I joined the philosophy department at Baylor in the Fall of 2003 as an assistant professor. I work mainly on early modern philosophy (especially Thomas Reid) and metaphysics. The links below will give you a good idea of what I've been up to, lately. My complete CV is available for available for download (.pdf).

Courses:

I am currently (Spring 2008) teaching:

Introdoctory Topics in Philosophy

Intermediate Logic

I have recently taught:

Metaphysics (Spring 2007)

Perception (Spring 2006)

Reid and Reidians (Spring 2004) (download syllabus.pdf)

I will soon be teaching (Spring 2008):

Thomas Reid

Publications:

I post drafts of my papers below. Where published versions are available online, I provide links, though some links are to subscription services.

Refereed Articles:

"The Function of Sensations in Reid," forthcoming in Journal of the History of Philosophy. download draft (.pdf)

"Three Grades of Immediate Perception: Thomas Reid's Distinctions," forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. download final draft (.pdf)

"Counterpart Theory, Natural Properties, and Essentialism," The Journal of Philosophy, 103 (2006): 27-42. download final draft (.pdf)

"The Nature of Sensations in Reid" History of Philosophy Quarterly 22 (2005): 221-238. download final draft (.pdf)

"The Problem with Reid's Direct Realism" The Philosophical Quarterly, 52 (2002): 457-477. download final draft (.pdf). download published version at EBSO host.

In Progress:

"An Argument against Causal Theories of Mental Content." Under review.

"Reid's Conception of Conception." download abstract (.pdf). I'll post a draft soon.

"Reid's Experimentum Crucis." download abstract (.pdf). I'll post a draft soon.

with Mike Cantrell, "A Modal Argument from Desire." (.pdf). I'll post a draft soon.

Reviews:

Review of Ryan Nichols, Thomas Reid's Theory of Perception, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, October 2007, published online.

with James Marcum, Review of Philip Clayton, Mind and Emergence: from Quantum to Consciousness, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), Theology and Science, forthcoming. download final draft (.pdf).

Review of Gideon Yaffe, Manifest Activity: Thomas Reid's Theory of Action, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), Philosophical Review, 116 (2007): 145-147. download final draft (.pdf).

Events:

"Reid's Experimentum Crucis," Southeastern Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, November 9-11, University of South Florida, Tampa.

"The Function of Sensation in Reid," Pacific Northwest/Western Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, March 9-11, 2007, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR.

Co-organizer with Steve Daniel. South Central Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, seventh annual meeting, Baylor University, September 23-24, 2005.

Co-organizer with Margaret Tate. Hume and his Critics: A Conference on the Scottish Enlightenment, Baylor University, April 14-16, 2005.

"Reid is not an Adverbialist!" Third International Reid Symposium, July 12-14, 2004, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Links:

Baylor Philosophy Club Home Page.