My research examines whether truth, validity, rational critique, freedom, and human dwelling remain possible under the conditions of historicity.
Working primarily within philosophical hermeneutics, German Idealism, phenomenology, and critical theory, I investigate how historically situated forms of understanding can nevertheless sustain claims to truth, valid interpretation, and normative judgment. A central aim of my work is to move beyond the traditional opposition between foundationalism and relativism by developing an account of normativity that neither depends upon ahistorical foundations nor collapses into historical relativism.
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My research examines whether truth, validity, rational critique, freedom, and human dwelling remain possible under the conditions of historicity.
Working primarily within philosophical hermeneutics, German Idealism, phenomenology, and critical theory, I investigate how historically situated forms of understanding can nevertheless sustain claims to truth, valid interpretation, and normative judgment. A central aim of my work is to move beyond the traditional opposition between foundationalism and relativism by developing an account of normativity that neither depends upon ahistorical foundations nor collapses into historical relativism.
A complementary strand of my research concerns the philosophical conditions of human dwelling. I explore how individuals and communities recover orientation, freedom, and a genuine sense of being at home after profound historical transformations of their world. More broadly, my work seeks to clarify how historical forms of life shape the possibilities of meaning, normativity, and human self-understanding.
