I am a Ph.D. candidate in the department of philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. I am also pursuing a M.Sc. in mathematics and a graduate certificate in cognitive science. 
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My primary research interests are in philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. I also have interests in decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of religion, and Chinese philosophy.
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On this website, you can find my CV as well as information about my research, teaching, talks, and some of the events I organized.

Check out my new paper on time's arrow in a quantum universe. 
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Outside philosophy, I enjoy traveling, skiing, and swimming. I also have a side interest in using films to popularize philosophical and scientific ideas. Currently I'm co-writing a film script of time-travel romance (partly based on this fascinating article in the SEP). 
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​You can contact me here. 
​Publications

​​Our Fundamental Physical Space: An Essay on the Metaphysics of the Wave Function [Penultimate] [Journal]
The Journal of Philosophy, 2017

Surreal Decisions (with Daniel Rubio) [Penultimate]
​​Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, forthcoming

​​Great Expectations: Introducing Surreal Decision Theory (with Daniel Rubio) [Proceedings]
​​Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Logic, Rationality, and Interaction (LORI-V), ​Springer-Verlag, 2015
​​Invited

​"Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe: A New Approach" (in preparation), in Valia Allori (ed.), Statistical Mechanics and Scientic Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature, World Scientific, forthcoming [Early Version]
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Realism about the Wave Function, Philosophy Compass, ​in preparation

Under Review
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​An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I [PhilSci Archive]  
​Selected Talks
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An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I
  • Bristol Center for Science and Philosophy. Sep 2016
  • Pacific APA Symposium, San Diego. Mar 2018
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Our Fundamental Physical Space and the Metaphysics of the Wave Function
  • Beyond Spacetime Project, UIC. Mar 2016
  • Central APA Symposium, Chicago. Mar 2016
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Space-Time Emergence: A Representational Theory
  • Philosophy of Cosmology Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center. May 2017

​The Best Summary of the Quantum World
  • 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS), University of Helsinki. Aug 2015
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Our Knowledge of the Past: Some Puzzles about Time's Arrow and Self-Locating Probabilities. ​
Great Expectations: Introducing Surreal Decision Theory (with Daniel Rubio) ​
Comments on Alan Hájek​'s "The Revenge of Pascal, Petersburg, Pasadena, and Paul" [Slides]
Comments on Ned Hall's "Causation and the Aim of Inquiry" [Notes]
  • Philosophy Department Colloquium, Rutgers. Feb 2016