My research centres on the history of early modern and late medieval philosophy, with primary focus on Locke, Malebranche, Berkeley, Hume, and Leibniz. I work across metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and moral philosophy. Individual paper pages include preprints, slides, handouts, and datasets where available.
Current Projects
The History of Western Philosophy of Language (HOWPOL) (with Robert Stainton)
Seeking a PhD student interested in the history of philosophy of language to join the project as a possible research assistant. Call for expressions of interest, October 2026. → Call for expressions of interest
Broadview Locke Edition (under contract, Broadview Press, exp. 2026)
A student edition of Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding, 5th edition (1706). → Project page
Sixteenth Century Western Philosophy (under contract, Routledge, exp. 2027)
A monograph surveying philosophical developments across the sixteenth century.
Hume and Malebranche on Prejudice (with Wesley Hill)
Accepted for presentation at Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries, University College Dublin, June 23–24, 2026. → Project page
“Common Use in Locke’s Philosophy of Language”
Forthcoming in Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Guide, ed. Matthew Leisinger. Cambridge University Press. → Paper page with preprint, slides, and dataset
Presenting a version at the Buffalo Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, University at Buffalo, 16 October 2026. → Seminar materials
Books
Reconsidering Causal Powers: Historical and Conceptual Perspectives
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund and Stathis Psillos. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
doi:10.1093/oso/9780198869528.001.0001
The Routledge Companion to 16th Century Philosophy
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Routledge
Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language
Edited with Margaret Cameron and Robert Stainton. Dordrecht: Springer, 2016.
Springer
The Language of Nature: Re-conceptualizing the Mathematization of Science
Edited with Geoffrey Gorham and Ed Slowik. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
JSTOR
The Philosophy of Francisco Suárez
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583645.001.0001
Selected Articles & Chapters
Recent Work (2018–present)
“Common Use in Locke’s Philosophy of Language.” Forthcoming, Cambridge University Press. → Paper page
“Berkeley’s Arguments for Idealism.” In The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley, ed. Rickless, 64–100. OUP, 2022. → Paper page · doi · Accepted manuscript (free to view only; see the paper page for the permission notice)
“Locke on Language.” In The Lockean Mind, ed. Gordon-Roth and Weinberg, 167–80. Routledge, 2021. doi · Accepted manuscript (please cite the published version)
“The Ontological Status of Causal Powers: Substances, Modes, and Humeanism.” In Reconsidering Causal Powers, 121–48. OUP, 2021. doi
“Language.” In Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences. Springer, 2020. doi
“The Philosophy of Francisco Suarez: Central Themes.” In Jesuit Philosophy on the Eve of Modernity, 373–402. Brill, 2019. doi
“Knowledge in the Sixteenth Century.” In Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy, 233–66. Bloomsbury, 2018.
“Domingo de Soto.” In Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History, ed. Rafael Domingo and Javier Martínez-Torrón, 134–56. Cambridge University Press, 2018. doi · Accepted manuscript (free to view for private research and study only; please cite the published version)
Recent Reviews
Review of Borg and Fisher, Meaning: A Very Short Introduction, with Stainton. Philosophy in Review 44/3 (2025): 5–8. · Preprint
Review of Lenz, Socializing Minds. Journal of the History of Philosophy 62/4 (2024): 665–667. doi
Review of Duncan, Materialism from Hobbes to Locke, with Stainton. Crítica 56/168 (2024): 77–80. doi · Accepted manuscript (please cite the published version)
Review of Martin, The Cartesian Semantics of the Port Royal Logic. Metascience (2023). → Paper page · doi
Review of Lucci, John Locke’s Christianity. Journal of the History of Philosophy 61/2 (2023): 331–332. doi
Review of Sosa, Epistemology. The European Legacy 23/5 (2018): 583–585. doi · Accepted manuscript (please cite the published version)
