Book

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My book, Phases of Objects, is an academic monograph published by Oxford University Press in 2026. It defends a view called "phasalism", which is a theory about material objects and their identity over time. Roughly, phasalism is the view that material objects normally survive changes from one sort to another. This view also has implications for human beings and their identity over time, which I draw out in the final chapter of the book. (See also my PhD dissertation, completed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which was about phasalism.)

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Phases of Objects. Oxford University Press (2026)   /   Amazon   /   Oxford

 

Articles

 

Below are all of my published and forthcoming articles as of February 2026. I have divided them into topical categories. Next to each title you will find a link to a full-text pdf of a penultimate draft and (when available) a link to the published version of the paper. 

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Material Objects

 

Most of my work on material objects is related to a view called phasalism, which is roughly the view that material objects normally survive changes from one sort to another. My defense of this view intersects with a variety of traditional puzzles about material objects.

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A Phasalist Approach to Coincidence Puzzles. The Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)  /  pdf   /  link

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​The Matter of Coincidence. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (forthcoming)  /  pdf  /  link

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​Ordinary Undetached Parts. Synthese 202(4): article 120 (2023)  /  pdf  /  link

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A Diversified Approach to Fission Puzzles. The Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)  /  pdf​   /   link

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Criteria of Identity Without Sortals. Noûs 57(3): 722-739 (2023)  /  pdf  /  link

 

Becoming a Statue. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 101(1): 228-239 (2023)  /  pdf  /  link

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Mereology and Location

 

My earliest work in metaphysics is on the intersection of mereology (the study of parts and wholes) and location. I focused particularly on multilocation (roughly, being located in more than one place at the same time). The paper called "Self-Colocation" is based on my Master's thesis, completed at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. 

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Multilocation Without Time Travel. Erkenntnis 86(6): 1431-1444 (2021)  /  pdf  /  link

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Self-Colocation: A Colocation Puzzle for Endurantists. Synthese 198(6): 5297-5309 (2021)  /  pdf  /  link

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Multilocation and Parsimony. Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 7(3): 153-160 (2018)  /  pdf  /  link

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The Problem of Evil

 

I have published a series of articles on the problem of evil, i.e., the problem of why God permits evil and suffering. My work on this topic has focused on non-consequentialist aspects of the problem, which remain under-explored. I believe that non-consequentialist constraints on permitting horrendous evil pose an important challenge to the project of constructing plausible theodicies. In addition to my published articles on this topic, I also maintain an extensive bibliography of work on the problem of evil. 

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Karmic Theodicies. Faith and Philosophy (forthcoming)  /  pdf

 

The Non-Consequentialist Argument from Evil. Philosophical Studies 179(12): 3599-3615 (2022)  /  pdf  /  link

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How to Solve the Problem of Evil: A Deontological Strategy. Faith and Philosophy 36(4): 442-462 (2019)  /  pdf  /  link

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Divine Intentions and the Problem of Evil. Religious Studies 55(2): 215-234 (2019)  /  pdf  /  link

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Is the Problem of Evil a Deontological Problem?  Analysis 77(1): 79-87 (2017)  /  pdf  /  link

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The Gap Problem

 

I have published a couple of short papers on the so-called "gap problem," which is the problem of showing that the being at the conclusion of many traditional theistic arguments has all, and not just some, of the traditional divine attributes. 

 

The Gap in the Evil God Challenge. Analysis (forthcoming)  /  pdf

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- Co-authored with Perry Hendricks

 

From a Cosmic Fine-Tuner to a Perfect Being. Analysis, 79(3): 449-452 (2019)  /  pdf  /  link

 

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Life After Death

 

I have published some work on the metaphysics of life after death, including both the metaphysics of resurrection and the metaphysics of reincarnation (rebirth). My work on the metaphysics of reincarnation was conducted while I was a Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta. ​

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The Possibility of Resurrection by Reassembly. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 84(3): 273-288 (2018) / pdf /  link

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Reincarnation for Everyone. Mind (forthcoming)  /  pdf

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Divine Attributes

 

Finally, I have contributed to the literature on various divine attributes: divine knowledge, divine providence, divine freedom, and divine personhood.  

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Probing the Mind of God: Divine Beliefs and Credences. Religious Studies 58(S1): S61-S75 (2022)  /  pdf  /  link

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- Co-authored with Liz Jackson

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An Episodic Account of Divine Personhood. Religious Studies 57(4): 654-668 (2021)  /  pdf  /  link

 

How God Knows Counterfactuals of Freedom. Faith and Philosophy 37(2): 220-229 (2020)  /  pdf   /  link

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Does Molinism Reconcile Freedom and Foreknowledge? European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 10(2): 131-148 (2018)  /  pdf  /  link

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A New Logical Problem for the Doctrine of the Trinity. Religious Studies 54(1): 1-13 (2018)  /  pdf  /  link

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Best Feasible Worlds: Divine Freedom and Leibniz's Lapse. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 77(30): 219-229 (2015). / pdf  /  link

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