I am an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Carleton University. My current research focuses on social epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of economics, political philosophy, and their intersections. I am particularly interested in the complex relationships between experts, policymakers, and publics in democratic societies.
I have recently completed a short monograph on science denial, entitled Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust? (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) and I am currently completing a longer monograph on public trust in science tentatively titled Public Trust in Science: A Communitarian Ap…
Read moreI am an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Carleton University. My current research focuses on social epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of economics, political philosophy, and their intersections. I am particularly interested in the complex relationships between experts, policymakers, and publics in democratic societies.
I have recently completed a short monograph on science denial, entitled Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust? (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) and I am currently completing a longer monograph on public trust in science tentatively titled Public Trust in Science: A Communitarian Approach. The latter develops in much greater detail the collectivist account of public trust in science that I first sketched in my paper "It Takes A Village to Trust Science: Towards a (Thoroughly) Social Approach to Public Trust in Science".