Research
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At the heart of my research are two questions: how can we gain moral knowledge, and what sort of community ought we to build on the basis of that knowledge? To answer the first question, I examine fundamental similarities between the acquisition of moral and logical knowledge, which has led me to defend a form of ethical intuitionism. The second prong of my research program instead combines ethics and social ontology. In particular, I developed a theory of nations as ethical communities that are constituted by their internal diversity. In addition to these two main areas of research, another of my projects involves recovering the thought of pre-colonial Indigenous philosophers. Journal Articles "A Brief History of Canadian Political Philosophy." Canadian Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp. 119-153. "Introduction to Special Issue: Envisioning Canada" (with Elizabeth Trott) Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2026, pp. 1-7. "Logical Rationalism." Journal of Philosophical Logic. Online First. April 30th, 2025. "Anscombe's Philosophy of Law." Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. 63., No. 3, 2024, pp. 513-519. "Recovering Classical Indigenous Philosophy." Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2023, pp. 503-512. "Mersenne's Principles of Song Creation." Southwest Philosophy Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2023, pp. 49-58. “The Possibility of Multicultural Nationhood." American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2021, pp. 488-504. "The Pragmatic Constraint on Revisionary Ontologies of Art." ASAGE, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2021, pp. 19-22. "Strength and Superiority: The Theme of Strength in the Querelle des Femmes." De Philosophia, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2021, 1-10. Book Reviews "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity," by Raymond B. Blake. American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2025, pp. 170-173. "Unstable Properties: Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia," by Patricia Burke Wood & David A. Rossiter. American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 54, No. 4, 2024, pp. 468-471. "John Stuart Mill, Socialist," by Helen McCabe. Public Realm, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2022, pp. 77-80. “Moral Knowledge,” by Sarah McGrath. Philosophy in Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2021, pp. 253-255. Interviews & Profiles "Staying Grounded." First-Gen Philosophers. November 4th, 2025. "Philosophy students explore a new way of thinking with Indigenous philosophy course." by Sarah Vickery. In Focus Magazine. May 6th, 2025. "APA Member Interview: Eric Wilkinson." by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall. American Philosophical Association. June 9th, 2023. |