Alexander George is an American philosopher working as a professor of philosophy at Amherst College.
Born and raised in Manhattan, George attended Lycée Français de New York.
George is the founder of AskPhilosophers.org, a website that allows visitors to submit philosophical questions to a panel of professors of philosophy.
Alex George's interest in chess problems led him to start the internet forum ChessProblem.net.
Sense and Nonsensibility (ISBN 0-7432-6048-1), a book that pokes gentle fun at the worlds of literature and academia, appeared in 2004.