Publications

“Berkeley’s Theory of Vision: A New Look”

Journal of the History of Philosophy, (2026), penultimate version here.

Abstract: I defend a new interpretation of Berkeley’s theory of vision designed to solve a pair of interrelated interpretive problems: the first has to do with visual perception of three- dimensionality and the second with the psychological flexibility of the visual process. Though the first problem has been discussed extensively, previous solutions are unsatisfying for reasons to be explained; the second problem has not been discussed before. My interpretation breaks new ground and locates the resources to solve both problems by contextualizing Berkeley’s theory of vision among underexplored aspects of his metaphysics and his views of human psychology.

Works Under Review

Paper on Berkeley’s account of perceptual appearances [title redacted for review]

Paper on Berkeley’s empirical account of physical objects [title redacted for review]

Paper on Berkeley’s metaphysical account of physical objects [title redacted for review]

Paper defending a new teleosemantic theory of visual representations in the brain [title redacted for review]

(Email me here to see drafts of papers under review).

Unpublished Manuscripts

“Al-Haytham’s Medieval Sensory Core Theory”

Download working draft here.

Abstract: This paper functions as a general introduction to al-Haytham’s theory of vision. At the same time, it argues, contra Hatfield and Epstein, that al-Haytham was a sensory core theorist: he took visual processing to involve a conscious correlate of two-dimensional optical stimulation—i.e., a conscious sensation of a 2D array of light and color—and to proceed by rapid, unconscious inferences based on the contents of this array.

You can view my dissertation here.