I am a philosopher and logician. I write books and articles, give research talks, teach at the University of Nottingham, and make philosophy videos for my YouTube channel, Attic Philosophy. My work spans metaphysics, language, logic, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy, covering topics from impossible worlds to questions of truth, essence, and how we reason about what cannot be.
My recent research centres around three main themes. First, I investigate how we think and reason about impossible situations—things that couldn't possibly be the case but which we can still meaningfully contemplate. Second, I explore questions of truth and truthmaking in metaphysics, asking what makes true statements true and how truth relates to reality. Third, I examine fundamental questions about how the world is ultimately structured, including work on essence, material objects, and the relationships between different levels of reality. I'm also developing ideas about vagueness, relevant logic, and modal accounts of knowledge. Much of this work feeds into Truthmaker Semantics, a framework developed by Kit Fine for understanding meaning and content.
I've published several books with Oxford University Press: The Impossible (2014) on meaningful thought about impossibility, Reality Making (2016, edited) on grounding and fundamentality, What Truth Is (2018) on truthmaking, and Impossible Worlds (2019, with Franz Berto). I'm currently co-writing a textbook on Truthmaker Semantics.
Through Attic Philosophy, I bring university-level philosophical discussion to general audiences. The channel features over 100 videos covering core philosophical concepts and debates, with new content added weekly. Whether through academic research, university teaching, or public engagement, my goal is to make philosophy accessible, rigorous, and relevant to the questions that matter most.
Books
Information about the books I've written, mostly for an academic audience [ More ]
Academic Articles
Journal papers and book chapters [ More ]
Research Projects
What I'm working on. [ More ]
University Teaching
What I teach [ More ]
Attic Philosophy
My YouTube channel, bringing University-level philosophical discussion to a general audience. Here you'll find accessible philosophical discussion and teaching videos aimed at undergraduates. [ More ]
Philosophy Glossary
A-Z video explainers of the difficult concepts and 'isms' that crop up in philosophy. [ More ]
Private Tutoring
I offer private tuition to a small number of philosophy and logic students, on a one-to-one basis. [ More ]