Presentations

Refereed Presentations

“Classification, Uniqueness, and Analogical Reasoning in Planetary Geology.”

(2026, July [accepted]) Poster presented at the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Biennial Meeting (Cambridge, UK).

(2025, July) Paper presented virtually at the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) Biennial Meeting.

(2025, January) Paper presented at the American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Meeting, Paper Works in Progress Session (Philosophy of Science Section) (New York, NY).

“When Can Absence of Evidence Be Evidence of Absence?: A Case Study from Paleogeology.” View here.

(2024, November) Paper presented at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) Biennial Meeting (New Orleans, LA).

(2024, July) Paper presented virtually at the Philosophy of the Paleosciences Online RoadShow.

(2024, May) Poster presented at the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Biennial Meeting (Columbia, SC).

(2022, November) “When is a Detection a Discovery?” Poster presented at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) Biennial Meeting (Pittsburgh, PA).

(2022, May) “Husserl’s Phenomenological Critique of the Physical Sciences.” Paper presented at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, Western University (London, ON).

Invited Presentations

(2026, April) “Plate Tectonics and the New Mechanical Philosophy.” Paper presented at the Method, Theory, & Reality Annual Conference at UMass Amherst (Amherst, MA).

(2024, December) “When Can Absence of Evidence Be Evidence of Absence?: A Case Study from Paleogeology.” Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting (Washington, DC).

Commentating & Chairing

(2026, April) Boston University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference (Boston, MA): Commentator, “Orchestrating Difference: Kallen and Neurath on the Unity of Science,” by Noa Dahan (University of Cincinnati).

(2025, December) American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA): Chair, Science and Society: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oral & Poster Sessions.

(2025, January) American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Meeting (New York, NY): Chair, Philosophy of the Geosciences Symposium.

(2023, March) Boston Phenomenology Circle (BPC) (Boston, MA): Commentator, “Edith Stein on the Emotions,” by Dermot Moran (Boston College).

(2022, May) Boston University Graduate Student Philosophy Conference (Boston, MA): Commentator, “Getting Out of the Epistemic Way: A modest proposal for eco-emancipation,” by Danielle Douez (Concordia University).