Leo Yan

LeoYanAssistant Professor of Philosophy

Office: HSS 505L

Email: leo.yan@iup.edu

Personal website

Education

PhD, Brown University, 2019

MA, University of Missouri, 2011

MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008

BA, Boston University, 2003

Courses

PHIL 122 Contemporary Moral Issues

PHIL 130 Introduction to Biomedical Ethics

PHIL 320 Ethical Theory

PHIL 450 Philosophy of Law

Professional Interests

Ethics, Practical Reason, Decision Theory

Select Presentations

"Seeming Incomparability and Rational Choice." American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, 2019.

"Parity, Incomparability, and Categorical Judgments." American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, 2018.

"Externalist Accounts of Racial Epithets." American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 2013.

"The Connection Between Political Legitimacy and Justification." Central States Philosophical Association, 2011.