About: 

I'm a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Knowledge in Crisis project at the Department of Philosophy, Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. I work in social and political philosophy, focusing on social norms and collective action, and in the philosophy of mind and action, focusing on coherence and rationality. 

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

Published Papers:

1. No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation. Thought. forthcoming.

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

3. 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 pointless social norms

• A paper on the aim of credence

• A paper on the normativity of coherence

• A paper on post-truth

• A paper on fake experts

• A paper on euphemisms (w/ Alejandro Vesga)

Recent and Upcoming Talks

• Oct 2024. Workshop on Social Normativity

• Nov 2024. CEU Philosophy Department Colloquium

• Jan 2025. Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy

• Apr 2025. Annual Meeting SSPP

• May 2025. Science and Democracy Research Seminar

• Jun 2025. Social Metaphysics Workshop