David Lamont Paulsen (1936–2020)[1] was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Brigham Young University (BYU).
[1] He received an associate degree from Snow College in English in 1957, a bachelor's degree from BYU in Political Science in 1961 (in which he was BYU's valedictorian), a JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 1964, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1975, with emphasis in the philosophy of religion.
In addition to holding the Richard L. Evans Chair, he has also been an Eliza R. Snow Fellow at BYU.
[4] Many of his students have gone on to be important figures in the academic study of Mormonism, including prominently Blake Ostler.
Paulsen was also the coordinator for the Society of Christian Philosophers inaugural inter-mountain meeting at BYU in 1992.