About: 

I'm a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Knowledge in Crisis project at the Department of Philosophy, Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. My research focuses on the dual nature of humans as rational and social beings. I study what it takes for us to be rational believers and agents, especially in contexts involving other rational believers and agents. 

Before joining CEU in Vienna, I earned my PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University.

Published Papers:

1. Taught Rules: Instruction and the Evolution of Norms. Philosophical Studies. 2024. [link]

2. Coherence as Joint Satisfiability (w/ Sam Fullhart). Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 2024. [link]

Dissertation:

In my dissertation, "The Rules We Live By: Essays on Social Norms," I solve various puzzles arising from the idea that social norms are rational equilibria, that is, rules such that following them is rational for each just in case they are followed by all. I argue that norm adherence is rational because norms are tied to cultural practices, i.e., socially learned ways of acting that mediate our access to social goods like reputation, esteem, and status. My advisor was Philip Pettit. [link]

 In Progress (email me for drafts):

• A paper on the nature and origin of bad norms

• A paper on social action and norm innovation

• A paper on structural rationality and fragmentation

• A paper on post-truth

• A paper on euphemisms (w/ Alejandro Vesga)