Patrick R. Frierson
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Department of Philosophy
Whitman College
345 Boyer Ave.
Walla Walla, WA 99362
frierspr@whitman.edu

http://people.whitman.edu/~frierspr/

Areas of Specialization: Kant, History of Modern Philosophy, Ethics.

Areas of Competence: Environmental Ethics, 19th Century Philosophy.

Academic Employment:
· Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Whitman College, 2001-present
· Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, 2005-2006
· Instructor in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1999-2001
· Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1996-1999
· Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, Williams College 1995

Education:
· Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2001.
· MA, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1998.
· Graduate-student-at-large, University of Chicago, 1996-98
· Goethe Institute, summer 1996.
· BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1995.

Courses Taught:

·        Ethics (Philosophy 127, Whitman College, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)

·         Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (Philosophy 338A, Whitman College, Spring 2005)

·         Hegel’s Moral and Political Philosophy (Philosophy 338A, Whitman College, Fall 2004)

·         Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature (Philosophy 338A, Whitman College, Spring 2004)

·         Contemporary Ethical Theories (Philosophy 340, Whitman College, Fall 2003)

·         Kant’s Moral Philosophy (Philosophy 338A, Whitman College, Spring 2003)

·         Problems in Philosophy (Philosophy 117, Whitman College, Spring 2003)

·         Kierkegaard (Philosophy 338B, Whitman College, Fall 2002)

·         The History and Philosophy of Science (Philosophy 230, Whitman College, Fall 2002)

·         The Philosophy of Religion (Philosophy 148, Whitman College, Fall 2002, 2003, . . .)

·         Kant and the 19th Century (Philosophy 304, Whitman College, Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, . . .)

·         Symbolic Logic (Philosophy 207, Whitman College, Spring 2002)

·         Genealogies of Morals (Philosophy 340A, Whitman College, Fall 2001)

·         Antiquity and Modernity (General Studies 145-146, Whitman College, 2001-2002)

·         Genealogies of Morals (Philosophy 259, University of Notre Dame,            Fall 2000)

·         The Ethical and the Real (Philosophy 252, University of Notre Dame, Spring 1999)

·         Independent Studies on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Hegel(2), Kierkegaard (3), Schopenhauer, Sartre, Philosophy of Science(3), Philosophy of Biology(2), Philosophy of Psychology, Science and Ethics, Contemporary Ethics, and Philosophy of Mathematics.

 

Books:
· Freedom and Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

 

Articles:

· “Anthropologie in Pragmatischer Hinsicht,” in Kant-Lexikon (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, forthcoming).

· “Rousseau,” in Kant-Lexikon (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, forthcoming).

· “Adam Smith and the Possibility of Sympathy with Nature,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)

· “Kant on the Causes of Human Action: A Brief Sketch,” Proceedings of the Tenth World Kant Congress (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, forthcoming)

· “Character and Evil in Kant’s Moral Anthropology,” Journal of the History of Philosophy (forthcoming)

· “Applying Adam Smith: A Step Toward Smithian Environmental Virtue Ethics,” New Voices on Adam Smith (London: Routledge, forthcoming, 2006)

· “Kant’s Empirical Account of Human Action,” Philosopher’s Imprint (December 2005)

· “The Moral Importance of Politeness in Kant’s Anthropology,” Kantian Review (January 2005)

· "Learning to Love: From Egoism to Generosity in Descartes," Journal of the History of Philosophy (July 2002).
· "Anthropologia, Carattere, e Libertá: La Critica di Schleiermacher a Kant," De Cive (December 2000), translated into Italian by Sergio Sorrentino.

 

Work under review or in progress:

· “Kant’s Empirical Markers of Moral Responsibility,” under review.

· “Providence and Divine Mercy in Kant’s Ethical Cosmopolitanism,” under review.

· “Ethical Meta-standards in Adam Smith and Aldo Leopold,” under review.

· “Kant’s Empirical Account of Human Cognition,” in progress.

