Presentations:
  • "Can we distinguish between traits with evolutionary explanations and traits without?"
    • Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE) Research Seminar, (Rotterdam, NL), April 16, 2018.
  • “A New Debunking Argument: The argument from inconsistent variability”
    • Netherlands Research School for Philosophy (OZSW) Annual Meeting, Nov 10-11, 2017.
    • Uppsala University, Higher Seminar in Practical Philosophy, (Uppsala, Sweden), Oct 13, 2017.
    • 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, (Boulder, CO), Aug 11-14, 2016.
  • “Deep Brain Stimulation, Continuity over Time, and the True Self” (On a paper with Sven Nyholm)
    • 3TU Ethics Center Annual Research Day, (Utrecht, NL), May 25, 2016.
  • “Evolutionary origins of folk objectivity about norms”
    • TiLPS Colloquium, (Tilburg, NL), April 6, 2016.
    • Objectivity in Ethics Conference, (Utrecht, NL), March 31-April 1, 2016.
  • “Evolutionary debunking of fairness norms”
    • International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), July 5-10, 2015.
  • “Which causes of moral beliefs matter?”
    • Philosophy of Science Association, (Chicago, IL), Nov. 6-8, 2014.
    • Midsouth Philosophy Conference, (Memphis, TN), Feb 21-22, 2014.
    • Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, (Charleston, SC), Feb 7-9, 2014.
  • “Relativizing Innateness: Innateness as Insensitivity of the Appearance of a Trait with Respect to Specified Environmental Variation”
    • Philosophy of Biology at Madison, (Madison, WI), May 30-June 1, 2014.
    • Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, (Austin, TX), Feb 28-March 2, 2013.
    • Philosophy of Science Association, (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), November 4–6, 2010.
  • “When is evolution relevant for moral epistemology?”
    • Conference on Value Inquiry: Evolution and the Foundations of Ethics, (Aston, PA), May 1-3, 2014.
  • “Biological causes and the epistemic status of moral beliefs”
    • International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, (Montpellier, France), July 7-12, 2013.
  • “C. H. Waddington’s Approach to Science: Cases from Embryology and Evolution”
    • History of Science Society, (San Diego, CA), November 15-18, 2012.
  • “Homeostasis and Homeorhesis: Waddington’s distinction between stabilized states and stabilized trajectories”
    • International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, (Salt Lake City, Utah), July 10–15, 2011.
  •  “Constructing Ethical Systems from Evolutionary Theory during the Modern Synthesis: An Examination of the Work of Julian Huxley and C. H. Waddington”
    • International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, (Brisbane, Australia), July 12–16, 2009.

Commentaries:
  • Commentary on Russ Shafer-Landau, “Moral Realism and Evolutionary Debunking Arguments,” Common Sense vs. Science? Scientism Conference, Abraham Kuyper Center at VU University Amsterdam, (Amsterdam, NL), Feb 26, 2016.
  • Commentary on Aaron Elliott, “Can Moral Principles Explain Supervenience?” Pitt-CMU Graduate Philosophy Conference, (Pittsburgh, PA), March 21-22, 2014.
  • Commentary on Andrew Higgins, “Network Analysis of the Structure of Philosophy,” Midsouth Philosophy Conference, (Memphis, TN), Feb 21-22, 2014.