CV

Citizenship 

• Canadian

Current Employment 

• Full Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Education 

• University of Toronto, PhD

• University of Victoria, BA

Books

6.  Novalis's 'Heinrich von Ofterdingen': A New Translation and Critical Study (CUP, 2026)

5.  Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy and Literature (OUP, 2025)

4.  Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany (Routledge, 2024)

3.  Kant on Freedom (CUP, 2023)

2.  Kant's Justification of Ethics (OUP, 2021)

1.  Fichte's Moral Philosophy (OUP, 2020)

Edited Volumes

1.  Fichte’s System of Ethics: A Critical Guide, co-edited with S. Bacin (CUP, 2021)

Essays

Available on PhilPapers

Work in Progress

Monographs

• Darkness Visible: Tragedy and Theodicy in Late Romanticism

Essays

• “Autonomy, the Kingdom of Ends, and the Highest Good” (w/ Sergio Tenenbaum)

• “The Holy Revolution: Religion and Perfection in Romanticism”

• “Schelling and the New Mythology”

• “Tragedy and the Recognition of Freedom: Kant and Schelling”

• “The Nature of Inclination: Schiller, Fichte, Novalis”

• “Romanticism and the Platonic Symbol”

• “The Real Problem of Schelling’s Freedom Essay: Divine Perfection and Human Evil”

Service to the Profession

I am an active reviewer of proposals, books, and articles for the following presses and journals:

• Presses: Oxford University Press UK and NY, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Broadview Press, Anthem Press, Bloomsbury.

• Journals: Mind, Ergo, Philosophers’ Imprint, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, European Journal of Philosophy, Religious Studies, American Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Intellectual History Review, Synthese, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Kant-Studien, The Monist, Journal of Value Inquiry, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Papers, Kantian Review, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Grazer Philosophische Studien, Kant Studies Online, Res Philosophica, History of the Human Sciences, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Idealistic Studies, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Philosophia, Studi Kantiani

Board Memberships

• Studi Kantiani 

• Eastern North American Kant Society

Areas of Research

• AOS: Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy, Global Philosophy (esp. Classical Indian Philosophy)

• AOC: Early Modern Philosophy, Contemporary Moral Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy of Religion

Selected Fellowships & Grants

• SSHRC Insight Grant 

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship 

• SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 

Selected Prizes & Awards

• Alexander Humboldt Foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award 

• Best of 2021—Philosophy Books, Oxford University Press

• UTM Research Prize 

• Philosophers’ Annual 

• Wilfred Sellars Essay Prize 

• SSHRC Post-Doctoral Prize