Contact Information
810 S Wright St
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Research Interests
Naturalistic Epistemology in Humans and Non-Human Animals
Epistemology of Science
Sensation-Perception-Cognition
History of Analytic Philosophy-from Mach to Quine (for fun!)
Research Description
I work in epistemology. To me, epistemology is the study of the method of philosophical and scientific inquiries. Due to this rather broad conception of epistemology, I have wide research interests, ranging from processes of hypothesizing and theorizing to the working of the brain and sensory organs.
Education
M.A., Purdue University (2022)
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2020)
Courses Taught
As Discussion Leader:
PHIL 104-Introduction to Ethics ACP (Fall 2023)
PHIL 100-Introduction to Philosophy ACP (Spring 2024)
As Instructor of Record
PHIL 101-Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2025)
Conference Presentations:
"Exorcising the New Evil Demon from Epistemology" (Abandoned)
-SOPhiA 2023 - Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy 2023, September 2023
"Defective to be Effective-Conceptual Defects as Part of the Cognitive Economy"
-Society for Philosophy and Psychology-50th Annual Meeting, June 2024 (as Poster)
-Indiana Philosophical Association, November 2024
-121st APA Eastern Meeting, January 2025
"Thought Experiment Designed Better-Some Norms for Better Thought Experiment Design"
-The 12th Biennial Graduate Epistemology Conference, October 2024
-Illinois Philosophical Association, October 2024
"Idealization and the Normativity of Science"
-Mississippi Academy of Science-89th Annual Meeting, March 2025
"Intuition and its Role in Inquiry"
-2nd Inquiry Network Workshop, March 2025