About

My published research has centered on Leibniz’s natural philosophy and his reception of the mechanical conception of nature. I have written extensively on his conception of the living soul as a self-moving “spiritual automaton” on analogy with a mechanical clock. I also find inspiration in Leibniz’s model of philosophy as a universal intellectual practice that seeks to synthesize ideas from any and all sources.

I graduated in 2016 from the PhD program in Philosophy at Villanova University, and from 2018-2025, I taught at New College of Florida. I have recently published this essay about my time there, as well as my reasons for leaving.  I am currently Part-Time Faculty in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-St Louis. When I am not reading, thinking about, and discussing philosophy, I enjoy listening to experimental music, watching films, and playing Go.