My research primarily centers around metaphysics. In particular, I spend lots of time thinking about mereology, and how mereological relations interact with locative and topological ones.
I also have lots of interest contributing to in-vogue topics like the 'higher-order metaphysics' movement, or the 'hyperintensional revolution'. This is reflected in my projects.
Philosophical Studies (forthcoming) "Cartesian Mereotopology"
Philosophical Logic (forthcoming) "How to Type Plurals"
Ergo (forthcoming) "A Unique Type (of) Problem for Theories of Law
Synthese (2026) "Nonideal Theory and a Logic of Abduction"
Journal of Philosophy of Sport (2025) "The Myth of 'Records Get Broken, Medals are Forever'"
Location, Immanence, and Instantiation
I articulate a novel theory of the location of immanent universals, according to which universals have a unique exact location yet bear an intimate locational relationship to the objects which instantiate them.
The Mereotopological Trilemma
I demonstrate that work on mereotopology often holds three axioms/definitions/assumptions which are jointly inconsistent, and sketch some possible responses to this problem.
Mereology for the Supersubstantivalist
I argue that supersubstantivalists ought to define material mereological relations in terms of locational ones. Surprisingly, I show that this move does not entail mereological harmony.
Existential Composition as Identity
I offer a theory of Composition as Identity which captures the alleged ontological innocence of mereology. The view abides by Leibniz' Law, avoids collapsing the distinction between plurals and mereology, and does not violate Cantor's Theorem.
What Do We Mean by 'Parts Ground Wholes'?
I show that extant formulations of the 'Parts Ground Wholes' thesis stand in tension with various models of (classical) mereology and principles in the logic of ground. I offer my own formulation of the principle in light of these issues.
A novel theory of laws, according to which laws of nature are higher-order identities
A theory of numerical individuation based on Scotistic haecceities (with Matt Wennemann)
A framework for location which aims for metaphysical neutrality
A formal investigation and development of relevance in truth-maker semantics
A fine-grained non-extensional mereology
A new look at the mereology of propositions, in light of some results by higher-order metaphysicians
A solution to a puzzle about metaphysical dependence and boundaries
An approach to the logic of grounding that allows for partial grounds not supplemented by full grounds