My main research interests are in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology.
My time both as a undergraduate biology student and working in a neuropharmacology lab drove me to have profound questions about how science worked, and to pursue graduate study in the philosophy of science. My dissertation grew out of this inspiration. The project, entitled “Philosophical Perspective on Time in Biology”, focused on understanding the role that time plays in biological systems, and how this understanding could improve our scientific practices.While time is undoubtedly important in biological systems, the role it plays has remained philosophically under explored.
My work takes a practice-centered approach, which means I spend a lot of time reading relevant scientific literature and taking to scientists. I think that the work of science should always be centered in philosophy of science research – centering what scientists do and say when drawing philosophical conclusions.
As my research program has matured, I’ve become interested broadly in in the concept of neutrality, why it is important to us across so many different domains, and its connections we take ourselves to know and to social power. The origins of this interest can be seen in the work of my dissertation, but I’ve also developed this interest in new projects.