Patrick Yarnell, PhD
Patrick Yarnell, PhD
Teaching Professor
Department of Philosophy
COLU 4058
Professional Summary
Patrick Yarnell earned his PhD in moral philosophy at the University of Nebraska in 1998. He was a Fellow of the 1994 Institute on Moral Knowledge at Dartmouth College.
His publications concern issues in ethics and practical rationality. Currently, he is focusing on American philosophers, including the transcendentalists and pragmatists.
For enjoyment, he composes and plays music, dabbles in photography, and practices his French.
Philosophical Areas of Special Interest
Normative ethics, practical rationality, analytic philosophy, logic
Regularly Taught Courses
PHIL 1000 | Introduction to Philosophy |
PHIL 1020 | Ethics |
PHIL 1120 | Critical Thinking |
PHIL 3420 | Symbolic Logic |