Michael P. Lynch

Michael Patrick Lynch is Provost Professor of the Humanities and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Lynch is the author or editor of ten books, including most recently, ON TRUTH IN POLITICS, KNOW-IT-ALL SOCIETY, THE INTERNET OF US, TRUTH AS ONE AND MANY and the New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor’s pick, TRUE TO LIFE. Lynch has held grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew Mellon Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation among others. He has spoken at TED, The Nantucket Project, Chautauqua, and South by Southwest. In 2019 he was awarded The George Orwell Award, which recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse.