(B.A., Middlebury, 1999; B.A., Oxford, 2002)

Ian works the day shift in epistemology and philosophy of mind, but he moonlights as a Kant/language/logic/ existentialism/film enthusiast. He is currently finishing a dissertation on the theory of reasons and the internalism-externalism debate in epistemology.

Check out:

Ian’s CV

Ian’s Dissertation Abstract: “Justification, Reasons and Truth”

Ian’s Dissertation: “Justification, Reasons and Truth” [DRAFT!]

Ian’s Writing Sample: “Reasoning From the Facts”

Ian is also the founder and co-president of the Berkeley Wine Society, whose six-person blind-tasting team in 2009 won its second victory over the HMC, Oxford, wine team at the annual Oxford-Berkeley Wine Challenge in Napa, CA.

(He is pictured here with Calvin, one and a half, whose favorite activities are scribbling with crayons on his dad’s dissertation and watching garbage trucks.)