Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophical Anthropology

Employment

Residential Research Fellow, Henry Center for Theological Understanding, 2021 – 2022
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Niagara University, 2021 – present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Valparaiso University, 2015 – 2021

Education
PhD in Philosophy, with graduate minor in the History & Philosophy of Science – Indiana University, 2015
Dissertation: The Emergence of Mental Content: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Mind
          Committee: Timothy O’Connor (chair), Colin Allen, Kirk Ludwig, Fred Schmitt

MA in Philosophy – Indiana University, 2009
Thesis: “Constraining the Phenomenal Concept Strategy”
Committee: Timothy O’Connor (chair), Fred Schmitt

BA in Philosophy, with minor in Music – Seattle Pacific University, 2005, magna cum laude

Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  1. “The Role of Consciousness in Free Action,” in John Campbell, ed., The Wiley Companion to Free Will, forthcoming.
  2. “Devotion and Well-Being: A Platonic Personalist Perfectionist Account,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, forthcoming.
  3. “Consciousness and Rationality: The Lesson from Artificial Intelligence,” Journal of Consciousness Studies, forthcoming.
  4. “The Selection Problem for Constitutive Panpsychism.” in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 99 (3): 564-578. 2021.
  5. “Technological Innovation and Natural Law.” Philosophia Reformatta, 85 (2): 138-156. 2020.
  6. “Primer, proposal, and paradigm: A review essay of Mendelovici’s The Phenomenal Basis of Intentionality.” Philosophical Psychology, 32 (8): 1246-1260. 2019.
  7. “Phenomenal Intentionality: Reductionism vs. Primitivism.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 49 (5): 606-627. 2019.
  8. “Explaining the Ontological Emergence of Consciousness,” in Mihretu Guta, ed., Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties, 109-125. 2019.
  9. “A Posteriori Physicalism and the Discrimination of Properties.” Acta Analytica 33 (1): 121-143.
  10. “Conscious Intentionality in Perception, Imagination, and Cognition,” Phenomenology & Mind 10: 141-155. 2016.
  11. “Incarnation and the Multiverse,” with Timothy O’Connor, in Klaas Kraay ed., God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives. 227-241. 2014.

Book Reviews

  1. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living. Sapientia. <https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/2022/03/coping-strategies-and-the-consolation-of-god/>
  2. Keith Ward, Christ and the Cosmos. Sophia, 56 (2): 375-377, 2017.
  3. Declan Smithies & Daniel Stoljar, ed., Introspection and Consciousness. Philosophical Psychology 28 (8): 1241-1245, 2014.

In Preparation

  1. Human Persons: A Contemporary Philosophical-Scientific Synthesis (book manuscript), co-authored with Tim O’Connor
  2. Custodians of Value: A Theory of Human Personhood
  3. Personalist Platonist Perfectionism

Presentations [*refereed]

  1. “Custodians of Value: A Theory of Human Personhood,” ‘At Home in the Cosmos: Theological Anthropology for a Scientific Age’ Conference, Beeson Divinity School, January 2021
  2. “Devotion and Well-Being: A Platonic Personalist Perfectionist Approach,” God & Morality Conference, Aix-Marseille University, October 2021 *
  3. “The Selection Problem for Panpsychism,” The Science of Consciousness Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 2019 *
  4. “Consciousness and the Limits of A.I.,” Artificial Intelligence Faculty Cohort, Valparaiso University, March 2019
  5. “Explaining the Ontological Emergence of Consciousness,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Rhodes College, April 2017 *
  6. “Panpsychism, Neuroscience, and the Dynamics of Consciousness,” Pacific APA meeting, April 2016 *
  7. “Accounting for Non-Conscious Content,” Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology, March 2016 *
  8. “Consciousness and Cognitive Individuation,” Consciousness Conference, University of Michigan-Flint, October 2015 *
  9. “Emergent Materialism: An Inflationary Defense,” Toward a Science of Consciousness, University of Helsinki, June 2015 *
  10. “The Acquaintance Argument for Intrinsic Intentionality,” Toronto Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Toronto, May 2015 *
  11. “Consciousness and Cognitive Individuation,” Indiana Philosophical Association, Owensboro Community and Technical College, April 2015 *
  12. “Phenomenal Intentionality: Reductionism vs. Primitivism,” Syracuse Graduate Philosophy Conference, Syracuse University, March 2015 *
  13. “Phenomenal Intentionality: Reductionism vs. Primitivism,” Southeast Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Florida, March 2015 *
  14. “Phenomenal Intentionality: Reductionism vs. Primitivism,” Society for Philosophy & Psychology, University of British Columbia, June 2014 *
  15. “Phenomenal Intentionality: Reductionism vs. Primitivism,” Indiana University, April 2014
  16. “The Acquaintance Argument for Intrinsic Intentionality,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Rhodes College, February 2014 *
  17. “Mental Content and Transparent Access: Or, Why All Relational Theories of Intentionality Are Wrong,” University of Evansville, April 2013
  18. “A Posteriori Physicalism and the Principle of Rational Discrimination,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Rhodes College, February 2013 *
  19. “Trans-Universe Identity,” with Timothy O’Connor, Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics, St. Louis University, October 2012

Honors/Awards

  • Residential Research Fellowship, Henry Center for Theological Understanding, 2021-2022
  • Phi Sigma Kappa Faculty Award for Significant Impact on a Member, Valparaiso University, 2019
  • Research Expense Grant, Valparaiso University, 2019
  • Neuroscience Lecture Grant, Valparaiso University College of Arts & Sciences, 2019
  • Small Lecture Grant, Society of Christian Philosophers, 2018
  • Cultural Arts Grant, Valparaiso University, 2017
  • Graduate Essay Prize, 2015 Meeting of the Indiana Philosophical Association
  • James B. Nelson Dissertation Fellowship, Indiana University, 2013-2014

Professional Service

  • Neuroscience Program Committee member, fall 2016 – spring 2021
  • Philosophy Colloquium Series coordinator, fall 2015 – spring 2020
  • Worldview Club advisor, fall 2019 – spring 2020
  • College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee member, fall 2019 – spring 2020
  • Arts, Humanities, & Social Science Gen. Ed. Working Group member, fall 2019
  • Focus advisor (for incoming freshmen), summer 2017 & 2018
  • Honor Council member, fall 2017 – 2019
  • Philosophy Club advisor, fall 2016 – spring 2017
  • Freshman Core Curriculum Committee member, spring 2017
  • Neuroscience Program Development Committee member, fall 2015 – spring 2016
  • Math Placement Committee member, Valparaiso University, fall 2015

Academic Journals served as referee:

  • Acta Analytica
  • American Philosophical Quarterly
  • Australasian Journal of Philosophy
  • Ergo
  • Erkenntnis
  • Journal of Consciousness Studies
  • Mind & Language
  • Philosophical Psychology
  • Philosophical Quarterly
  • Philosophical Studies
  • Studies in Religion
  • Synthese

Academic Press served as referee:

Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press