History of Philosophy

My historical research has focused on the ethics, metaphysics, and metaphilosophy of the classical American Pragmatists, as well as their intellectual connection to post-Kantian idealists in America and Europe.
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Journal Articles
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Prophets, Plumbers, and Philosophers: A Pragmatic Argument for Public Philosophy
(2025) Public Humanities, 1(e171): 1-16. 
Published version ​here. 

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The Role of Temperaments in Philosophical Inquiry: A Pragmatic Approach
(2023) Journal of the History of Philosophy, 61(2): 297-323.
Published version ​here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version). 

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Practical Grounds for Belief: Kant and James on Religion
(2018) European Journal of Philosophy, 26(4): 1269-1282.
Co-authored with Joe Saunders
Published version here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Kidnapping an Ugly Child: Is William James a Pragmaticist?
(2017) British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 26(1): 154-175.
Published version here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Absolutism, Relativism, and Anarchy: Alain Locke and William James on Value Pluralism
(2017) Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 53(3): 400-424
Published version here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Chapters in Edited Collections
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Santayana, James, and the Virtues of Personal Philosophy
(forthcoming) The Oxford Handbook of George Santayana, Ricardo Miguel Alfonso (ed.), Oxford University Press
Published as "William James", Chapter 19.
Final version forthcoming. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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​The Affective Preconditions of Inquiry: Hookway on Doubt, Altruism and Self-confidence
(2023) Pragmatic Reason: Christopher Hookway and the American Tradition, Robert Talisse et al (eds.), London: Routledge, 162-181. 
Book available here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Freedom and Experience in Kant and James
(2023) Freedom After Kant, Joe Saunders (ed.), London and New York: Bloomsbury, Chapter 10.
Co-authored with Joe Saunders.
Book available here. Please email me for Author's PDF. 

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Radical Empiricism, British Idealism, and the Reality of Relations
(2021) The Jamesian Mind, Sarin Marchetti (ed.), London: Routledge, 398-411
Published version here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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James and Hegel: Looking for a Home
(2019) The Oxford Handbook of William James, Alex Klein (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press
​Co-authored with Robert Stern
Online version here. Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Environmental Philosophy

My engaged research applies a pragmatist framework to environmental philosophy. ​In my current projects, I am working with colleagues from across different disciplines to explore the rights of nature.
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Journal Articles
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The "No Interest" Argument Against the Rights of Nature
(2025) Philosophers' Imprint ​25(27), 1-18.
Published version here.

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Thinking About the Rights of Nature: Values, Responsibility and Relationships
(Forthcoming Paper in Edited Collection)
Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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Property and Paradigms: The Fundamental Evaluative Shift Rights of Nature
(Chapter in an edited collection currently under review)
Author's PDF here (please cite published version)

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The Rights of Rivers in the UK: An Interdisciplinary Examination
(Co-authored Paper Currently Under Review)
Pre-print version removed for peer-review  ​(please email me for current version)

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Understanding the Rights of Nature: Working Together Across and Beyond Disciplines
(2023) Human Ecology, 51, 363-377
Co-authored with the Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of the Rights of Nature
Published version here.

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Books
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The Future of Nature
Edited Collection
(Under Development with CUP and Royal Institute of Philosophy)

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