Faulconer was born 27 September 1947 in Warrensburg, MO, USA, his family being from the nearby small towns of Knob Noster and Lamont. His father spent his career in the U.S. Army, so Faulconer lived for substantial periods of his life in Germany, Korea, and several U.S. states. He graduated from high school in Korea and later lived in Korea as a missionary for two and one-half years (March 1967–September 1969). Faulconer met and married Janice Kay Allen in 1971. They have four children (Christian, Matthew, Rebecca, and Elisabeth) and thirteen grandchildren. Faulconer received his B.A. in English from BYU. He then received master's and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from
Pennsylvania State University. His area of interest in philosophy is contemporary European philosophy, particularly the work of
Martin Heidegger and late 20th- and early 21st-century French thinkers, particularly as that work bears on religious experience. Faulconer was the founding editor of
Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy. He was a visiting professor at the Higher Institute for Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven (1995–96) and a visiting researcher in the library of the École Normale Supérieur (2000–2001). Faulconer is a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also a member of the
United States Democratic Party, where he has served as a district chairperson. ==Bibliography==