Published Works
About My Research
In my current philosophical research, I am most interested in examining our perspectival condition and bringing this condition’s insights to bear on discussions ongoing in contemporary philosophy, such as human identity, ontology, and the philosophy of religion. I attempt to publish work pertaining to this endeavor. This page includes forthcoming writings, published works, and essays I am in the process of trying to get published.
Conference Presentations
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This is a conference paper I am presenting for the upcoming “Phenomenology, Religious Experience, and Spiritual Practices” international conference at Fordham University in June 2025. I will upload the full paper once I have delivered the paper. Until then, here is the admitted paper proposal.
Academic Essays and Speeches
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The problem of divine hiddenness is one of the most pervasive and lively issues in the contemporary analytic discussion of the philosophy of religion. It posits that the lack of evidence for justified belief in the God of standard theism is ipso facto evidence for the nonexistence of such a God. Many philosophers have attempted to offer robust rebuttals to this argument and hold a theistic position by rejecting certain of its core premises. All such efforts have wrought unsatisfactory results. In an effort to rectify this issue, I attempt to offer a new solution to the problem through a phenomenological exploration of the transcendence of humanity. In particular, this new solution rejects the current movements within the conversation of the philosophy of religion, which all too often try to offer abstract and certain claims that ignore our perspectival situation. Instead of making such a claim, I offer another solution in which we are the ground upon which the divine may be justified. I argue that insofar as we exist, we radically transcend ourselves and our spatio-temporal experience. And insofar as we transcend in this manner, we bespeak of the divine and give a plausible account of the divine’s personal and intimate connection to humanity, thereby negating the notion of divine hiddenness as currently conceived.Note:
This is my senior capstone thesis. I intend to someday draw together the intellectual threads of this thesis into a more robust and sustained treatment. Until then, this work remains but a glimpse into my first foray into the field of the philosophy of religion and marks a significant milestone on my academic journey. -
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This is the speech that I created and recited for the University of Mary undergraduate commencement ceremony. In it, I argue that we must choose to live in gratitude, as it will help us to appreciate what came before and go live well in the future.Given: April 29, 2023