My specialty is contemporary
philosophy, especially the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl and the
existential and hermeneutic traditions that arise therefrom. I have
written extensively on Husserl's theory of intentionality, focusing more
recently on his theory of evaluative—and
specifically moral—intentionality.
I have also done recent work on the relations among phenomenology,
formal logic, and formal ontology. I hope to connect this work with the
work on evaluative intentionality to reveal the special manner in which
the valuable properties of things and the specifically moral properties
of agents and their actions are manifested to us. My aim in this
research is to develop a phenomenological account of ethics.
A secondary field of interest is
ancient philosophy. I believe that phenomenology can recover classical
themes, especially in epistemology and ethics, in ways that meet the
challenges posed to ancient and medieval thinkers by the modern
philosophical tradition while at the same time retaining what is of most
value in the modern tradition.
I have recently taught courses on
Husserl, intentionality, the emotions, and moral and political philosophy.
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