Lecturer in Philosophy
email: agarnar@clemson.edu
Andrew holds a BA in philosophy and physics from Beloit College and an MS and PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech. His work focuses on the ethical implications of the metaphysics of contemporary life. He is particularly concerned with how science and technology restructure the ways humans conceive of themselves and the rest of the world. Andrew has also researched and taught courses on the ethical impacts of globalization. To this end, he draws on the work of American philosophy, the Marxist tradition and some contemporary French philosophy. He is currently working on a book that uses pragmatism as a means to understand human subjectivity. His recent publications include “Power, Action, Signs: Between Foucault and Peirce” in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society (2006) and, co-authored with Valerie Hardcastle, “An Unnecessary Divide: Neural Models in Psychiatry” in The Philosophy of Psychiatry (Oxford, 2004).