Philosophy

Here are some philosophy papers I've written.

Strategic Negation: Interpretations of Negative Belief Ascriptions as Pragmatic Phenomena, 2020
Analyzing "I don't believe that p" as a risk-mitigated "I believe that it is not the case that p."

Minimal Justice and Obligation to Obey the Law, 2019
An examination of obligation to obey the law for those who get more than their fair share.

Limitations of Mill’s Justification of Free Expression, 2019
A case for why Mill’s free marketplace ideas do not function as he intended.

A Moral Bargaining Account of Animals, 2019
An extension of Harman’s social bargaining theory of morality.

Addressing the Problem of Fundamental Authority, 2019
A problem for Gibbard’s normative authority and a potential solution.

Modifying the Deep Self Theory of Free Will, 2019
A caveat for Wolf’s theory of free will.