My research focuses on nature, freedom, and rationality in the works of Immanuel Kant and F. W. J. Schelling. More recently I have been examining the impact of Plato and Neoplatonism on the philosophy of this period, focusing primarily on the works of Schelling.
Book Manuscript
Schelling's Mystical Platonism: 1792–1802
(under contract with Oxford University Press; submission of final manuscript: July 2023)
(under contract with Oxford University Press; submission of final manuscript: July 2023)
Research Articles and Book Chapters in AOS (*peer-reviewed)
*Schelling responds to Kant: The Bruno critique of one-sided idealism
coauthor: Kevin Mager; Idealistic Studies 52:1, 23–44 (2022)
coauthor: Kevin Mager; Idealistic Studies 52:1, 23–44 (2022)
*Schelling and the Philebus: Limit and the Unlimited in Schelling's Philosophy of Nature
coauthor: Jeffrey Fisher; Epoché 26:2, 347–367 (2022)
coauthor: Jeffrey Fisher; Epoché 26:2, 347–367 (2022)
*Life, Lawfulness, and Contingency: Kant and Schelling on Organic Nature
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie (2021/online first; forthcoming)
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie (2021/online first; forthcoming)
*Kant and Schelling on Blumenbach's Formative Drive
Conceptions of Life in German Idealism, ed. Gerad Gentry and Cat Moir, special issue of Intellectual History Review 31:3, pp. 391–409 (2021).
Conceptions of Life in German Idealism, ed. Gerad Gentry and Cat Moir, special issue of Intellectual History Review 31:3, pp. 391–409 (2021).
*The Unity of Nature in Schelling's World Soul
The Review of Metaphysics 74:4, pp. 527–552 (2021)
The Review of Metaphysics 74:4, pp. 527–552 (2021)
Kant’s Organic Religion: God, Teleology, and Progress in the Third Critique
Kant and the Possibility of Progress, ed. S. Stoner and P. Wilford, University of Pennsylvania Press (2021).
Kant and the Possibility of Progress, ed. S. Stoner and P. Wilford, University of Pennsylvania Press (2021).
Freedom as Productivity in Schelling's Philosophy of Nature
Schelling's Philosophy: Freedom, Nature and Systematicity, ed. G. Anthony Bruno, Oxford University Press (2020).
Schelling's Philosophy: Freedom, Nature and Systematicity, ed. G. Anthony Bruno, Oxford University Press (2020).
*Organisms and the Form of Freedom in Kant's Third Critique
European Journal of Philosophy 27, pp. 55-74 (2019).
European Journal of Philosophy 27, pp. 55-74 (2019).
*The Epistemology of Schelling’s Philosophy of Nature
History of Philosophy Quarterly 34:3, pp. 271-290 (2017).
History of Philosophy Quarterly 34:3, pp. 271-290 (2017).
*Kant On Animal Minds
Ergo 4:15 pp. 441-462 (2017).
Ergo 4:15 pp. 441-462 (2017).
Conference Proceedings, Symposia, and Book Reviews (*peer-reviewed)
*Conference Proceedings: 'The Beautiful is the Symbol of the Morally Good': Judgments of Beauty and the Supersensible in Kant’s Critique of Aesthetic Judgment
Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2022)
Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2022)
Book Symposium: “Merely Methodological Naturalism in Aesthetics: A Proposed Revision of Zuckert’s Herder Interpretation”
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80:2, 224–228 (2022).
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80:2, 224–228 (2022).
Book Symposium: Karin Nisenbaum, For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig
SGIR Review 3:1/2, 112–119. (2020)
SGIR Review 3:1/2, 112–119. (2020)
Review: Rachel Zuckert, Herder's Naturalist Aesthetics
The British Journal of Aesthetics 61:1, 115–118 (2020)
The British Journal of Aesthetics 61:1, 115–118 (2020)
Review: Beatrice Longuenesse, I, Me, Mine: Back to Kant and Back Again
The Review of Metaphysics 71:4, 812-814 (2018)
The Review of Metaphysics 71:4, 812-814 (2018)
Other Articles and Book Chapters
Tending God’s Garden: Philosophical Themes in Malick’s Tree of Life
Life above the Clouds: Philosophy in the Films of Terrence Malick (ed. Steven DeLay), SUNY Press (2023).
Life above the Clouds: Philosophy in the Films of Terrence Malick (ed. Steven DeLay), SUNY Press (2023).
Volume Introduction
coauthor: Andrew Krema; Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, vol. 1 (2021).
coauthor: Andrew Krema; Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, vol. 1 (2021).
We Must Give our Students Hope
Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, vol. 1 (2021).
Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, vol. 1 (2021).