· “Intrinsic Value, Environmental Ethics, and Adam Smith,” in progress.

· “Superstition, Sympathy, and Sentiment in the Philosophy of Adam Smith,” in progress.

· Kant’s Remarks on the Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, a translation (with Matt Cooley) and critical edition, currently available in draft form at http://people.whitman.edu/~frierspr/kants_bemerkungen1.htm

· Natural Sentiments: Adam Smith and Environmental Ethics, in progress.

 

Book Reviews:
· “Jeanine Grenberg, Kant and the Ethics of Humility,” Review, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2005.

· “Environmental Virtue Ethics,” Review, Environmental Values, 2005.

· “Heiner Bielefeldt, Symbolic Representation in Kant’s Practical Philosophy,” Review, Faith and Philosophy, 2005.

· "Jorge Secada. Cartesian Metaphysics: The Late Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy," Review, Journal of the History of Philosophy (April 2001).
· "Clarence Bonnen and Daniel Flage. Descartes and Method," Review, Journal of the History of Philosophy (July 2000).
· "Margaret Wilson. Ideas and Mechanism," Review, Journal of the History of Philosophy (January 2000).


Papers Presented (peer reviewed unless otherwise noted):
· “Applying Adam Smith: A Step Toward Smithian Environmental Virtue Ethics,” History of Economics Society (June 2005)

· “Kant’s Empirical Account of Human Action,” NAKS Group Meeting at the Pacific APA (March 2005, this paper was also presented at the NW/PC Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy in November 2004)

· “Natural Sentiments: From Adam Smith to Environmental Virtue Ethics,” ISEE Group Meeting at Pacific APA (March 2005; this paper was also presented at the Northwest Philosophy Conference in November 2004)

· “Adam Smith and the Possibility of Sympathy with Nature,” Pacific APA (March 2005; this paper will also be presented at the ISEE Group Meeting at the Central APA, April 2005)

· “Providence and Divine Mercy in Kant’s Ethical Cosmopolitanism,” at the ‘200 Years After Kant’ Conference, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran (November 2004).

· “Empirical Markers for Moral Responsibility,” Pacific Study Group of the NAKS (November 2003)

· “Philosophical Justifications for Punishment,” WAFEF Conference (November 2003, not peer reviewed)

· “Causal Determination in Kant’s Account of Human Action,” Northwest Philosophy Conference (October 2003)

· "Character and Evil in Kant’s Moral Anthropology,” Pacific Division meeting of the APA (April 2003)
· "Kant = Miss Manners?" Faculty Forum, Whitman College (March 2000, not peer reviewed)
· "Moral Anthropology in Contemporary NeoKantian Ethics,” Kantian Ethics Conference (January 2003)
· "Kant on Affects and Passions," Eastern Division meeting of the APA (December 2000).
· "Kant’s Libertarianism," Conference on “Scholarship and the Free Society” at the University of Virginia (July 2000, invited paper)
· "Anthropology, Character, and Freedom: Schleiermacher's Critique of Kant," Schleiermacher 2000 Conference (April 2000)
· "Learning to Love: From Egoism to Generosity in Descartes." Philosophy Colloquium, University of Notre Dame (March 1999)
· "From Error to Exhaustion: The Development of the Calculus in Berkeley and MacLaurin," Southeastern Study Group in Early Modern Philosophy (April 1997)

Honors & Awards:
· Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, 2005-2006
· Perry Award, Summer 2005.
· Perry Award, Summer 2004.
· NEH Summer Stipend, 2003.
· Summer Fellow at the Hong Kierkegaard Library, Northfield, MN, 2002.
· Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2001.
· Erasmus Institute Summer Scholar, 2000
· Presidental Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 1995-99.
· Pew Graduate Student Summer Scholar, 1999.
· Harvey Fellowship for Graduate Study, Harvey Fellows Program, 1995-98.
· Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (mit Gesamtnote sehr gut), Goethe Institute 1996.
· Laslo Versanyi Award in Philosophy, Williams College, 1995.