Research
My central research interests lie in intersections between social epistemology and social-political issues, belief control/belief formation, and defending epistemic progress in philosophy. I also work in the history of analytic philosophy, most notably post-1920 Bertrand Russell, as well as the metaphysics and science of time.
Below are links to recent and past research projects.
Current
Articles
“Epistemic Progress despite Systematic Disagreement.” Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Special Issue: Metaphilosophy, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2019: 77 – 94.
“A Case for Epistemic Agency,” Logos and Episteme, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2015: 449 - 474.
“Getting Off the Wheel,” (with Patrick Bondy), Metaphilosophy, Vol. 46, No. 4-5, October 2015: 620 – 637.
Book Chapters
"Public Opinion, Democratic Legitimacy, and Epistemic Compromise,” Science, Freedom, and Democracy. Edited by Péter Hartl and Ádam Tamás Tuboly. Routledge. (Under Contract)
"Why Bertrand Russell is not a Christian (or Muslim or Hindu)," The Cambridge History of Atheism. Edited by Stephen Bullivant and Michael Ruse. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (forthcoming)
“Russell’s Bridge,” (with Nicholas Griffin), The Bloomsbury Companion to Bertrand Russell. Edited by Russell Wahl. London: Bloomsbury, 2018: 286 - 311.
Reference Entries
“Epistemic Defeat” (with Patrick Bondy). Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, 2019, doi: 10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0231.
Reviews
“Review of David Christensen and Jennifer Lackey's The Epistemology of Disagreement. New Essays,” Philosophy in Review, Spring 2015.
“Defining Russell: A Review of Rosalind Carey and John Ongley’s Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy.” Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, vol. 30, no.2. Winter 2010-11, pp. 173 – 8.
In Progress:
"Epistemic Exploitation and the Corrosion of Epistemic Trust"
"A Case for Epistemic Paternalism"
"Russell's Reflective Equilibrium"
"Reconsidering Reflective Equilibrium"
"The Status Of Quantum Mechanics in Russell's Mature Philosophy"