I am a PhD candidate in the School of Philosophy, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Before starting graduate school in philosophy, I studied art history in Bucharest, Romania (BA, 2002) and London, Canada (MA, 2005.)

My dissertation offers a new interpretation of Thomas Reid's philosophical work, focusing on his integrative approach to singular thought: the faculties of the mind function together to give us knowledge of the individual objects of the world. This investigation answers a central question: how can one grasp a singular thought which is directly about a particular thing? I show that, according to Reid, the nature of the objects about which one has singular thoughts sets such thoughts apart. This contrasts to how people today understand the distinction between singular and general thoughts: by reference to the nature of the relevant thoughts. I show that Reid's is an early effort to work out the nature of singular thoughts involving a radically different strategy.

Much like G. E. Moore, beside common sense philosophy, I enjoy the simple pleasures of life: gardening, hiking and minimalist running.