Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester
curriculum vitae (pdf)
I completed my Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Rochester, under the direction of Richard Feldman, Earl Conee, and Edward Wierenga. My dissertation "An Evidentialist Epistemology of Testimony" outlines an internalist social epistemology. My areas of specialization are
Epistemology and History of Modern Philosophy. My areas of competence include Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Applied Ethics, and Metaphysics. Articles
- “Evidentialist Social Epistemology” in Believing in Accordance with the Evidence: New Essays on Evidentialism ed. Kevin McCain (forthcoming 2018).
- "Evidence of Evidence and Testimonial Reductionism" (abstract) Episteme, 9, pp 377 - 391, doi:10.1017/epi.2012.25
- "Pick Your Poison: Beg the Question or Embrace Circularity" (abstract) co-authored with Kevin McCain, International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 4 (2):125-140 (2014), doi:10.1163/22105700-03021119
Research
- Dissertation Abstract
- Current Projects:
"Faith and Cooperation" for The Nature and Value of Faith Summer Seminar
“Reidian Reductionism about Testimony” with Trent Dougherty
“Locke on Testimony”
“Leibniz on Confused Ideas”
Teaching
- Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Taking it on Trust: Knowledge, Cooperation, and Vulnerability - Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, and Spring 2017
Ethics at the Edges of Life - Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Ethics in Biomedical Research - Spring and Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Philosophical Inquiry: Problems of Knowledge - Fall 2012 and Spring 2013
Ethics in Biomedical Research - Fall 2012
Philosophical Inquiry: Problems of Science - Fall 2011 and Spring 2012
The Ethics of Discovery
- Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
Knowledge and Skeptical Puzzles