco, John, ed. (2000), "The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry", Putting Skeptics in their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and their Role in Philosophical Inquiry, Cambridge Studies in Philosophy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–24, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511527418.002, ISBN 978-0-521-77263-1, retrieved October 9, 2025

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