Most of my work concentrates on certain philosophical issues regarding how thought, language, and reality relate to one another. The central notion of my research is reference, and I have been particularly interested in our linguistic ability to refer to something unknown to us by which we enjoy curiosity and ask questions. I have recently published a book on the topic, The Philosophy of Curiosity (Routledge, 2012), and by using some of the ideas I developed in it I am currently working on another book project that argues that truth is a form of reference.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, 1997
Areas of Specialization
| Philosophy of Language |
| Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
| Epistemology |
| Philosophy of Language |
| Logic and Philosophy of Logic |