Areas of Expertise
Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Education
PhD University of Rochester [2010]
M.A. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee [2005]
Biography
Awards
UNF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee -- [2012-2013]
UNF Mentor of the Year Award Nominee -- [2011-2012]
Affiliations
American Philosophical Association
Florida Philosophical Association
Publications & Presentations
BOOKS
The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social. Co-Edited with Rico Vitz. Under Contract with Oxford University Press.
ARTICLES
“Introduction” (co-authored with Rico Vitz). In Jonathan Matheson and Rico Vitz (Eds.) The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
“Disagreement: Idealized and Everyday.” In Jonathan Matheson and Rico Vitz (Eds.) The Ethics of Belief: Individual and Social, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
“Skeptical Theism and Phenomenal Conservatism.” In Trent Dougherty and Justin McBrayer (Eds.) Skeptical Theism, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
“How Skeptical is the Equal Weight View?” (co-authored with Brandon Carey) In Diego Machuca (Ed.) Disagreement and Skepticism, Routledge, (2012).
“Epistemic Relativism.” In Andrew Cullison (Ed.) Continuum Companion to Epistemology. Continuum (2012) 161-79.
“The Case for Rational Uniqueness.” Logos & Episteme: An International Journal of Epistemology, (2011) 2(3): 359-73.
“Epistemological Considerations Concerning Skeptical Theism: A Response to Dougherty.” Faith and Philosophy, (2011) 28(3): 323-331.
“Bergmann’s Dilemma: Exit Strategies for Internalists.” (co-authored with Jason Rogers). Philosophical Studies (2011) 152(1): 55-80.
“Conciliatory Views of Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence.” Episteme: A Journal of Social Philosophy (2009) 6(3): 269-279.
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of I. Evans and N. Smith, Knowledge, in Metascience (2012) online access [dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11016-012-9729-3].
Review of D. Henderson and T. Horgan, The Epistemological Spectrum: At the Interface of Cognitive Science & Conceptual Analysis, in The Review of Metaphysics (2012) 65(4): 875-877.
Review of R. Wedgewood, The Nature of Normativity, in Metapsychology (2012) 16(48).
PRESENTATIONS
“Is There a Well-Founded Solution to the Generality Problem?” Eastern APA, Atlanta GA, December 27-30, 2012.
“Epistemic Relativism, Circularity, and the Significance of Disagreement.” Central Michigan University, November 16, 2012.
“Is the Generality Problem Everyone’s Problem?” Florida Philosophical Association, Orlando FL, November 2-3, 2012.
“Reliabilism, Evidentialism, and the Generality Problem.” Southeastern Epistemology Conference, Jacksonville FL, October 26-27, 2012.
“Is the Generality Problem Everyone’s Problem?” Alabama Philosophical Society, Pensacola FL, October 5-6, 2012.
“Is There a Well-Founded Solution to the Generality Problem?” Central States Philosophical Association, Columbia Missouri, September 21-22, 2012.
“The Equal Weight View, Religious Disagreement, and Skepticism.” Killeen Chair Religious Disagreement Conference, St. Norbert College, April 14, 2012.
“The Justification of Fundamental Epistemic Principles.” Florida Philosophical Association, Fort Lauderdale FL, November 5, 2011.
“The Justification of Fundamental Epistemic Principles.” Western Canadian Philosophical Association, Lethbridge AB, October 21-23, 2011.
“White on Epistemic Permissiveness.” Alabama Philosophical Society, Pensacola FL, September 23-24, 2011.
“Rational Disagreement.” (with Ted Locke) Jacksonville Public Philosophy Workshop, August 27, 2011.
“Disagreement: Idealized and Everyday.” Omaha Epistemology Workshop on Epistemic Disagreement, University of Nebraska-Omaha, May 11-14, 2011.
“Reflections On Lackey’s ‘What Should We Do When We Disagree?’” Omaha Epistemology Workshop on Epistemic Disagreement, University of Nebraska-Omaha, May 11-14, 2011.
“Equal Weight Views and the Evidential Impact of Peer Opinions.” Pacific APA, April 20-23, 2011.
“The Justification of Fundamental Epistemic Principles.” Georgia Philosophical Society, Atlanta, April 9, 2011.
“Are Conciliatory Views of Disagreement Self-Defeating?” Annual Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting, Atlanta, November 17-19, 2010.
“Equal Weight Views and Higher-Order Evidence.” 1st Annual Northwestern/Notre Dame Epistemology Conference, April 16, 2010.
“The Epistemology of Moral Responsibility.” Central APA, February 17-20, 2010.
“Self-Trust, Skepticism, and Peer Disagreement.” 5th Annual Philosophy of Religion Conference, San Antonio, February 4-6, 2010.
“Common Sense Epistemology and Skeptical Theism.” Western Conference of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Durango CO, October 22-24, 2009.
“Looking for a Discount: When to Make Conciliation” Knowledge, Belief, and Normativity Conference on Responsible Belief in the Face of Disagreement, Amsterdam, August 18-20, 2009.
“Conciliatory Views of Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence.” 6th Annual Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology Conference, Northwestern University, June 26, 2009.
“Are Conciliatory Views of Disagreement Self-Defeating?” The Harvard – MIT Graduate Philosophy Conference, April 16, 2009.
“Conciliatory Views of Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence.” Pacific APA, April 8-12, 2009.
“Conciliatory Views of Disagreement and Higher-Order Evidence.” The Arché/Center for the Study of Mind in Nature Graduate Conference, Oslo, November 15, 2008.
“Counting the Consequences: Examining the Impersonal Standpoint of Consequentialism.” Western Canadian Philosophical Association, 45th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, October 25, 2008.
“Skeptical Theism and Having Evidence.” Evangelical Philosophical Society at the Central APA, April 17, 2008.
“Fragile Events and the Causal Relation.” Pacific APA, March 23, 2008.
“Supererogation and Consequentialism.” Nazareth College, Department of Philosophy, March 12, 2008.
“Blameworthy, yet Epistemically Justified.” The Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference in Epistemology at the University of Miami, January 11, 2008.
“Fragile Events and the Causal Relation.” The University of Calgary Department of Philosophy Graduate Conference, September 28, 2007.
“Belief and Responsibility.” Society of Student Philosophers Conference, at Grand Valley State University, October 1, 2005.
“Examining the Role of Evidence in Alvin Plantinga’s Epistemology of Proper Functioning.” Society of Student Philosophers Conference, at Temple University, October 17, 2004.
