Research

I specialize in analytic aesthetics and the philosophy of art. I regularly teach courses on different topics in these areas. My research explores the nature and rational structure of aesthetic valuing, particularly focusing on the different mental states involved in this activity and how they relate to or interfere with each other. I'm also interested in certain topics within the philosophy of emotions, moral psychology and practical rationality that can help us answer these questions. I also have an interest in the ethics and aesthetics of art collections/-ing.  

I am the principal investigator of the International Postdoc Grant: Aesthetic Rationality: Coherence and Respect (2024-2027) funded by the Swedish Research Council. The project is based at Uppsala University (Sweden) and the University of Southampton (UK). My host at Southampton is Prof. Daniel Whiting. 

Below you can find a list of selected publications.

Dissertation

1. (2023). Aesthetic Valuing and the Self.  Uppsala University. Main supervisor: Elisabeth Schellekens. Examining Commitee: Michael Brady (Glasgow University), Daniela Dover (University of Oxford), Eileen John (University of Warwick). Oponent: Keren Gorodeisky (Auburn University).

Papers

2. (2023). The Aesthetic Enkratic Principle. British Journal of Aesthetics, 63 (2):251–268. 

3.  (2022). Aesthetic Taste: Perceptual Discernment or Emotional Sensibility? In Perspectives on Taste. Edited by Jeremy Wyatt, Dan Zeman and Julia Zakkou.  Routledge. (Co-authored with Elisabeth Schellekens). Pre-print here.

4.  (2020). Non-Standard Emotions and Aesthetic Understanding, Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics, 2 (57):135–49. (Winner of the Fabian Dorsch Essay Prize).

5. (2019) Robinson and Self-Conscious Emotions: Appreciation beyond (fellow) feeling, Debates in Aesthetics, 14, 1: 74-94.

Book Reviews

6.  (2024). Educating Character through the Arts. Edited By Laura D’olimpio, Panos Paris, and Aidan P Thompson. Philosophical Quarterly, 74 (3): 1049-1052. 2024.

Popular Philosophy

7. (forthcoming). Appreciating Taylor’s Versions: An Aesthetic Love Story. In Polite, B. (Ed.). Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-recording: The Art of Taylor's Versions. Bloomsbury.

In preparation

• A paper on aesthetic autonomy (under review)

• A paper on aesthetic self-transformation (draft available upon request)

• A paper on Schiller’s essay ‘On Grace and Dignity (early days)