I am interested in the mind’s relationship to the world, the mind’s relationship to itself, and the relationship between the two. I work on questions in this area in early modern philosophy (roughly the period from 1550 to 1800), especially in the philosophy of René Descartes, his influences, and his followers. My research on Descartes focuses on his accounts of truth and the possibility of error, the need for certainty in philosophy, and the structure and transparency of mental content. I am also interested in theories of judgment and the proposition in Late Scholastic philosophers (such as Francisco Suarez) and Cartesian logicians (such as Antoine Arnauld). In my less historical moments, I explore related topics in contemporary philosophy of mind (especially perception).
I am a PhD candidate in the Philosophy Department at Yale University. I was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in Spring 2026. Before coming to Yale I received a BA in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.