My research primarily focuses on early modern philosophy, and especially the philosophy of George Berkeley. In an early modern context, I am interested in issues such as the nature of ideas, the relationship between representation and resemblance, and what it means for a thing to be 'real' in various philosophical systems (including 'materialism' and 'idealism'). One specific issue I have focused on is tracing the lineage of anti-representationalist thought amongst thinkers such as John Sergeant, George Berkeley, and Thomas Reid. I also enjoy thinking about historical methodology and how we go about doing history of philosophy.
More general…
My research primarily focuses on early modern philosophy, and especially the philosophy of George Berkeley. In an early modern context, I am interested in issues such as the nature of ideas, the relationship between representation and resemblance, and what it means for a thing to be 'real' in various philosophical systems (including 'materialism' and 'idealism'). One specific issue I have focused on is tracing the lineage of anti-representationalist thought amongst thinkers such as John Sergeant, George Berkeley, and Thomas Reid. I also enjoy thinking about historical methodology and how we go about doing history of philosophy.
More generally, my interests are in the philosophy of perception and philosophy of mind. I am particularly interested in (epistemological) issues concerning representation, resemblance, and correspondence.
(That picture is me outside Berkeley's home in Newport, Rhode Island.)
