I am a philosopher of science and have made my main contributions to the discipline as a philosopher of social science. My articles discuss the nature and reality of race, the possibility of drawing ontological inferences from the social sciences, the nature of explanation in the social sciences, the naturalization of social ontology, and the relationship between the methods of social ontology and empirical (predictive and explanatory)success in the social sciences.
My current research continues to develop questions about how to best approach social ontology, especially thinking about parallels in the literature on naturalized metaphysics, which focuses chiefly on reasoning in the natural sciences.
Publications
"Naturalized Social Ontology and Cultural Evolution" Forthcoming in Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology (collected volume under contract with Routledge Press)
"Macrostructural Explanations in the Social Sciences" Synthese Vol. 204, August 2024
“Should Ordinary Race Talk be Ontologically Privileged? Moving Social Science into the Philosophical Mainstream” (with Kareem Khalifa) Synthese Vol. 202, October 2023
“Motivating a Pragmatic Approach to Naturalized Social Ontology” Journal for General Philosophy of Science Vol. 53, June 2022
“Do the Social Sciences Vindicate Race’s Reality?” (with Kareem Khalifa). Philosopher’s Imprint Vol. 21, August 2021
“Instrumentalizing and Naturalizing Social Ontology: Replies to Simon Lohse and Daniel Little” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 51 Issue 1, 2021 [Article for Symposium about my “Is Social Ontology Prior to Social Scientific Methodology”]
“Is Social Ontology Prior to Social Scientific Methodology?” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 49 issue 3, June 2019
“Predictive Success and Non-Individualist Models in Social Science” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 47 Issue 2, March 2017.
Book Reviews
“Adam Tamas Tuboly: The History of Understanding in Analytic Philosophy: Around Logical Empiricism” (Forthcoming in HOPOS)
“Quentin Ruyant: Modal Empiricism: Interpreting Science Without Scientific Realism” (Forthcoming in Journal for General Philosophy of Science)
My current research continues to develop questions about how to best approach social ontology, especially thinking about parallels in the literature on naturalized metaphysics, which focuses chiefly on reasoning in the natural sciences.
Publications
"Naturalized Social Ontology and Cultural Evolution" Forthcoming in Cultural Evolution and Social Ontology (collected volume under contract with Routledge Press)
"Macrostructural Explanations in the Social Sciences" Synthese Vol. 204, August 2024
“Should Ordinary Race Talk be Ontologically Privileged? Moving Social Science into the Philosophical Mainstream” (with Kareem Khalifa) Synthese Vol. 202, October 2023
“Motivating a Pragmatic Approach to Naturalized Social Ontology” Journal for General Philosophy of Science Vol. 53, June 2022
“Do the Social Sciences Vindicate Race’s Reality?” (with Kareem Khalifa). Philosopher’s Imprint Vol. 21, August 2021
“Instrumentalizing and Naturalizing Social Ontology: Replies to Simon Lohse and Daniel Little” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 51 Issue 1, 2021 [Article for Symposium about my “Is Social Ontology Prior to Social Scientific Methodology”]
“Is Social Ontology Prior to Social Scientific Methodology?” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 49 issue 3, June 2019
“Predictive Success and Non-Individualist Models in Social Science” Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 47 Issue 2, March 2017.
Book Reviews
“Adam Tamas Tuboly: The History of Understanding in Analytic Philosophy: Around Logical Empiricism” (Forthcoming in HOPOS)
“Quentin Ruyant: Modal Empiricism: Interpreting Science Without Scientific Realism” (Forthcoming in Journal for General Philosophy of Science)
