About
I’m a Birmingham Fellow in Philosophy, focusing on research in metaphysics and philosophy of physics. I also have research interests in epistemology and philosophy of science. My personal webpage is here.
Qualifications
B.A. in Physics & Philosophy (Oxford, 2005)
B.Phil in Philosophy (Oxford, 2007)
D.Phil in Philosophy (Oxford, 2011)
Biography
After completing undergraduate and graduate studies at various Oxford colleges, I spent a year and a quarter in Australia as a post-doc at Monash University, before joining Birmingham in 2012. My doctoral thesis was on the metaphysics of Everettian (many-worlds) quantum mechanics. I have also worked on laws of nature, chance, properties, causation, counterfactuals, and the epistemology of disagreement and of self-locating beliefs. My current research project is on fundamentality in physics and metaphysics. I am also editing a collection of papers on chance and time, and working on a book loosely based on my D.Phil. thesis. I am Philpapers editor for the category 'Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics'.
Teaching
I have taught metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, Kant, and philosophy of mind. I plan to develop an introductory undergraduate course in philosophy of physics over the next year or two.
Postgraduate supervision
I'm happy to supervise or co-supervise graduates in most areas of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of physics.
Research
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Fundamentality
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Everettian Quantum Mechanics
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Modality
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Chance
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Causation
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Dispositions
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Counterfactuals
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Disagreement
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Self-locating belief
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Space & time
Publications