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(photo courtesy of my then-3-year-old daughter)

I am an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

I work primarily in metaphysics (especially modality, laws of nature, properties, dispositions, causation) and general philosophy of science (especially, scientific representation, scientific models, scientific realism, evidence and confirmation, explanation). 

I founded, administer, and contribute to Matters of Substance: A Group Blog Devoted to Metaphysics and It's Only A Theory: A Group Blog Devoted to General Philosophy of Science. 

I am the PhilPapers area editor for General Philosophy of Science and middle editor for Models and Idealization, Scientific Realism, and Properties.

NEWS:

7 Feb 2012: I've been invited to participate in an Analysis book symposium on Ted Sider's new book Writing the Book of the World. The other participants are Trenton Merricks and Jonathan Schaffer.

23 Dec 2011: I just found out that my paper 'The Junk Argument: Safe Disposal Guidelines for Mereological Universalists' has been accepted for publication in Analysis!

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