Complete CV (PDF)
Academic Employment
University of Chicago, 2010–present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Education
University of Texas at Austin, 2005–2010
Ph.D. Philosophy, supervised by Nicholas Asher and Josh Dever
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2001–2005
M.Phil. Philosophy, Logic and Theory of Science
University of Oxford, Oxford, 2003–2004
Visiting Full-Time Undergraduate Student
Research Interests
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language, Philosophical Logic
Areas of Competence
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, History of Analytic Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy
Papers
An Update on Epistemic Modals, Journal of Philosophical Logic, forthcoming
Dynamics of Epistemic Modality, Philosophical Review 122(1): 45–92, 2013
A Remark on Iffy Oughts, Journal of Philosophy 109(7): 449–461, 2012
Realizing What Might Be, Philosophical Studies 153(3): 365–375, 2011
New Surprises for the Ramsey Test, Synthese 176(2): 291–309, 2010
Der Wahrheitsbegriff in Martin Heideggers Sein und Zeit, Philosophisches Jahrbuch 113(1): 78–98, 2006.
Reviews
Review of Epistemic Modality, edited by Brian Weatherson and Andy Egan, Philosophical Review, forthcoming
Refereed Presentations
Contrary-to-Duty Obligations and Dynamic Semantics
USC Deontic Modality Workshop
Los Angeles, May 2013
Deontic Paradoxes from a Dynamic Perspective
Reasoning and Interaction at NASSLLI
Austin, June 2012
Nonmonotonic Thoughts on Conditional Oughts
86th Annual Meeting of the APA Pacific Division (Colloquium)
Seattle, April 2012
New Dynamics for Epistemic Modality
106th Annual Meeting of the APA Eastern Division (Symposium)
New York, December 2009
New Dynamics for Epistemic Modality
9th NYU/Columbia Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
New York, March 2009
New Surprises for the Ramsey Test
36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy
Laramie, May 2008
Visual Perceptions: A Plea for Simple Contents
82nd Annual Meeting of the APA Pacific Division (Colloquium)
Pasadena, March 2008
Moore + Ramsey ≠ God
3rd Annual USC/UCLA Graduate Philosophy Conference
Los Angeles, February 2008
Negative Existentials and DRT
35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy
Vancouver, May 2007
In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy
81st Annual Meeting of the APA Pacific Division (Colloquium)
San Francisco, April 2007
In Defense of the Phenomenal Concept Strategy
MIND 2006
Bristol, UK, June 2006
Selected Comments
On Sven Lauer and Cleo Condoravdi's "The Basic Dynamic Effect of Interrogative Utterances"
13th Texas Linguistics Society Conference
Austin, June 2012
On Theodore Korzukhin's "Dominance Conditionals and Adams's Thesis"
110th Annual Meeting of the APA Central Division
Chicago, February 2012
On Jon Litland's "An Actualist Theory of Properties"
UT Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference
Austin, April 2009
On Kai von Fintel and Thony Gillies's "Must …Stay …Strong!"
3rd Annual UT/UNAM Conference
Austin, October 2008
On Pedro Stepanenko's "The Pyrrhonean Reports"
2nd Annual UT/UNAM Conference
Mérida, Mexico, October 2007
On Shawn Standefer's "Least Common Denominator"
UT Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference
Austin, April 2007
On Michael Allers's "'Bruce': A Predicate"
UT Austin Graduate Philosophy Conference
Austin, April 2006
Selected Honors
Franke Institute Fellowship
Franke Institute for the Humanities, Chicago, Academic Year 2013–14
Cogburn Family Foundation Philosophical Prize
University of Texas, Austin, April 2009
University Continuing Fellowship
University of Texas, Austin, Academic Year 2008–9
Teaching
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Expressivism (PHIL 53341)
Human Being & Citizen II (HUMA 12400), Winter 2013
Dynamic Semantics (PHIL 20721/30721 // LING 20721/30721), Autumn 2012
Conditionals (PHIL 53340), Winter 2012
Meaning and Reference (PHIL 24010/34010), Winter 2012
Elementary Logic (PHIL 20100/30000), Autumn 2011
Human Being & Citizen I (HUMA 12300), Autumn 2011
Non-classical Logic (PHIL 29420/39420), Spring 2011
Meaning Without Truth (PHIL 52020), Winter 2011
Human Being & Citizen II (HUMA 12400), Winter 2011
Introduction to Philosophy of Language (PHIL 28010/38010), Autumn 2010
Instructor, University of Texas at Austin
Introductory Symbolic Logic (PHL 313), Spring 2010
Human Nature (PHL 303), Fall 2009
Memberships
Society for Exact Philosophy
American Philosophical Association
Last updated - March 2013