Taylor W. Cyr
Associate Professor
Howard College of Arts and Sciences
Classics and Philosophy
315 Chapman Hall
tcyr@samford.edu
205-726-2675

Taylor Cyr (pronounced like “seer”) works on topics at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics, including topics like free will, moral responsibility, death, immortality, time (especially time travel), and personal identity.  Cyr produces The Free Will Show podcast, featuring interviews with academics who work on free will. The podcast offers beginner-friendly introduction to free will while also highlighting recent developments on the topic.

Degrees

  • PhD in Philosophy, University of California, Riverside
  • MA in Philosophy, Florida State University
  • BA in Philosophy, Florida State University, Summa Cum Laude 
  • BA in Religion, Florida State University, Summa Cum Laude