I teach philosophy of mind and cognitive science at NC State University. My research focuses on issues related to scientific theory reduction, anti-reductionism in the philosophy of mind, the relations of realization and multiple realization in the sciences, and assorted problems in cognitive science. A partial list of publications is given below.

REALIZATION, MULTIPLE REALIZATION, AND ITS CONVERSE: "Resolving Arguments by Different Conceptual Traditions of Realization," Philosophical Studies, forthcoming; "Flat Versus Dimensioned: the What and the How of Functional Realization," Journal of Philosophical Research, vol.36 (2011), 191-208; "Realization, Reductios, and Category Inclusion," Journal of Philosophy, vol. 107 (2010), 213-219; "Multiple Realizability," in D. Borchert, ed., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, vol.6, 2nd Edition. US: Thomson Gale, Macmillan Reference (2005), 427-432; "Many-Many Mappings and World Structure," American Philosophical Quarterly, vol.35 (1998), 267-80; "Constructival Plasticity," Philosophical Studies, vol.74 (1994), 51-75.

THE NATURE AND STUDY OF MIND: "Does Folk Psychology Have a More Weighty Influence On Scientific Practice Than Folk Physics?," in D. Povinelli, ed., World Without Weight. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2012), 99-101; "Nomic-Role Nonreductionism: Identifying Properties by Total Nomic Roles," Philosophical Topics, vol.35 (2007), 217-240; "Searle, Syntax, and Observer Relativity," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, vol.26 (1996), 101-122; "The Refutation by Analogous Ectoqualia," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, vol.23 (1995), 19-30.

SCIENTIFIC THEORY REDUCTION: "Reinforcing the Three 'R's: Reduction, Reception, and Replacement," in M. Schouten and H. Looren de Jong, eds., The Matter of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience, and Reduction. UK: Blackwell (2007), 146-171; "Post-Structuralist Angst -- Critical Notice: John Bickle, Psychoneural Reduction: The New Wave," Philosophy of Science, vol.68 (2001), 377-393; "Collapse of the New Wave," Journal of Philosophy, vol.95 (1998), 53-72; "Species-Specific Properties and More Narrow Reductive Strategies," Erkenntnis, vol.38 (1993), 303-321.