Education

• Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Southern California
• B.A., History and Philosophy of Science, University of Tokyo

Research Interests

• Philosophical Logic
• Philosophy of Language
• Metaphysics
• Formal Semantics

Select Publications

• The Philosophy Major’s Introduction to Philosophy: Concepts and Distinctions. New York: Routledge, 2021.
• (Edited with Ali Abasnezhad), Vague Objects and Vague Identity: New Essays on Ontic Vagueness. Springer, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7978-5.
• “The Boolean many-valued solution to the Sorites Paradox.” Synthese 200:2 (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s11229-022-03561-w.
• “Montague’s treatment of determiner (or quantifier) phrases: a philosophical introduction.” Philosophy Compass 13:6 (2018). DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12496.
• “Vagueness in the world.” Noûs 38:3 (2004): 407–429. DOI: 10.1111/j.0029-4624.2004.00476.x.

Courses

• Critical Thinking (PHIL 221)
• Logic (PHIL 222)
• Philosophical Concepts (PHIL 300)
• Metaphysics (PHIL 301)
• Philosophy of Language (PHIL 303)