Welcome!
I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham.
I am also a Visiting Research Fellow on the ‘Knowledgeable Democracy’ project in Amsterdam, as well as an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy in London. I hold a British Academy Rising Star Award for a project on 'The Role of Truth in Politics'. This allowed me to create the Political Epistemology Network.
My work is about the relationship between knowledge and practical life. Oxford University Press just published my book, What's the Point of Knowledge?
My next project is a book about the role of truth in politics, intended for wide readership and impact beyond academia.
You can learn more about my research here.
RECENT AND UPCOMING TALKS
Democratic Disagreement in a Digital Age
University College London. May 2019
Christ Church, Oxford. May 2019
Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy
Bled Epistemology Conference. June 2019
Social Epistemology Network Event. South Korea. June 2019
Humane Understanding Workshop, Fordham University. Mar 2019
Birkbeck Philosophy Society. Nov 2018
Georgetown Workshop on Political Epistemology. Oct 2018
MANCEPT, Manchester. Sept 2018
European Epistemology Network. June 2018
Skepticism and the Point of Knowledge
Epistemic Conflicts Workshop. University of Cologne. July 2019
King’s College London. March 2019
APA Eastern Division, New York City. Jan 2019
Why Purists Should Be Infallibilists
APA Eastern Division, New York City. Jan 2019
What's the Point of Understanding?
Glasgow Workshop on Functionalism in Epistemology. May 2019
University of Nottingham. February 2019
Tokyo Forum for Analytic Philosophy. Nov 2018
Tübingen Understanding Conference (Keynote Address). May 2018
Knowledge in a Post-Truth World
Institute of Philosophy. London. May 2018
The Politics of Post-Truth. Cumberland Lodge. Oct 2018
Thought-Experimenting on Knowledge
APA Central Division, Chicago. Feb 2018.
Photo by J. J. Ichikawa
I received an MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, King's College.
Public Engagement
Post-Truth Politics in the Pub
How the Light Gets In
Podcast Series