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I am an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). I am also an affiliated faculty member in the Chinese studies program at UCSD, a fellow of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, and an Associate Editor at the journal Foundations of Physics.
I received a Ph.D in philosophy, a M.Sc in mathematics, and a graduate certificate in cognitive science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 2019. My primary research interests are in philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. I also have interests in philosophy of mind, decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of religion, and Chinese philosophy. On this website, you can find my CV as well as information about my research, teaching, talks, and some of the events I organized. 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 screenplay about a time-travel romance (partly based on this fascinating article in the SEP). You can contact me here. |
Papers
Nomic Vagueness [arXiv preprint]
Our Knowledge of the Past: Some Puzzles about Time's Arrow and Self-Locating Probabilities [arXiv]
Quantum States of a Time-Asymmetric Universe: Wave Function, Density Matrix, and Empirical Equivalence [arXiv]
Uniform Probability Distribution Over All Density Matrices (with Roderich Tumulka) [arXiv]
An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I [arXiv]
From Time Asymmetry to Quantum Entanglement: The Humean Unification [arXiv]
Noûs, forthcoming
Quantum Mechanics in a Time-Asymmetric Universe: On the Nature of the Initial Quantum State [arXiv] [Journal]
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, forthcoming
Realism about the Wave Function [arXiv][Journal]
Philosophy Compass, 2019
Surreal Decisions (with Daniel Rubio) [Penultimate] [Journal]
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2018
Our Fundamental Physical Space: An Essay on the Metaphysics of the Wave Function [Penultimate] [Journal]
The Journal of Philosophy, 2017
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
Contributions to Edited Volumes:
Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe: On the Status of Statistical Mechanical Probabilities [arXiv]
Valia Allori (ed.), Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature, World Scientific, 2020
Bell's Theorem, Quantum Probabilities, and Superdeterminism [arXiv]
Eleanor Knox and Alastair Wilson (eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, Routledge, forthcoming
The Cosmic Void: Ontological Nihilism and Many Worlds [PhilPapers]
Sara Bernstein and Tyron Goldschmidt (eds.), Non-Being: New Essays on the Metaphysics of Nonexistence, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
Book Reviews:
Review of The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy by Richard Healey [Penultimate][Journal]
The Philosophical Review, forthcoming
Other Works in Progress
Philosophy of Physics, Phillosophy of Science, and Metaphysics:
Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature (with Sheldon Goldstein)
The Status of the Past Hypothesis
The Best Summary of the Quantum World: The Universal Wave Function as a Humean Law
Decision Theory:
Surreal Decisions II: Infinite State Space (with Daniel Rubio)
Philosophy of Religion:
Evil and the Quantum Multiverse (with Daniel Rubio)
Chinese Philosophy:
A Hybrid Voluntarist Interpretation of Xunzi
Philosophy of Mind:
Comparativism about the Mind: From Metaphysics of Quantities to the Nature of Mentality
Nomic Vagueness [arXiv preprint]
Our Knowledge of the Past: Some Puzzles about Time's Arrow and Self-Locating Probabilities [arXiv]
Quantum States of a Time-Asymmetric Universe: Wave Function, Density Matrix, and Empirical Equivalence [arXiv]
Uniform Probability Distribution Over All Density Matrices (with Roderich Tumulka) [arXiv]
An Intrinsic Theory of Quantum Mechanics: Progress in Field's Nominalistic Program, Part I [arXiv]
From Time Asymmetry to Quantum Entanglement: The Humean Unification [arXiv]
Noûs, forthcoming
Quantum Mechanics in a Time-Asymmetric Universe: On the Nature of the Initial Quantum State [arXiv] [Journal]
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, forthcoming
Realism about the Wave Function [arXiv][Journal]
Philosophy Compass, 2019
Surreal Decisions (with Daniel Rubio) [Penultimate] [Journal]
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2018
Our Fundamental Physical Space: An Essay on the Metaphysics of the Wave Function [Penultimate] [Journal]
The Journal of Philosophy, 2017
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
Contributions to Edited Volumes:
Time's Arrow in a Quantum Universe: On the Status of Statistical Mechanical Probabilities [arXiv]
Valia Allori (ed.), Statistical Mechanics and Scientific Explanation: Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature, World Scientific, 2020
Bell's Theorem, Quantum Probabilities, and Superdeterminism [arXiv]
Eleanor Knox and Alastair Wilson (eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Physics, Routledge, forthcoming
The Cosmic Void: Ontological Nihilism and Many Worlds [PhilPapers]
Sara Bernstein and Tyron Goldschmidt (eds.), Non-Being: New Essays on the Metaphysics of Nonexistence, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
Book Reviews:
Review of The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy by Richard Healey [Penultimate][Journal]
The Philosophical Review, forthcoming
Other Works in Progress
Philosophy of Physics, Phillosophy of Science, and Metaphysics:
Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature (with Sheldon Goldstein)
The Status of the Past Hypothesis
The Best Summary of the Quantum World: The Universal Wave Function as a Humean Law
Decision Theory:
Surreal Decisions II: Infinite State Space (with Daniel Rubio)
Philosophy of Religion:
Evil and the Quantum Multiverse (with Daniel Rubio)
Chinese Philosophy:
A Hybrid Voluntarist Interpretation of Xunzi
Philosophy of Mind:
Comparativism about the Mind: From Metaphysics of Quantities to the Nature of Mentality
Links
From Ants to Quantum Non-Locality (with Isaac Wilhelm)
Google Scholar
PhilPapers
Orcid.org/0000-0001-5144-0952
From Ants to Quantum Non-Locality (with Isaac Wilhelm)
- Philosophy Phriday, The Daily Ant, July 2017.
Google Scholar
PhilPapers
Orcid.org/0000-0001-5144-0952