Nathan Cofnas

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Nathan Cofnas (born 1987) is an American philosopher and postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium. He is known for controversies surrounding his advocacy of scientific racism. Cofnas earned a DPhil in philosophy from Oxford University in 2020 and, thereafter, a Leverhulme Trust research grant. He became an early-career research fellow at the University of Cambridge and research associate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2022. After it was publicized in 2024 that Cofnas had written in a blog post that black people are, on average, less intelligent than other groups, and that they "would disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment" under a meritocratic system, he was dismissed from his position at Emmanuel College. In 2026, Cofnas secured a position at Ghent University. In response to student protest and a petition calling for his dismissal, the university defended his appointment, citing academic freedom. Cofnas attracted attention...

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