Philosophy
I work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and phenomenology. In my PhD, I'm exploring objectless spiritual experiences (what I'm calling existential self-transcendent experiences, or ESTEs), and their connection to moods and emotions. My public philosophy intersects at religion and culture in my Substack, Agape Sophia.
Philosophia · Online first, January 9, 2026
I argue that following Nina Emery's framework for methodological naturalism gives us good reasons to take the fine-tuning for life seriously. In particular, her Pattern Explanation Principles should lead us to affirm a robust explanation of fine-tuning evidence.
"The Phenomenology of Wonder and the Socratic Citizen"
Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy. Mind and Life Europe, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, May 28–30.
"The Phenomenology of Wonder"
Experience and Non-Objects: Towards a Phenomenology of Indiscernibility. Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, October 28–30.
"The Phenomenology of Wonder: A Feeling of Being"
Master's thesis, University of Edinburgh. Supervised by Dr. Berislav Marušić.
"On Aquinas' Rejection of Anselm's Ontological Argument"
Undergraduate thesis, Dallas Baptist University. Supervised by Prof. Todd Kappelman.
"Folk Don't Need to Be Von Neumann Computers: Mental Representations and Folk Psychology"
"Let's Not Be Solarists: Relational AI and Social Virtue"
University of Glasgow
PhD in Philosophy, in progress (part-time), expected 2031
University of Edinburgh
M.Sc. in Philosophy (taught), Distinction
Dallas Baptist University
B.A. in Philosophy and Biblical Studies (double major), Magna Cum Laude
Updated June 2026. References available on request.