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Sarah Paul is a Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi, affiliated with the Arts and Humanities division. She holds a BA from Carleton College and a PhD from Stanford University. Her research focuses on agency and the philosophy of mind, particularly intention, belief, self-knowledge, and self-control. She has held visiting positions at MIT and Bowdoin College and authored Philosophy of Action: A Contemporary Introduction (2020). Paul’s work explores how agents form and sustain intentions, navigate moral challenges, and reconcile belief with action. She also serves as co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy.
Her publications span topics like 'grit' and its epistemic dimensions, moral incontinence, and formal causation in agency. Recent work includes analyzing backup plans ('Plan B') in goal pursuit and the rationality of practical commitments. Paul’s courses cover central philosophical issues, ethics, epistemology, and legal philosophy.
Her scholarship bridges metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology, emphasizing how practical reasoning shapes moral and cognitive agency. She actively engages in interdisciplinary debates on self-governance and the limits of deliberation.
