Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of Economics / Social Science

• Economic models and instrumentalism
• Rational choice theory, its limitations and modifications (e.g. non-additive theories)
  
• Revealed preference theory and representationalist views of probabilities and utility values
• Neuro-economics
• Relation between the probabilities and utility of economics and the beliefs and desires of commonsense psychology

Philosophy of Science

• Models, Instrumentalism, Fictionalism
• Causation and explanation
• Inter-field explanations and mechanisms
• Operationism and measurement theory
  

Formal Epistemology

• Confirmation Theory
• Mushy credences
  
• Self-Locating Beliefs (e.g Sleeping Beauty)
• Relation to Decision Theory

Areas of Competence

Moral Theory and Political Philosophy

• Introductions to Kant and Mill
• Introductions to Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
• Externalism vs internalism about reasons
• Externalism vs internalism about moral motivation
• Cognitivism vs non-cognitivism
• Humean Theory of Motivation
• Relation to Utility Theory
  

Philosophy of Biology

• Levels of Selection and Biological Individuality
• Altruism
• Evolutionary Game Theory
  

Realism vs Anti-realism

• The Rule Following Considerations
• Error Theory
• Eliminative Materialism
  
• Fictionalism
  
• Truth
• Vagueness