I am a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Southampton, for which I have been awarded UKRI funding by the SWW DTP. I am a Lex Academic Philosophy Scholar and the Administrator for the Mind Association.
My main interests are in metaphysics and my thesis is on grounding and causation. Grounding and causation are two world-structuring relations which play roles in our explanations of reality—i.e., in metaphysical explanation (philosophy) and causal explanation (science) respectively. In my research I am investigating the supposed analogy between them. My supervisory team consists of Dr Naomi Thompson, Professor Lee Walters, and Pro…
I am a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Southampton, for which I have been awarded UKRI funding by the SWW DTP. I am a Lex Academic Philosophy Scholar and the Administrator for the Mind Association.
My main interests are in metaphysics and my thesis is on grounding and causation. Grounding and causation are two world-structuring relations which play roles in our explanations of reality—i.e., in metaphysical explanation (philosophy) and causal explanation (science) respectively. In my research I am investigating the supposed analogy between them. My supervisory team consists of Dr Naomi Thompson, Professor Lee Walters, and Professor Tuomas Tahko.
Prior to studying for my PhD I obtained a master’s degree in philosophy (MA) at Birkbeck, University of London, graduating in 2020 with a distinction. My dissertation is titled ‘Top-Down Causation in the Animal Kingdom’ and was completed under the supervision of Ben Springett. I researched a theory of mental causation, reaching a point of scepticism in virtue of the breakdown between intelligible explanation and unintelligible grounds.
I am also the founder and editor of The Human Front, on which you can read my interviews with academic philosophers here: https://www.thehumanfront.com/interviews/.
