RESEARCH
My research interests cover a wide range of areas, including philosophy of economics, philosophy of science, moral and political philosophy, philosophy and public policy. I have published several articles in top-ranked international journals, including Philosophical Studies, Philosophy of Science, Economics and Philosophy, Biology and Philosophy, Erkenntnis, Theory and Decision, Social Choice and Welfare, the Journal of Social Philosophy, the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Politics, Behavioural Public Policy, Bioethics, Public Health Ethics, the Journal of Medical Ethics, Synthese, Philosophy, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Studia Leibnitiana, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, the Journal for General Philosophy of Science and the Journal of Economic Methodology. I have given more than 160 talks at conferences and workshops around the world. I am research associate at the London School of Economics (since 2011) and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania (since 2013). I have also been visiting scholar at the Finnish Centre for Excellence in Helsinki (2013), the University of California San Diego (2014), the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy (2015), the University of Oxford (Blackfriars Hall and Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, both in 2021) and New York University (2024). My research projects have received support from several national and international funders, including the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, and the John Templeton Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS
2025 A Novel Type of Precautionary Argument for Situations of Severe Uncertainty in Science and Policy. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 55 (5), 433-462.
2025 The Universe's Fine-Tuning does Call for Explanation. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. In Press.
2025 A Defence of Informed Preference Satisfaction Theories of Welfare. Philosophy of Science, 92 (4), 938-962.
2025 Standard Rationality versus Inclusive Rationality: A Critical Assessment. Behavioural Public Policy, 9, 530-544.
2024 A Dissolution of the Repugnant Conclusion. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 41 (1), 85-105.
2024 Preferences versus Opportunities: On the Conceptual Foundations of Normative Welfare Economics. Economics and Philosophy, 40 (1), 77-101.
2024 Please Wear a Mask: A Systematic Case for Mask Wearing Mandates. Journal of Medical Ethics, 50, 501-510.
2023 A More Liberal Public Reason Liberalism. Moral Philosophy and Politics, 10 (2), 337-366.
2022 A Reformed Division of Labor for the Science of Well-Being. Philosophy, 97 (4), 509-543.
2022 We Should not Use Randomization Procedures to Allocate Scarce Life-Saving Resources. Public Health Ethics, 15 (1), 87-103.
2021 Rationality, Preference Satisfaction and Anomalous Intentions: Why Rational Choice Theory is not Self-Defeating. Theory and Decision, 91 (3), 337-356.
2021 Theories of Well-Being and Well-Being Policy: A View from Methodology. Journal of Economic Methodology, 28 (1), 124-133.
2020 How Thin Rational Choice Theory Explains Choices. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 83, 63-74.
2020 Buyer Beware: A Critique of Leading Virtue Ethics Defenses of Markets. Journal of Social Philosophy, 51 (3), 457-482.
2020 Markets, Morals and Virtues: Evidential and Conceptual Issues. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 13 (1), 30-41.
2020 On the Individuation of Choice Options. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 50 (4), 338-365.
2020 Slipping on Slippery Slope Arguments. Bioethics, 34 (4), 412-419.
2019 (F)utility Exposed. Philosophy of Science, 86 (5), 955-966.
2018 Who is Afraid of Scientific Imperialism? Synthese, 195 (9), 4125-4146.
2018 Eliminating 'Life Worth Living'. Philosophical Studies, 175 (3), 769-792.
2017 On the Neural Enrichment of Economic Models: Recasting the Challenge. Biology and Philosophy, 32 (2), 201-220.
2017 Against Neuroscience Imperialism. In “Scientific Imperialism: Exploring the Boundaries of Interdisciplinarity”, ch.10. Uskali Mäki et al. Eds. Routledge.
2016 Decision Sciences and the New Case for Paternalism: Three Welfare-Related Justificatory Challenges. Social Choice & Welfare, 47 (2), 459-480.
2016 Choice Models and Realistic Ontologies: Three Challenges to Neuro-Psychological Modellers. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 6 (1), 145-164.
2016 Why we Cannot Learn from Minimal Models. Erkenntnis, 81 (3), 433-455.
2016 Economics, Psychology and the Unity of the Decision Sciences. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 46 (2), 103-128.
2016 Five Theses on Neuroeconomics. Journal of Economic Methodology, 23 (1), 77-96.
2015 No Learning from Minimal Models. Philosophy of Science, 82 (5), 798-809.
2014 Neural Findings and Economic Models: Why Brains have Limited Relevance for Economics. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 44 (5), 606-629.
2013 The Futile Search for True Utility. Economics and Philosophy, 29 (3), 325-347.
2013 Invited Review of "Economics for Real: Uskali Mäki and the Place of Truth in Economics" (Routledge). Economics and Philosophy, 29 (2), 283-289.
2012 On the Alleged Insignificance of the Primordial Existential Question. Studia Leibnitiana, 44 (2), 212-228.
2011 On the Neural Enrichment of Economic Models: Tractability, Trade-offs and Multiple Levels of Descriptions. Biology and Philosophy, 26 (5), 617-635.
2010 The Disunity of Neuroeconomics: A Methodological Appraisal. Journal of Economic Methodology, 17 (2), 119-131.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
- Minimal Models, Minimal Results.
- A Defence of Informed Preference-Based Approaches to Welfare Evaluations in Public Policy.
- A Meta-Precautionary Solution to the Dilemma of Precaution.