David's research brings together East Asian philosophy (China and Japan), philosophy of mind and cognition, and philosophy of art. Drawing on insights from the empirical sciences, his work explores how cognition and action are shaped by our embodied and situated engagement with the world. His previous research examined the philosophies of Nishida Kitarō and Alva Noë, exploring how their complementary perspectives offer a novel way to understand the relationship between perception, action, and the world.
David is currently researching pre-Qin Daoism, particularly the concept of wu wei (無為), investigating what Daoist accounts of action and age…
David's research brings together East Asian philosophy (China and Japan), philosophy of mind and cognition, and philosophy of art. Drawing on insights from the empirical sciences, his work explores how cognition and action are shaped by our embodied and situated engagement with the world. His previous research examined the philosophies of Nishida Kitarō and Alva Noë, exploring how their complementary perspectives offer a novel way to understand the relationship between perception, action, and the world.
David is currently researching pre-Qin Daoism, particularly the concept of wu wei (無為), investigating what Daoist accounts of action and agency can contribute to contemporary theories of embodied and enactive cognition.
More broadly, David is committed to the decolonization of philosophy, and to demonstrating the philosophical significance of traditions that have historically been marginalised within the discipline.
