Research
My dissertation develops a novel framework for understanding how moral considerations might bear on our epistemic practices. I propose that certain epistemic statuses (e.g., being a testifier, being an expert) ground a moral entitlement to a kind of respect. This respect in turn provides others with a pro tanto moral reason to accept, to varying degrees of strength, the things we say.
Publications
"'Gaslighting', Refocused", Hypatia (forthcoming) → argues that extant accounts of gaslighting either fail to adequately emphasize the internal felt experience of the gaslit or do so in such a way that ignores its strongly affective character. (pre-print)
"Epistemic Respect", Philosophy & Phenomenological Research (2025) → argues that there is moral reason, on pain of disrespect, to accept testimony from anyone in the absence of defeaters. (pre-print | final version)
"Moral Norms on Peer Disagreement", Synthese (2025) → argues that there is moral reason to lower confidence in one's starting belief in response to the discovery of peer disagreement. (pre-print | final version)
Review of Thomas Kelly's Bias: A Philosophical Study, Journal of Moral Philosophy (2025)
Current Projects
please feel free to email me for drafts!
please feel free to email me for drafts!
"Moralizing Expertise" - in preparation → argues that there is moral reason to assign significant weight to expert testimony, grounded in respect for their track record of reliability.
"Internet Trolls and the Principle of Charity" - in preparation → argues that the Principle of Charity must be amended to avoid the counterexample of trolls.
"Loving, Ex Post Facto" - in preparation → argues that in order to love some present X well, we must love at least some of X's unknown past-selves, where "unknown past-selves" refers to iterations of X that existed before we knew them.
Sketchier Projects
"Saving the Appearances" → a paper arguing that we should countenance widespread conflict between the ethical and the epistemic, provided that we conceive of the demands of both domains as non-maximizing and non-overriding.