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I am a philosopher and a lecturer at Dartmouth College.

My research interests include value theory, metaphysics, the philosophy of science and metaphilosophy.

Research

My paper on “Sex and Gender” is forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook of Essence in Philosophy edited by Kathrin Koslicki and Michael J. Raven.

Read the preprint here.

Teaching

I have a broad range of teaching competencies including Feminist Philosophy, the Philosophy of Race, the Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Moral Philosophy and the Philosophy of Mind.

Talks

 

I have an upcoming talk:

“Love in the Digital Age” for Spare Rib’s Lecture Series at Dartmouth College.

Here is a selection of talks I’ve given:

  • “Sex on a Desert Island” APA Eastern Division, Society for the Metaphysics of Science group session, Montréal, 01/2023

  • “Sex without Baptism, Amen” New Perspectives on the Ontology of Social Identities workshop, 06/2022

  • “Gender–Based Brain Studies and Their Malcontents” Inaugural Mediating Science and  Technology (MST) Graduate Student Café, 02/2021 

  •  “Logic and Practical Aims Help Fulfill the Project of Science,” World Logic Day, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, 01/2021  

  • “Three Concepts of Gender for Different Social Aims” Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, 05/2017

  •  “Sex Kinds and Sex Concepts,” Sex, Art, and Essentialism: New Perspectives on HPC Kinds, WCPA, 10/2016 

  • “Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality: Combining Feminist Values and New Empirical Perspectives” ISHPSS,  07/2015   

This year I am organizing a series of talks on topics in the philosophy of science at Dartmouth College.

When I’m not doing philosophy, I take a good photo (one of my favorites seen above), enjoy abstract art, love a double espresso, and try not to fall off the Pilates Reformer. Photo of me: credit Mellissa Toma. Other photos are my own.

When I’m not doing philosophy, I take a good photo (one of my favourites seen above). I also enjoy abstract art and design. To see more of my layperson photography look here.

Photo of me: credit Mellissa Toma