Australian National University
School of Philosophy
PhD, 2009
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind
  • On Locating Composite Objects
    In Dean Zimmerman (ed.), Oxford Studies in Metaphysics: Volume 4, Oxford University Press. 2008.
  • On Locating Composite Objects
    Oxford Studies in Metaphysics 4 193-222. 2008.
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    More Work for Hybrid Persistence
    Metaphysica 20 (1): 103-115. 2019.
    Recently I defended a hybrid view of persistence whereby simple objects endure while composite objects are stage related. I argued that it deserves further investigation given the explanatory work it does with regard to two problems raised in the literature on the metaphysics of the persistence of objects. In this paper I look at two further problems that have been raised—one from natural explanation, the other from time travel. I show how the hybrid view is able to deal with these problems. In …Read more
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    Monism and Gunk
    In Mark Jago (ed.), Reality Making, Oxford University Press. pp. 57-74. 2016.
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    Rorty, Gutting, and Commonsense
    Theoria 50 (101): 49-67. 2003.
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    Enduring Simples and the Stages They Compose
    Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. 2017.
    In this article I introduce a hybrid view of persistence whereby simple objects persist by enduring while composite objects persist by being stage-related. I first show how, by sharing certain features and not others with the standard views of persistence, this hybrid view navigates two metaphysical problems that have been raised against such standard views. I then consider some implications of the view by addressing a couple of worries that may be raised against it. I conclude that this hybrid …Read more
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    Austere Realism: Contextual Semantics Meets Minimal Ontology (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 88 (4): 743-745. 2010.
    This Article does not have an abstract
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    9. On Locating Composite Objects
    In Dean W. Zimmerman (ed.), Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, Oxford University Press. pp. 4--193. 2008.