Philosophy

Publications

• "AI and the expert; a blueprint for the ethical use of opaque AI." AI and Society. (Forthcoming).
• "Mental Fictionalism: the costly combinatiion of magic and the mind." In Mental Fictionalism: Philosophical Explorations. Eds. Tomas Demeter, T. Parent, & Adam Toon. Routledge. 
• (with Mohan Matthen)"Multisensory Perception in Philosophy," Multisensory Research 34.3 (2021): 219-231.
• "Destabilizing the Knowledge Argument and Modal Argument". Inquiry 61 (5/6) 2018: 499-519.
• "Illusionism and the Epistemological Problems Facing Phenomenal Realism". Journal of Consciousness Studies 23 (11/12) 2016: 215-23.
• Inconceivable Minds. PhD Dissertation. UNC Chapel Hill, 2013.

Selected Presentations

• "A Case for Ethical AI without Complete Transparency." American Political Science Association Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. September 2022. (Abstract)
• "From Spot to HAL: How the study of consciousness in animal minds can inform the philosophy of AI." Mind and Matter 2022: Foundations of Information, Intelligence, and Consciousness. University of Helsinki, Finland. June 2022.
• “Why opaque AI will not go away; a case for ethical AI without complete transparency.”  Presented at the University of Georgia Philosophies of Nature, Technology and Artificial Intelligence. June 2022.
• "Expanding the Narrative Theory of Self." Logos Research Group, University of Barcelona (talk postponed due to Covid 19). April 2021.
• "The nature of conscious thought and its relation to AI systems." Guest lecture, UF graduate course in machine Learning, Department of Engineering (CAP6610). March 2021.
• "What is Thinking?" Invited presentation for the UF AI Institute Faculty Seminar. January 2021.
• “Is Fictionalism Fit to Account for the Mental?” Budapest- Mental Fictionalism Workshop Series (III)- Organized by the MTA BTK Lendulet Morals and Science Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. October 2019.
• "How Mary Closed the Explanatory Gap". Moore Humanities Symposium on Consciousness, Texas Christian University, Mar 2014
• "The Phenomenal concept strategy: Can our zombie-twins be our epistemic equals?". Works in Progress Series, UNC Chapel Hill, Nov 2009
• "The identity of the categorical and the dispositional". Graduate Research Symposium, Reading University, UK, Jan 2008
• "The Publicity of Introspection; a response to Alvin Goldman's Science, Publicity, and Consciousness". Graduate Research Symposium, Reading University, UK, Nov 2007

Fellowships & Awards

• Research Fellowship, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, 2010-2012
• Horace Williams Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill, 2004-2010
• Visiting Scholar Fellowship, University of Reading, UK, 2007-2008
• Graduate Student Opportunity Fund Grant, UNC Chapel Hill, 2007-2008
• Scholars of Tomorrow Fellowship:, UNC Chapel Hill 2004-2005