Overview
I work primarily in philosophy of science. I am interested in theoretical physics read as a contribution to philosophy, and am currently working on a book project that re-tells history of philosophy from the late sixteenth century to the present day, with history of physics as an integral part of the story.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Philosophy
·
2017 - Present
Philosophy,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
In search of the historical Newton: on Part III of Dmitri Levitin’s The Kingdom of Darkness
Journal Article History of European Ideas · January 1, 2025 I review Part III of Dmitri Levitin's Kingdom of Darkness, itself a book-length study of Isaac Newton's life and works. I focus my attention on Levitin's interpretation of Newton's natural philosophy. On the negative side, Levitin argues that there is no m ... Full text Open Access CiteDu Châtelet on the metaphysics and epistemology of time
Journal Article British Journal for the History of Philosophy · January 1, 2025 Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics contains important interventions in the eighteenth-century debates over the metaphysics and epistemology time. At the heart of her view, I argue, is an analysis of temporal experience that rests on our ability to repres ... Full text Open Access CitePhilosophical mechanics in the age of reason
Book · February 22, 2024 From pebbles to planets, tigers to tables, pine trees to people; animate and inanimate, natural and artificial; bodies are everywhere. Bodies populate the world, acting and interacting with one another, and they are the subject-matter of Newton's laws of m ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Problem of Bodies from Newton to Kant
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Council of Learned Societies · 2017 - 2019View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
2003
Ph.D.
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
1996
B.A.
King's College London (United Kingdom) ·
1992
B.S.