Areas of Specialization

Ancient Philosophy, Metaphysics

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Alberta, 2011-

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, 2005-11

Visiting Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004-5

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006

M.A., Philosophy, University of London, United Kingdom, 1996

M.A., Classics, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1994

B.A., Classics, Dalhousie University, 1991

Monograph

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics. Cambridge Elements in Metaphysics. Under contract with Cambridge University Press.

Selected Articles and Book Chapters

Ancient

Aristotle on Logical Consequence. [draft]

A Mereological Reading of the Dictum de Omni et Nullo. [preprint]

Aristotle on the Individuation of Syllogisms. [draft]

Aristotle on Artifactual Substances. [offprint]

Ancient, in Routledge Handbook of Metaphysical Grounding. [draft]

This. [offprint]

Empty Negations and Existential Import in Aristotle. [article] [offprint]

Ontological Dependence and Grounding in Aristotle. [article]

Aristotle on Predication. [preprint]

Critical Notice of Peramatzis, Priority in Aristotle's Metaphysics. [preprint]

Substance and Independence in Aristotle. [preprint]

Aristotle on Mathematical Truth. [article] [offprint]

Aristotle on Nonsubstantial Individuals. [article] [offprint]

Aristotle on Ontological Dependence. [article] [offprint]

Metaphysics etc.

Philosophy’s Past: Cognitive Values and the History of Philosophy. [offprint]

Is ‘Cause’ Ambiguous? [offprint]

Salience and Metaphysical Explanation. [preprint]

Presentism, Truthmakers and Distributional Properties. [offprint]