The “conceptualism” debate asks whether perception is conceptual or nonconceptual. It has arisen in different forms and guises throughout the history of philosophy. This thesis …
In the 2020 presidential elections, Democratic nominees in the primaries all had proposals to advance society and do what’s “good.” Various proposals included distributive justice …
We are imperfect epistemic agents, and we form many of our beliefs carelessly. Sometimes, we are simply lazy, and we store carelessly formed beliefs in …
If the ontology of time reflects our experience, then a metaphysical theory of time should capture the strong intuition that the past, present and future …
Free will skepticism—a term that encompasses multiple arguments that cast doubt upon our free will—is on the rise in recent decades, especially in response to …
This dissertation consists of three related but self-contained papers. The first clarifies what some philosophers have thought to be an epistemological problem for metaethical realism: …
This dissertation explores the relationship between individuals’ everyday actions and the justice or injustice of entire societies. It is a conceptual and sociological investigation of …
The privileged have done nothing wrong, since privilege isn’t a choice, argue the privileged youth. Sexual orientation isn’t a choice, argue gay-rights activists, so we …
In this dissertation I aim to develop and defend an account of moral offence. This concept, first introduced by Roderick Chisholm, is characterized by action …
My dissertation aims at throwing new light on the problem of agency, by pursuing a reductionist project about agent causation. In Chapter 1, I provide …
This dissertation examines the notion of introspection in philosophy of mind. I begin by looking at the type of process that introspection might be. Three …
In this dissertation I elaborate and defend a version of nonreductive physicalism. Nonreductive physicalism has been the dominant view in the philosophy of mind over …
There are serious disagreements about the role of idealization in political philosophy, but the real issues are often obscured by the usual opposition between ‘ideal’ …