My teaching aims to convince learners that they're already engaged in philosophical inquiry no matter their educational background. By honing the tools with which they inquire, I believe students can gain something unique from philosophy that will help them wherever they go.
I have taught 10 classes as sole instructor. I recently received the 2025 Mezey Award for Excellence in Teaching at DePaul.
I have taught 10 classes as sole instructor. I recently received the 2025 Mezey Award for Excellence in Teaching at DePaul.
I study Pyrrhonian skepticism, or skepticism consistent with universal suspension of judgment. I research how it took shape in antiquity, try to revindicate some ancient cases for keeping our inquiries open, and argue by way of zetetic epistemology why being unsure might actually help us epistemically.
I also research how skepticism influenced the development of modern philosophy, with particular emphasis on Early Modern philosophers Sanches and Huet, post-Kantians like Fichte and Maimon, and 20th-century French philosophy.
I also research how skepticism influenced the development of modern philosophy, with particular emphasis on Early Modern philosophers Sanches and Huet, post-Kantians like Fichte and Maimon, and 20th-century French philosophy.