Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, May 2002
M.A. Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, August 2000
B.A. Philosophy, University of Dallas, May 1993 (magna cum laude)
Honors and Fellowships
Phi Beta Kappa (1993)
Coca-Cola Foundation Minority Fellowship (1994 – 1998)
Dissertation Year Fellowship (2000)
Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award (2002)
ACPA Young Scholar Award (2006)
Publications
“Multiple-Realizability, Explanation, and the Disjunctive Move.” Philosophical Studies 108 (2002): 298-308.
“Mental Causation from the Top Down,” Erkenntnis 65 (2006): 277-299.
“The Logic of How-Questions,” Synthese (forthcoming)
“Rescher’s Metaphysics,”in The Rescher Reader. Dale Jacquette, ed. (forthcoming)
“Multiple Realizability,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (forthcoming)
“A Hylomorphic Solution to the Problem of Mental Causation,” in An Anthology of Philosophical Studies, ed. Patricia Hanna, Adrianne McEvoy, and Penelope Voutsina, 171-188, Athens: Atiner, 2006.
“Hylomorphism and the Mind-Body Problem,” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 78: 179-192.
“Faith, Understanding, and the Hidden God of The Matrix,”in More Matrix and Philosophy, ed. William Irwin, Chicago, IL: Open Court, 2005.
“Hylomorphism and Mental Causation,” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 79: 201-216.
“Review of A Physicalist Manifesto by Andrew Melnyk,” International Philosophical Quarterly 45 (2005): 136-138.
“Rules and Virtues: The Moral Insight of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Decalogue,”in Dialogue and Disquiet: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Decalogue, ed. Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, Fordham University Press (forthcoming).
“Hylomorphism and Post-Cartesian Philosophy of Mind,” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 80: 209-224.
Works in Progress
Twilight of the Mind: Hylomorphism and the End of Post-Cartesian Thinking about the Mind and Body (monograph in preparation)
The Mind-Body Problem: A Comprehensive Approach (monograph in preparation)
“Composition, Artifacts, and Gunk” (article in preparation)
“Animalism and the Concept of Personhood” (under review)
Presentations
“Does Philosophy of Mind Rest on a Mistake?”, New York Pragmatist Forum, invited lecture, 2004.
“Can We Solve – or Dissolve – the Mind-Body Problem?”, Marymount Manhattan College, invited lecture, 2004.
“Recent Work in the Philosophy of Mind,” Society of Christian Philosophers Session at the American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, 2004.
“A ‘Split Action’ Solution to the Problem of Mental Causation,” Indiana Philosophical Association: Fall Meeting, 2001.
“Mind/Body, Life/Death, and the Physician,” Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Center for Medical Education, 2002.
“A Hylomorphic Solution to the Problem of Mental Causation,” Athens Institute for Education and Research International Conference on Philosophy, 2006.
“Mental Causation from the Top Down,” University of Notre Dame, Philosophy Department Colloquium, 2002.
“Hilary Putnam and the Philosophy of Mind,” Providence College, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
“Dual-Attribute Theory: What It Is and What It Isn’t,” Union College, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
“Dual-Attribute Theory and Ordinary Folk.”
San Jose State University, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
Fordham University, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
University of Delaware, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
Hunter College, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
Loyola Marymount University, Philosophy Department, invited lecture, 2002.
“Virtue Ethical Considerations in Professional Ethics,” Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, Humanities Department, invited lecture, 2002.
“Underdetermination, Judgment and Rationality: Comments on ‘Science, Reason and History: Galileo’s Legacy’ by Dominic Balestra,” Fordham University, Inaugural Lecture 2003
“Is There a Rule for Living the Good Life?”, Maplewood-South Orange Adult School, invited lecture, 2003.
“Questions on Two Responses to Problems Concerning Divine Simplicity: Comments on ‘On Three Problems of Divine Simplicity’ by Alexander R. Pruss,” Society of Christian Philosophers Session at the American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, 2003.
“The Logic of Analogy and the Analogy of Being: Comments on ‘The Role of Focus in Aquinas’s Doctrine of Analogy’ by Antonio Donato,” The American Catholic Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, 2003
Selected Employment
Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, Fordham University, 2002 – present
Graduate Courses
PHGA 6457: The Mind-Body Problem
PHGA 6458: Mind and Body in Historical Perspective
Undergraduate Courses
HOLU 1001: Honors Philosophy
PHEU 1100: Philosophical Ethics
PHLF 1000: Philosophy of Human Nature Seminar
PHLU 1000: Philosophy of Human Nature
PHLU 1100: Philosophical Ethics
PHLU 3204: Symbolic Logic
PHLU 3242: Philosophy of Mind
PHLU 3355: Metaphysics
PHLU 3520: The Philosophy of Aristotle
PHLU 4915: Seminar: Mind and Body
Instructor, Philosophy Department, University of Notre Dame, 1999 – 2002
Phil 101: Introduction to Philosophy
Phil 201: Introduction to Philosophy
Phil 209: Images and Concepts of Human Physicality
GRE/GMAT Item Writer, Educational Testing Service 1996 – 2003
Professional Service
Referee for Philosophy of Science
Referee for Erkenntnis
Referee for International Philosophical Quarterly
Reader for University of Notre Dame Press
Reader for University of Kentucky Press
Treasurer, American Catholic Philosophical Association 2004 – present
Chair, ‘Consciousness and Understanding’, APA Central Division Meeting 2006
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