Lawrence mark "larry" sanger (born july 16, 1968) is an american former philosophy lecturer/assistant professor, co-founder of wikipedia, and the founder of citizendium. he grew up in anchorage, alaska. from an early age he has been interested in philosophy. sanger received a bachelor of arts in philosophy from reed college in 1991 and a doctor of philosophy in philosophy from ohio state university in 2000. most of his philosophical work has focused on epistemology, the theory of knowledge.
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