Research Interests
- Kant
- 18th Century Philosophy
- Philosophy of Art
- Philosophy of Biology
Courses Recently Taught
- Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (Fall 2014)
- Kant's Critique of Judgement (Fall 2010)
Representative Publications
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“‘Much that is Unnameable’ in Nature and in Art: Kant’s Doctrine of Aesthetic Ideas.” In V. Waibel (ed.),Freedom and Nature. Proceedings of the XII International Kant Congress. DeGruyter (forthcoming).
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“Kant’s Transcendental Principle of Purposiveness and the Maxim of the Lawfulness of Empirical Laws.” In: M. Massimi, A. Breitenbach (eds.), Kant and the Laws of Nature. Cambridge University Press (2016): 108-127.
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“Hannah Ginsborg: The Normativity of Nature.” Internationales Jahrbuch des deutschen Idealismus, vol. 11 (2016): 339-343.
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"The Impossibility of a ‘Newton of the Blade of Grass’ in Kant’s Teleology.” In J. Smith, O. Nachtomy (eds.), The Life Sciences in Early Modern Philosophy. Oxford University Press (2013): 47-61.
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"What does Kant mean by 'Power of Judgment' in his Critique of the Power of Judgment?" Kantian Review, vol. 17.2 (2012): 297-326.
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"Wholes that Cause their Parts: Organic Self-Reproduction and the Reality of Biological Teleology." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, vol. 42 (2011): 252-260.
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"What is the Problem of Teleology in Kant's Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgment?" SATS: Northern European Journal of Philosophy, vol. 12.2 (2011): 198-236.
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"Kant's Non-Teleological Conception of Purposiveness." Kant-Studien, vol. 102.2 (2011): 232-252.
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"Kant's Sensationist Conception of Particularity in the Critique of the (Reflecting) Power of Judgment." Kant Studies Online, vol. 1.3 (2011): 1-51.
