philosophy
I am interested in arguments, in both senses of the term: how to make them, how to evaluate them; how to resolve them, which ones are worth having. Many of the arguments I've studied in the most depth are in metaphysics and the philosophy of science, but I am increasingly thinking about arguments themselves: about epistemology, philosophy of language, and logic. Having grown up with two competitive older brothers, I know arguments are no fun unless you can agree on who won.
These days I spend most of my time thinking about social epistemology and the relationship between epistemic norms for belief and other sorts of norms. I am working on papers on doxastic voluntarism, externalism and internalism, lying, moral encroachment, norms of assertion, and the wrong kind of reasons problem, among other topics. I am also trying to develop my interest in mathematical logic by taking courses in logic and algebra in the math department here at Notre Dame.
I have a master's degree from Tufts University. There I passed comprehensive exams in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language; took advanced coursework on topics like personal identity, causation, modal logic, metametaphysics, and the philosophy of David Lewis; and served as a teaching assistant for "Knowing and Being", "Language and Mind", and the undergraduate logic course. In August 2018 I began the Ph.D. program in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
These days I spend most of my time thinking about social epistemology and the relationship between epistemic norms for belief and other sorts of norms. I am working on papers on doxastic voluntarism, externalism and internalism, lying, moral encroachment, norms of assertion, and the wrong kind of reasons problem, among other topics. I am also trying to develop my interest in mathematical logic by taking courses in logic and algebra in the math department here at Notre Dame.
I have a master's degree from Tufts University. There I passed comprehensive exams in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language; took advanced coursework on topics like personal identity, causation, modal logic, metametaphysics, and the philosophy of David Lewis; and served as a teaching assistant for "Knowing and Being", "Language and Mind", and the undergraduate logic course. In August 2018 I began the Ph.D. program in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
