Forty-one professors hold the title of “University Professor” across the ten-school University of California system. The title is “reserved for scholars of international distinction who are also recognized as teachers of exceptional ability.” The latest scholar to be named a University Professor is also the first philosopher to be given the honor: John Martin Fischer, of UC Riverside. 

Professor Fischer’s research has been mainly on questions around free will. He is also the principal investigator on the $5 million Templeton-funded Immortality Project.

You can read more about Fischer and the University Professorship here.

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