RESEARCH INTERESTS
My main areas of research focus on a priori knowledge, reliabilism, naturalism, rational intuition, and the rationalist-empiricist debate. I am also interested in the naturalist problem of mathematical knowledge; externalist accounts of mental content and the problem of self-knowledge; Indian theories of the self; the nature of consciousness and intentionality; and the many metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise within Early Modern Philosophy, such as skepticism and the philosophy of perception.
DISSERTATION
Title: Naturalism, Rationalism, and Rethinking the A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction.
Supervisor: Richard A. Fumerton. Defended Summer 2006, University of Iowa.
PUBLICATIONS
"Patient Autonomy and the Freedom to Act against One's Self Interest," Clinical Laboratory Science 21(2) 2008.
"Reliabilism, Intuition, and Mathematical Knowledge," Filozofia (8) October 2008.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Naturalism, Rationalism, and the A Priori (book manuscript)
"Rethinking the A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction"
"Can We Measure Critical Thinking Skills?"
"Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking"
"Using A Writing Portfolio Project to Teach Critical Thinking"
"Semantic Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Slow Switching"
"Competing Conceptions of Happiness"
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)
American Philosophical Association (APA)
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE)
Commonwealth Honors Program (CHP)
National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC)
Northern New England Philosophy Association (NNEPA)
Last Updated On: 1/26/09
