My research interests are mostly in metaphysics and the philosophy of science,  with connections to the philosophy of mind, social philosophy, and the history of philosophy. My dissertation contained papers on properties, grounding, and the persistence conditions of social groups. New work concerns social causation and social kinds.

Published:
"Grounding and Properties" Inquiry (forthcoming)
Basic claim: Grounding is not governed by primitive laws of metaphysics but flows from the natures of properties; properties confer powers to ground.
Penultimate draft (Please cite published version)

"Are There Really Social Causes?" Philosophy of the Social Sciences (forthcoming)
Basic claim: It is possible to defend the reality of social causes from a serious objection from extrinsicality, but only if we go big: genuine social causation happens at the level at which social properties are intrinsic.
Penultimate draft (Please cite published version)

“How Groups Persist.” Synthese (2021)
Basic claim: Social groups persist through time by having instantaneous stages at different times related by a counterpart relation.
Penultimate draft (Please cite published version)

Social groups offer interesting examples for the metaphysics of persistence. In 1943, the Eagles and the Steelers combined to form a team affectionately know as the "Steagles". They split again the following year, but both teams consider the Steagles part of their record. Image source: www. philadelphiaeagles.com

Work in progress:
A paper on Rosen’s account of real definition (draft available on request)
A paper arguing against fundamental laws of metaphysics (draft available on request)
A paper on the emic/etic distinction and the exportation of social kinds to different times/worlds (Presented at Social Ontology 2022)

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