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Western Illinois University

Philosophy Logic Ethics Philosophy of Science

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Enjoyable learning

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5.05/4/2026

Inspires a love for learning in everyone.

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Christopher Pynes is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Mathematics and Philosophy at Western Illinois University. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University (2003), an M.A. in Philosophy from San Diego State University (1998), a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1996), and an A.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Santa Barbara City College (1994). His research and teaching interests include logics, philosophy of science, moral philosophy, ethics, and logic. Pynes joined Western Illinois University in 2005 as Assistant Professor of Philosophy, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2009, and to full Professor in 2014. Prior to WIU, he served as Lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2003 to 2005. He co-directed the Program for the Study of Ethics at WIU from 2006 to 2015 and has held the Course Director position for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville during summers from 2005 to 2011.