Research

Articles

"Names Exist when Carving Begins (始制有名): A Theory of Names in Daodejing (道德經)," Asian Philosophy. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1080/09552367.2024.2299896
"Honors Flourishing in the Midst of Change," (with Mimi Killinger, Robert Glover, and Jordan LaBouff) Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council 24(1): 33-38. 2023.
"Many Problems of the Many," Synthese 199: 3101-3116, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02926-3
"A Challenge to the New Metaphysics: deRosset, Priority, and Explanation," (with David Fisher and Timothy Perrine) Synthese 198: 6403-6433, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02468-3
"The Metaphysics of Dao in WANG Bi's Interpretation of Laozi," Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 18, Issue 2, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-019-09657-4

Work in Progress (Please email for drafts.)

Things and What is Beyond All Things: Rethinking about You (有) and Wu (无) in Wei-Jin Xuanxue (魏晋玄学)
A Determinable-based Account of Dao in Daodejing
A Metametaphysical Reading of Zhuangzi's Qiwulun (齐物论)
A paper on truthmaking (under review; title removed)

Recent and Future Talks

"Names Exist when Carving Begins: A Theory of Names in Daodejing"
- Central APA, Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy panel, Feb 2024
“Revolutionary Flourishing in Honors Through a Research Learning Course” (with Rob Glover, Mimi Killinger, Olivia Kjellander, Abby Cadorette, Jacob Chaplin, Chappy Hall & Alex Morgan)
- 58th NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2023.
“A Determinable-based Account of the Dao in Daodejing”
- 23rd International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Riverside, CA, June 2023
"Two Dogmas of (Contemporary Western) Metaphysics" (a version of "Simplicity as the Maximum Indeterminacy")
- Central APA, Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy panel, Feb 2022
"Simplicity as the Maximum Indeterminacy"
- 17th Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, April 2021
"Writing as a Unification of Big Hearts and Big Minds"
- 55th National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference, Nov 2020, Dallas, TX. (accepted but canceled due to COVID-19)
"No Paradox of the Dao in the Laozi"
- Central APA, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Session, Feb 2020, Chicago, IL.
"Cilvilization Spotified: Connecting the Reading List with a Playlist"
- 54th NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council) Annual Conference, Nov 2019, New Orleans, LA.
"A Metametaphysical Reading on Zhuangzi's Qiwulun"
- Central APA, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Session, Feb 2019, Denver, CO.
- Pacific APA, International Society for Chinese Philosophy Session, Mar 2018, San Diego, CA.
"The Problem of Many Counterparts"
- Central APA, Main Program, Feb 2018, Chicago, IL.
"Grounding Truth and Making True"
- Eastern Division APA, Main Program, Jan 2018, Savannah, GA.
- Nelson Fellowship Symposium, Apr 2017, Bloomington, IN.