I work on philosophy of language, epistemology, and argumentation. 

What do words mean? How do we understand metaphors and non-literal language? What can we know and how can we know it? What norms should govern our arguments with other people?

I think about these questions along with Sanskrit-language philosophers in the Indian subcontinent, primarily early Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā. Along the way, I make connections with contemporary analytic philosophy. 

• "Debating with Fists and Fallacies: Vācaspati Miśra and Dharmakīrti on Norms of Argumentation" (2022). International Journal of Hindu Studies 26:1, pp. 63-87.

• "Kumārila Bhaṭṭa and Pārthasārathi Miśra on First- and Higher-Order Knowing" Philosophy East and West. 72:2 (2022): 396-414. (formerly Knows-Knows in Mīmāṃsā: Pārthasārathi and Kumārila on svataḥ prāmāṇya)

• "The Pragma-Dialectics of Dispassionate Discourse: Early Nyāya Argumentation Theory" (2021). Religions. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100875 

• "Metaphor or Delusion? A Mīmāṃsaka's Response to Conceptual Metaphor Theory." (2019). Philosophy East and West.  doi: 10.1353/pew.0.0172

• "(Close) the Door; the King (is Going): The Development of Elliptical Resolution in Bhāṭṭa Mīmāṃsā." (2017). Journal of Indian Philosophy 45:5, pp. 911-938.

• "Metonymy and Metaphor as Verbal Postulation: The Epistemic Status of Non-Literal Speech in Indian Philosophy'.' (2017) Journal of World Philosophies 2:1.

• "How Do We Gather Knowledge through Language?'' with Elisa Freschi. (2017). Journal of World Philosophies 2:1.

• Thinking about Embedded Metaphors." (2015). Journal of Pragmatics 88, pp.19-26.

• "The Cow is to Be Tied Up: Sort-Shifting in Classical Indian Philosophy." (2013). History of Philosophy Quarterly 30:4, pp.331-332.

• "Mukulabhaṭṭa’s Defense of Lakṣaṇā: How We Use Words to Mean Something Else, but Not Everything Else." (2013). Journal of Indian Philosophy 41:4, pp. 439-461.

• Pramāṇa. (2021). Invited contribution to The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, eds. Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro, Wiley-Blackwell.

• "The Literal/Non-Literal Distinction in Indian Philosophy," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (Winter 2016 Edition, Revised Winter 2020), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). 

• "Epistemology (Pramāṇas)" with Matthew R. Dasti. (2016). Oxford Bibliographies Online, Hinduism.

• ShashiPrabha Kumar, “Categories, Creation and Cognition in Vaiśeṣika Philosophy,” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Vol. 43, No. 1., 139-141.

• Ethan Mills’ “Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa.” Journal of Dharma Studies (50). Published online 31 August 2019

• Keya Maitra's “The Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gītā:  Contemporary Introduction.” Philosophy East & West. 69(3). doi: 10.1353/pew.2019.0075

• Roy Tzohar's “A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor.” Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. August 2018.

• Amber Carpenter’s “Indian Buddhist Philosophy.” Philosophy East & West. 65(4) October 2015.

• Christopher G. Framarin's “Desire and Motivation in Indian Philosophy. Routledge Hindu Studies.” Journal of the American Oriental Society. 133(1)160-62.

• "Skeptics and Yogis: Ancient Indian Wisdom is Broader and Deeper Than You Might Think," Culturico August 2, 2021.

• "In Nyāya philosophy only some debates are worth having," Psyche December 2, 2020.

• "The Aesthetic Ingredients of Holiday Romance," PEA Soup, November 30, 2020

• 316am Magazine Interview