My primary area of interest is phenomenology, especially Merleau-Ponty’s work on perception. I am also interested in other Post-Kantian European figures, philosophy of perception more broadly, and feminist philosophy.
I am currently working on a monograph concerning Merleau-Ponty’s response to the "Problem of Perception." In my dissertation work, I argue that Merleau-Ponty's account of illusions, hallucinations, and perspectival variation in the Phenomenology of Perception reveal his model of perception as a unique variety of direct realism, which I call "communion" realism. I am also interested in what consequences a Merleau-Pontyan realism…
My primary area of interest is phenomenology, especially Merleau-Ponty’s work on perception. I am also interested in other Post-Kantian European figures, philosophy of perception more broadly, and feminist philosophy.
I am currently working on a monograph concerning Merleau-Ponty’s response to the "Problem of Perception." In my dissertation work, I argue that Merleau-Ponty's account of illusions, hallucinations, and perspectival variation in the Phenomenology of Perception reveal his model of perception as a unique variety of direct realism, which I call "communion" realism. I am also interested in what consequences a Merleau-Pontyan realism might have for contemporary theorists in a variety of subfields, especially feminist philosophy and enactivist theories of perception.
I am also increasingly interested in Simone de Beauvoir as a phenomenologist, and am currently soliciting contributions for an edited volume on the topic.