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RESEARCH INTERESTS

My main areas of research focus on a priori knowledge, reliabilism, naturalism, rational intuition, and the rationalist-empiricist debate. I am also interested in  the naturalist problem of mathematical knowledge; externalist accounts of mental content and the problem of self-knowledge; Indian theories of the self; the nature of consciousness and intentionality; and the many metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise within Early Modern Philosophy, such as skepticism and the philosophy of perception.

DISSERTATION

Title: Naturalism, Rationalism, and Rethinking the A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction.  

Supervisor: Richard A. Fumerton.  Defended Summer 2006, University of Iowa.

PUBLICATIONS

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"Patient Autonomy and the Freedom to Act against One's Self Interest," Clinical Laboratory Science 21(2) 2008.

UNDER REVIEW

·        Naturalism, Rationalism, and the A Priori

·        “Rethinking the A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction”

·        “Reliabilism, Intuition, and Mathematical Knowledge” 

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“Measuring Critical Thinking Skills through the Use of Writing Portfolio Projects”  

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“Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking”

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“Teaching Critical Thinking Using Writing Portfolio Projects”

WORKS IN PROGRESS

·        “Semantic Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Slow Switching” 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS