Research Interests

• Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes)
• Philosophy of Religion

Regularly Taught Courses

• PHIL 213: Communicating Moral Issues

Selected Publications

• “Towards Descartes’ Scientific Method: a posteriori Evidence and The Rhetoric of Les Météores,” in James A.T. Lancaster and Richard Raiswell (eds.). Evidence in the Age of the New Sciences. Springer. 2018.
• “The Form of Descartes’ Method of Doubt.” Southwest Philosophy Review. 33, 2, 233-249. 2017.
• “Reflections on Descartes’ Vocation as an Early Theory of Happiness.” Journal of Early Modern Studies. 4, 2, 69-91. 2015.
• “Rule VIII of Descartes’ Regulae ad directionem ingenii.” Journal of Early Modern Studies. 3, 2. 9-31. 2014.
• “Descartes’ Discours as a Plan for a Universal Science.” Studia Universitatis Babeș Bolyai. Philosophia. 58, 37-60. 2013.
• “Descartes and the Meteorology of the World,” Society and Politics, 6, 88-100. 2012.