I'm an assistant professor at Indiana University. I recently earned my PhD from Yale. My research focuses on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and metaphysics in the early modern period, with special emphasis on British philosophy in the long eighteenth century. My current project considers Hume's views on representation, skepticism, and intelligibility. I've also written on early modern theories of ideas, perception, and judgment.
Publications
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“Skepticism and the Idea of Body in Hume.” Forthcoming. Journal of the History of Philosophy.
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“Hume on Modal Projection.” 2024. Mind.
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“Fiction and Content in Hume's Labyrinth.” 2024. The Philosophical Quarterly.
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“Locke, Simplicity, and Extension.” 2023. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie.
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“Leibniz and the Molyneux Problem.” 2020. Journal of Modern Philosophy.
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“Rationalizing Socrates' Daimonion.” 2018. British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
Teaching
In the fall of 2025, I am teaching a survey of early modern philosophy and an undergraduate seminar on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. In the spring of 2025, I will teach a graduate seminar on Descartes and an upper-level introduction to metaphysics. At IU, I have recently taught courses on skepticism the British Empiricists, as well an introduction to problems in metaphysics and epistemology. I've also taught a graduate seminar on Hume's Treatise (syllabus).