AOS: Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Social Science; Philosophy of Statistics
AOC: Epistemology; Logic; Game and Decision Theory
Publications
Measuring the non-existent: validity before measurement, Philosophy of Science (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2023.3
Sample representation in the social sciences, Synthese (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02621-3
Recent academic activities
What are (statistical) model assumptions about? (May 3-5, 2023) 8th Bayesian, Fiducial and Frequentist Conference (BFF8). Invited talk.
Limitations of the Garbage In – Garbage Out (GIGO) framework in data-processing (May 28, 2023) Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM) at SSHRC 2023 CONGRESS.
Non-Epistemic Values For Epistemic Gaps (May 27-29, 2023) Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) at SSHRC 2023 CONGRESS.
Recent service activities
I am serving as co-chair for the PSA DEI Caucus from 2023-2026
I was elected chair of the LPS Climate Steering Committee for the 2020-21 year.
I initiated and co-found Wonder Philosophy, an information workshop for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to apply for philosophy graduate programs. I was directly involved in the 2019 and 2021 Irvine iterations of the workshop.
Education
Ph.D.: Philosophy (LPS) | UC-Irvine | 2021
MA: Philosophy | Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada | 2015
BA: Psychology, Philosophy | University of British Columbia, BC, Canada | 2013
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