I am a metaphysician, working mostly in metaphysics of science and social metaphysics. I am particularly interested in connections between explanation and metaphysics.
I am a member of the JHU Foundations of Mind Group
I am a member of the JHU Foundations of Mind Group
Papers
"Explanatory Distance." (forthcoming) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
(Penultimate draft)
"Power Emergentism and the Collapse Problem." (forthcoming) Philosophy of Science
(Penultimate draft)
"Backing Without Realism." (2020) Erkenntnis https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00249-w
(Penultimate draft)
"Social Categories in Context." (2020) Journal of the American Philosophical Association 6(2): 171-187
(Penultimate draft)
"How to Make the Case for Brute Facts." (2018) in Brute Facts, edited by Elly Vintiadis and Constantinos Mekios, Oxford University Press.
(Penultimate draft)
"Against Explanatory Realism." (2018) Philosophical Studies 175 (1):197-219
(Penultimate draft)
“Explanatory Emergence as a Guide to Metaphysical Structure.” (2017) Philosophica 91: 15-48
"Only Explanation Can Reinflate Emergence." (2017) The Philosophical Quarterly, 68 (271): 385–394
(Penultimate Draft)
"Groups and Oppression." (2016) Hypatia 31 (3): 520–536
(Penultimate draft)
"Explanation and the Explanatory Gap." (2016) Acta Analytica 31 (1): 77-88
(Penultimate draft)
"Naturalness in Context." (2016) Inquiry. 59 (4): 319-342
(Penultimate draft)
"Collapsing Emergence." (2015) The Philosophical Quarterly 65 (271): 732-753
(Penultimate draft)
"An Explication of Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Studies 172 (3)653-669
(Penultimate draft)
Reviews
Review of Carl Gillett's Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (2017) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Review of Books.
"Explanatory Distance." (forthcoming) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
(Penultimate draft)
"Power Emergentism and the Collapse Problem." (forthcoming) Philosophy of Science
(Penultimate draft)
"Backing Without Realism." (2020) Erkenntnis https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-020-00249-w
(Penultimate draft)
"Social Categories in Context." (2020) Journal of the American Philosophical Association 6(2): 171-187
(Penultimate draft)
"How to Make the Case for Brute Facts." (2018) in Brute Facts, edited by Elly Vintiadis and Constantinos Mekios, Oxford University Press.
(Penultimate draft)
"Against Explanatory Realism." (2018) Philosophical Studies 175 (1):197-219
(Penultimate draft)
“Explanatory Emergence as a Guide to Metaphysical Structure.” (2017) Philosophica 91: 15-48
"Only Explanation Can Reinflate Emergence." (2017) The Philosophical Quarterly, 68 (271): 385–394
(Penultimate Draft)
"Groups and Oppression." (2016) Hypatia 31 (3): 520–536
(Penultimate draft)
"Explanation and the Explanatory Gap." (2016) Acta Analytica 31 (1): 77-88
(Penultimate draft)
"Naturalness in Context." (2016) Inquiry. 59 (4): 319-342
(Penultimate draft)
"Collapsing Emergence." (2015) The Philosophical Quarterly 65 (271): 732-753
(Penultimate draft)
"An Explication of Emergence." (2015) Philosophical Studies 172 (3)653-669
(Penultimate draft)
Reviews
Review of Carl Gillett's Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (2017) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Review of Books.
