Linden Young

Linden M. Young is a Philosophy PhD student. His primary interests are Ordinary Language Philosophy, Pragmatism, Africana Philosophy, and Social and Political Philosophy. His other interests include Philosophy of Religion [Epistemology], The Black Intellectual Tradition [Fanon, Du Bois, Baldwin, and Morrison], and the intersections between Philosophy and Literature/Poetry. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Morehouse College, graduating as a member of both the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Sigma Tau societies. During his time there, he was a UNCF/Mellon-Mays Fellow and focused his research on the connections between social institutions and linguistic rule formation/following. 

Outside of philosophy, Linden enjoys being with his friends and family, cooking/baking, live music, writing poetry, and going to the theatre.