Employment
Senior Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute, the University of Oxford
2021-
Junior Research Fellow (Fellow under Title A) at St John's College, the University of Cambridge
2017-2021
2021-
Junior Research Fellow (Fellow under Title A) at St John's College, the University of Cambridge
2017-2021
Publications (Peer Reviewed)
Bad Apples and Broken Ladders: A Pragmatic Defence of Causal Decision Theory (PDF)
Australasian Journal of Philosophy (Forthcoming)
Supererogation and Sequence (PDF)(Published Version)
With Claire Benn
Synthese (Forthcoming)
The Rationally Supererogatory (PDF) (Published Version)
With Claire Benn
Mind (2020), Vol. 129, Issue: 515
Intentions and Instability: A Defence of Causal Decision Theory (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2020), Vol. 177, Issue: 3
Decision-Theoretic Pluralism: Causation, Evidence, and Indeterminacy (PDF) (Published Version)
The Philosophical Quarterly (2018), Vol. 68, Issue: 273
Indeterminate Permissibility and Choiceworthy Options (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2018), Vol. 175, Issue: 7
Richness and Rationality: Causal Decision Theory and the WAR Argument (PDF) (Published Version)
Synthese (2017), Vol. 195, Issue: 1
The Pauper's Problem: Chance, Foreknowledge and Causal Decision Theory (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2016), Vol. 173, Issue: 6
Decision Theory for Agents with Incomplete Preferences (PDF) (Published Version)
With Daniel Cohen and Toby Handfield
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2014), Vol. 92, Issue: 3
Australasian Journal of Philosophy (Forthcoming)
Supererogation and Sequence (PDF)(Published Version)
With Claire Benn
Synthese (Forthcoming)
The Rationally Supererogatory (PDF) (Published Version)
With Claire Benn
Mind (2020), Vol. 129, Issue: 515
Intentions and Instability: A Defence of Causal Decision Theory (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2020), Vol. 177, Issue: 3
Decision-Theoretic Pluralism: Causation, Evidence, and Indeterminacy (PDF) (Published Version)
The Philosophical Quarterly (2018), Vol. 68, Issue: 273
Indeterminate Permissibility and Choiceworthy Options (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2018), Vol. 175, Issue: 7
Richness and Rationality: Causal Decision Theory and the WAR Argument (PDF) (Published Version)
Synthese (2017), Vol. 195, Issue: 1
The Pauper's Problem: Chance, Foreknowledge and Causal Decision Theory (PDF) (Published Version)
Philosophical Studies (2016), Vol. 173, Issue: 6
Decision Theory for Agents with Incomplete Preferences (PDF) (Published Version)
With Daniel Cohen and Toby Handfield
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2014), Vol. 92, Issue: 3
Publications (Non-Peer Reviewed)
Truthful AI: Developing and Governing AI that Does Not Lie (PDF)
With Owain Evans, Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lukas Finnveden, Avital Balwitt, Peter Wills, Luca Righetti, and William Saunders
With Owain Evans, Owen Cotton-Barratt, Lukas Finnveden, Avital Balwitt, Peter Wills, Luca Righetti, and William Saunders
Small-Group Teaching
Supervising: Philosophy of Science 2 (Cambridge University)
2019
Supervising: Ethics 1a (Cambridge University)
2019
Writing for Non-Academic Markets
2019
Extended Essay: Rationality and Explanation
2019
Supervising: Philosophy of Science 1a (Cambridge University)
2017, 2018, 2019
Ethics/Metaphysics 1a discussion group (Cambridge University)
2015, 2016
Supervising: Philosophical Logic + Metaphysics and Epistemology (Cambridge University)
2015, 2016
Reality, Ethics, Beauty Tutorials (University of Sydney)
2014
Practical Ethics Tutorials (University of Sydney)
2014
Philosophy: Life, Death, Morality Tutorials (Monash University)
2013
Philosophy: Life, Death, Morality Tutorials (Monash University)
2012
Philosophy: Logic Tutorials (Monash University)
2012
2019
Supervising: Ethics 1a (Cambridge University)
2019
Writing for Non-Academic Markets
2019
Extended Essay: Rationality and Explanation
2019
Supervising: Philosophy of Science 1a (Cambridge University)
2017, 2018, 2019
Ethics/Metaphysics 1a discussion group (Cambridge University)
2015, 2016
