I specialize in metaphysics and metaontology. I primarily like to think about what there is, parts and wholes, composition, constitution, and modality. I also like to think about the methodology behind philosophical debate of these things, particularly when we disagree. I am especially fond of exploring transworldism (or five-dimensionalism), the view that ordinary objects are trans-world sums of spatial, temporal, and modal parts. I do not (yet) go so far as to think this view is true, but I certainly think it is worth our time trying to figure out why not.
I also work at the intersection of metaphysics, mind, and language – in particular m…
I specialize in metaphysics and metaontology. I primarily like to think about what there is, parts and wholes, composition, constitution, and modality. I also like to think about the methodology behind philosophical debate of these things, particularly when we disagree. I am especially fond of exploring transworldism (or five-dimensionalism), the view that ordinary objects are trans-world sums of spatial, temporal, and modal parts. I do not (yet) go so far as to think this view is true, but I certainly think it is worth our time trying to figure out why not.
I also work at the intersection of metaphysics, mind, and language – in particular mental fictionalism - the view that we are (or should be) fictionalists about mental content.
