Selected Papers

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Vagueness and Kataleptic Impressions

Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 96, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 165–183.

Metaethics for Discord: Plato’s Euthythro

“Metaethics for Discord: Plato’s Euthyphro,” Ancient Philosophy Today: Dialogoi (forthcoming).

Pyrrhonian Indeterminacy

“No More This than That: Pyrrhonian Indeterminacy,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 45 (2021): 57-76.

Skepticism as Philosophy: A Reply to Richard Bett

“Skepticism as Philosophy: A Reply to Richard Bett,” Skepsis Vol. XI, N. 20 (2020): 105-116.

The Stoic Conception of Law

“The Stoic Conception of Law,” Polis 38.3 (2021): 557-572.

The Agency of the World

“The Agency of the World: Causation in Stoic Physics,” in Ricardo Salles (ed.), Biology and Cosmology in Ancient Philosophy. From Thales to Avicenna, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

The Euthyphro Problem Revisited

“The Euthyphro Problem Revisited.” In David Kaspar (ed.), Explorations in Ethics, Palgrave Publishers, 2020, 25-46.

Stoic Definitions Without Forms

“Stoic Definitions Without Forms,” for Definitions and Essences from Aristotle to Kant, eds. Peter Anstey and David Bronstein.

Incomplete Ignorance

Rethinking the Contest Between Pleasure and Wisdom: Plato’s Philebus: 11a-14b

“Rethinking the Contest Between Pleasure and Wisdom: Plato’s Philebus: 11a-14b,” Plato’s Philebus, eds. Panos Dimas, Gabriel Richardson Lear, Russell Jones (OUP, forthcoming).

A Unified Notion of Cause

“A Unified Notion of Cause,” Rhizomata: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science 6(1) (2018): 65-86

Love and Hatred

“Love and Hatred,” co-authored with Jens Haas, Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy, ed. Adrienne Martin (Routledge, 2018), 344-356.

Plato on Hunger and Thirst

“Plato on Hunger and Thirst,” Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy 20 (2017): 103-119.

What is Hedonism?

“What is Hedonism?” Pain and Pleasure in Classical Antiquity, ed. William Harris (Brill, 2018), 93-110.

Who You Are Is What You Eat: Food in Ancient Thought

“Who You Are Is What You Eat: Food in Ancient Thought,” Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics, eds. Anne Barnhill, Mark Budolfson, Tyler Doggett (OUP, 2018), 741-758.

Introduction: Skepticism and Metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius

“Introduction: Skepticism and Metaphysics in Diogenes Laertius,” Pyrrhonian Skepticism in Diogenes Laertius, Text and Translation (Greek-English) with Commentary and Essays, ed. Katja Maria Vogt, SAPERE Vol. XXVII (Mohr Siebeck, 2015), 3-14.

All Sense-Perceptions are True: Epicurean Responses to Skepticism and Relativism

“All Sense-Perceptions are True: Epicurean Responses to Skepticism and Relativism,” Lucretius and Modernity, eds. Jacques Lezra and Lisa Blake (Palgrave, 2016), 145-159.

Imagining Good Future States: Hope and Truth in Plato’s Philebus

“Imagining Good Future States: Hope and Truth in Plato’s Philebus,” On the Psyche, Festschrift for Christopher Gill, eds. Richard Seaford, John Wilkins and Matthew Wright (OUP, 2016), 33-48.

Ignorance and Investigation

“Ignorance and Investigation,” co-authored with Jens Haas, Routledge International Handbook on Ignorance, eds. Matthias Gross and Linsey McGoey (Routledge, 2015), 17-25.

Taking the Same Things Seriously and Not Seriously: A Stoic Proposal on Value and the Good

“The Virtues and Happiness in Stoic Ethics,” The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics, ed. Christopher Bobonich (CUP, 2017), 183-199.

Plato on Madness and the Good Life

“Plato on Madness and the Good Life,” Mental Illness in Antiquity, ed. William Harris (Brill, 2013), 177-192.

Appearances and Assent: Sceptical Belief Reconsidered

“Appearances and Assent: Sceptical Belief Reconsidered,” The Classical Quarterly 62 (2012): 648-663.

The Aims of Sceptical Investigation

“The Aims of Sceptical Investigation,” Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy, ed. Diego Machuca (Springer, 2011), 33-50.

Why Pleasure Gains Fifth Rank: Against the Anti-Hedonist Interpretation of the Philebus

“Why Pleasure Gains Fifth Rank: Against the Anti-Hedonist Interpretation of the Philebus,” Plato’s Philebus, eds. John Dillon and Luc Brisson (Akademia, 2010), 250-255.

Belief and Investigation in Plato’s Republic

“Belief and Investigation in Plato’s Republic,” Plato 9 (2009): 1-24.

Sons of the Earth: Are the Stoics Metaphysical Brutes?

“Sons of the Earth: Are the Stoics Metaphysical Brutes?” Phronesis 54 (2009): 136-154.

Duties to Others: Demands and Limits

“Duties to Others: Demands and Limits,” Kant’s Doctrine of Virtue, ed. Monika Betzler (De Gruyter, 2008), 219-243.

The Good is Benefit: On the Stoic Definition of the Good

“The Good is Benefit: On the Stoic Definition of the Good,” Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (2008): 155-174.

Anger, Present Injustice, and Future Revenge in Seneca’s De Ira

“Anger, Present Injustice, and Future Revenge in Seneca’s De Ira,” eds. K. Volk and W. Gareth, New Developments in Seneca Studies (Brill, 2006), 57-74.

Skeptische Suche und das Verstehen von Begriffen

“Skeptische Suche und das Verstehen von Begriffen,” Wissen und Bildung in der antiken Philosophie, eds. Christof Rapp and Tim Wagner (Metzler, 2006), 325-339.

Die frühe stoische Theorie des Werts

“Die frühe stoische Theorie des Werts,” Abwägende Vernunft, eds. Christian Schröer and Franz-Josef Bormann (De Gruyter, 2004), 61-77.