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Contact Information

PHarris@wcupa.edu

Anderson, 226

Education

B.A. (Hons) Philosophy: The University of Hertfordshire (UK)

M.A. Continental Philosophy: The University of Essex

Currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Religious Studies at KU Leuven (Belgium)

Paul harris

Tenure-Track Instructor

 

Specializations

Continental Philosophy (Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger)

Philosophy of Religion (Ricoeur, Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard)

Applied Ethics (Business ethics, Medical ethics)

 

Recent Courses

Phi 180 Introduction to Ethics

PHI 201 Philosophy and Comedy

Phi 373 Business Ethics

Phi 381 Medical Ethics

 

Research

My current doctoral research centers on examining how the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur can contribute to contemporary discussions on religion and the secular.

I am also carrying out research on Kierkegaard's writings and the ways that his approach to religion is conceptually connected to his ideas on comedy.