Articles and Essays
Papers
“Why Moral Bioenhancement Cannot Produce Virtue.” Forthcoming. With Gina Lebkeucher, Marley Hornewer, Sydney Samoska, and Maya Roytman. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
New Ontological Foundations for Extended Minds: Causal Powers Realism, 2022, with Charles Lassiter. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
Rationality and Cognitive Enhancement, 2022. Res Philosophica.
Rationally Navigating Subjective Preferences in Memory Modification, 2022, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
In Search of an Ontology for 4E Theories: From New Mechanism to Causal Powers Realism, with Charles Lassiter. Synthese 199: 9785-9808.
Philosophy Labs: Bringing Pedagogy and Research Together, with Kit Rempala and Katrina Sifferd. Teaching Philosophy 44(2): 187-206.
Double Effect Donation, with Charles Camosy. The Linacre Quarterly 88(2): 149-162.
How to Power Encultured Minds, with Charles Lassiter. 2020. Synthese 197: 3507-3534.
Organ Donation and Declaration of Death: Combined Neurologic and Cardiopulmonary Standards, with Stephen E. Doran. 2019. The Linacre Quarterly 86(4): 285-296.
When Does Consciousness Matter? Lessons from the Minimally Conscious State 2018. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 9(1): 5-15.
Enduring Questions and the Ethics of Memory Blunting 2017. Journal of the American Philosophical Association 3(2): 227-246.
Personhood and Natural Kinds: Why Cognitive Status Need Not Affect Moral Status 2017. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 42(3): 261-277.
Is Neuroscience Relevant to Our Moral Responsibility Practices? 2014. Journal of Cognitive and Neuroethics 2(2): 61-82.
Book Chapters
“Introduction to Philosophy of Mind,” 2022. In Mind, Cognition, and Neuroscience. Eds. Benjamin D. Young and Carolyn Dicey Jennings. Routledge Press.
“Thinking, Faster and Slower: Towards a Dynamic View of Organizational Cognition,” with Charles Lassiter. 2022. In Exploring Organizational Cognition. Eds. Rasmus Gahrn-Andersen, Stephen J. Cowley, and David Secchi. Routledge.
“Building Professional Connections in Graduate School,” in The Reimagined PhD: Navigating 21st Century Humanities Education. 2021. Eds. Leanne Horinko, Jordan Reed, James Van Wyck. Rutgers University Press
Commentaries and Shorter Pieces
“The Ouroboros Threat,” forthcoming, withTera Joseph, Gina Lebkeucher, Michelle Ramirez, and Michael Burns. American Journal of Bioethics.
Extended Frameworks for Extended Reality: Ethical Considerations, 2022, with Michael Burns, Sophia Rahman, Maya Roytman and Sydney Samoska. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 13(3): 171-73.
Science, Religion, and the Disaffiliation Crisis, 2022 Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Volume 1. Eds. Naomi Fisher, Andrew Krema, and Michael Murphy.
Harm Reduction Models: Roadmaps for Transformative Experiences, with Kit Rempala, Marley Hornewer, Maya Roytman, Sydney Samoska, Rohan Meda, and Sarah Khan. American Journal of Bioethics 21(7): 63-65.
Bioenhanced ‘Virtues’ May Threaten Personal Identity, with Gina Lebkuecher, Kit Rempala, Sydney Samoska, and Marley Hornewer. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 12(2-3): 117-119.
Cognitive Enhancement and Autonomous Vehicles: What Differences in Social and Individual Endorsement Imply, with Rohan Meda and Sarah Khan. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 11(4): 243-245.
Integrating Neuroethics and Neuroscience: A Framework, with Sarah Khan, Sydney Samoska, Marley Hornewer, Rohan Meda, and Kit Rempala. 2020. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 11(3): 217-218.
Holding On: A Community Approach to Autonomy in Dementia, with Kit Rempala, Marley Hornewer, Rohan Meda, and Sarah Khan. America Journal of Bioethics 20(8): 107-109.
From Knowing to Understanding: Revisiting Consent, with Kit Rempala, Marley Hornewer, Rohan Meda, and Sarah Khan. 2020. America Journal of Bioethics 20(5): 33-35.
BCI-Mediated Action, Blame, and Responsibility, with Kit Rempala. 2020. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 11(1): 65-67.
From Solo Decision-Maker to Multi-Stakeholder Process: A Defense and Recommendations, with David Ozar, Kit Rempala, and Rohan Meda. 2020. American Journal of Bioethics 20(2): 53-55.
From Epistemic Trespassing to Transdisciplinary Cooperation: The Role of Expertise in the Identification of Usual Care, with Kit Rempala, Molly Klug, and Marley Hornewer. 2020. American Journal of Bioethics 20(1): 52-54.
Why Narrative Identity Matters: Preserving Authenticity in Neurosurgical Interventions2017. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 8(3): 186-188.
Three Kinds of Agency and Closed-Loop Neural Devices 2017. American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience 8(2): 90-91.
Higher Education Publications
Choosing Your Own Adventure, 2017. Chronicle Vitae. February 22.
Give Us a Voice in Our Own Future: How Academe Can Open up Debate about the Future of Doctoral Education to Graduate Students, with James Van Wyck. 2015. Chronicle of Higher Education. August 26.
Book Reviews
“Imagining a Better Future,” Review of Human Technological Enhancement and Theological Anthropology. Metascience.
“Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology,” with Michael Burns. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith: A Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 73(1): 48-49.
“Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation? Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and Bio-Logos” with Michael Burns. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith: Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 72(4): 244–46.
“Please Don’t Call Us Jerks,” review of A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures, by Eric Schwitzgebel. With Marley Hornewer, Sarah Khan, Rohan Meda, Kit Rempala, and Sydney Samoska. The Philosopher 108(4): 115-119.