Research
Published & Forthcoming Work
“A Story of Corruption: False Pleasure and Plato’s Methodological Critique of Hedonism in the Philebus”, forthcoming in Ancient Philosophy
“Plato, Sophist 259c7-d7: Contrary Predication and Genuine Refutation”, forthcoming in The Classical Quarterly.
“Plato’s Scientific Feminism: Collection and Division in Republic V’s ‘First Wave’” (with Rachana Kamtekar), forthcoming in Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy, eds. Sara Brill and Catharine McKeen, Routledge Publishing
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“Division and Proto-Racialism in the Statesman”, in misReading Plato: Continental and Psychoanalytic Glimpses Beyond the Mask, eds. Matthew Clemente, Bryan J. Cocchiara, and William J. Hendel, Routledge Publishing, 188-201.
“Plato on Natural Kinds: The Promethean Method of the Philebus”, in Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 2022, volume 55, no.2, 305-327
“Ethical Narratives and Oppositional Consciousness”, in APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Spring 2021, volume 20, no.3, 11-15
“The Cause of Cosmic Rotation in Aristotle’s Metaphysics xii 6-7”, in Ancient Philosophy, 2022, vol. 40, no.2, 349-367
Work in Progress
Crafting Race in Plato and Aristotle (edited volume), co-editor with Patricia Marechal
A volume of essays from established and emerging scholars on the subject of race & ethnicity in the writings of Plato and Aristotle. It aims to cover how these philosophers theorized and created (or failed to create) racial difference, as well as consideration of methodological questions and the legacies of these ideas.
On psychological liberation in Plato
A book monograph on Plato's understanding of philosophical conversation as a liberatory practice for the soul. Some chapter drafts available on request.
A paper on the summoning of intelligence as psychological liberation in Republic VII (email for draft)
A paper on dialectic and psychological liberation in the discussion of non-being in the Sophist (email for draft)
On pleasure in the Philebus
A paper on pure pleasure in Plato’s Philebus (Revise and Resubmit status).
A paper on the metaphysics of pleasure at the beginning of Plato’s Philebus (email for draft).
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Dissertation
Classifying Difference and Value: The Metaphysics of Kinds and the Search for the Good in Plato’s Philebus
Abstract: Plato’s Philebus is a late dialogue that records a dispute between a hedonist (Philebus/Protarchus) and an advocate of the superiority of knowledge to pleasure (Socrates). This dissertation argues that it advances Plato’s late method and metaphysics in the context of the ethical project at the heart of the dialogue: acquiring knowledge of the nature of the good human life. It demonstrates how Plato uses his method of collection and division, its corresponding metaphysics of kinds, and a teleological natural philosophy to continue his exploration of a science or expertise in morality familiar from dialogues like the Republic and Protagoras. Moreover, it puts Plato in conversation with topics in contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of science, and social philosophy.
Committee: Rachana Kamtekar (Chair), Tad Brennan, Scott MacDonald, Julia Annas (external)
Available in the Cornell digital repository: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/110625