Supervising: Philosophical Logic + Metaphysics and Epistemology (Cambridge University)
2015, 2016
Reality, Ethics, Beauty Tutorials (University of Sydney)
2014
Practical Ethics Tutorials (University of Sydney)
2014
Philosophy: Life, Death, Morality Tutorials (Monash University)
2013
Philosophy: Life, Death, Morality Tutorials (Monash University)
2012
Philosophy: Logic Tutorials (Monash University)
2012
Lecturing and Unit Coordinating
The Philosophy of Causation (Cambridge University)
2019
Probability (philosophy of science), lecturer (Cambridge University)
2017, 2018, 2019
Practical Ethics, Unit Coordinator (Sydney University)
2014
Practical Ethics, Guest Lecturer (Sydney University)
2014
Philosophy: Logic, Guest Lecturer (Monash University)
2012
2019
Probability (philosophy of science), lecturer (Cambridge University)
2017, 2018, 2019
Practical Ethics, Unit Coordinator (Sydney University)
2014
Practical Ethics, Guest Lecturer (Sydney University)
2014
Philosophy: Logic, Guest Lecturer (Monash University)
2012
Teaching with Younger Students
Birth, Deaths, and Marriages (Summer School, Concord College)
2018. 2019
Decision Theory Tutor (in high schools via the Brilliant Club)
2015
Normative Ethics Tutor (Sutton Trust Sumer School, Cambridge University)
2015
Normative Ethics Tutor (Sixth-Form Humanities Residential, Trinity College, Cambridge University)
2015
2018. 2019
Decision Theory Tutor (in high schools via the Brilliant Club)
2015
Normative Ethics Tutor (Sutton Trust Sumer School, Cambridge University)
2015
Normative Ethics Tutor (Sixth-Form Humanities Residential, Trinity College, Cambridge University)
2015
Education
PhD (Philosophy) at Cambridge University
2014-2017
Master of Arts (Philosophy) at Monash University
2012-2013
Honours (Philosophy) at Monash University
2011
Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) at Sydney University
2005-2008
2014-2017
Master of Arts (Philosophy) at Monash University
2012-2013
Honours (Philosophy) at Monash University
2011
Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) at Sydney University
2005-2008
Scholarships and Prizes
Participant in Cambridge-LMU Seed Grant (Cambridge University)
2019
Trinity College External Research Scholarship (Cambridge University)
2014-2017
Honourary Cambridge International Scholarship (Cambridge University)
2014-2017
School of Arts and Humanities Conference Grant (Cambridge University)
2017
Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for MA Thesis Excellence (Monash University)
2013
Faculty of Arts Best Thesis Award (Monash University)
2013
Dean's Sessional Commendation for Teaching (Monash University)
2013
Australian Postgraduate Award (Monash University)
2012-2013
Honours Study Assistance Scholarship (Monash University)
2011
2019
Trinity College External Research Scholarship (Cambridge University)
2014-2017
Honourary Cambridge International Scholarship (Cambridge University)
2014-2017
School of Arts and Humanities Conference Grant (Cambridge University)
2017
Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for MA Thesis Excellence (Monash University)
2013
Faculty of Arts Best Thesis Award (Monash University)
2013
Dean's Sessional Commendation for Teaching (Monash University)
2013
Australian Postgraduate Award (Monash University)
2012-2013
Honours Study Assistance Scholarship (Monash University)
2011
Academic Service
Reviewer
Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, Synthese
Interviewer (St John's College)
2017
Secretary (Cambridge Moral Sciences Club: Visiting Speaker Series)
2015-2016
Leaf Editor for Causal Decision Theory (PhilPapers)
2015-present
Workshop Co-organiser (Monash University Workshop on Decision, Agency and Time)
2012
Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, Synthese
Interviewer (St John's College)
2017
Secretary (Cambridge Moral Sciences Club: Visiting Speaker Series)
2015-2016
Leaf Editor for Causal Decision Theory (PhilPapers)
2015-present
Workshop Co-organiser (Monash University Workshop on Decision, Agency and Time)
2012
Talks
Chance, Choice and Causal Decision Theory (Chance Encounters Conference)
2016
Decision Theory, Impossibility and Indeterminacy (Cambridge University Graduate Seminar)
2016
Decision-Theoretic Impossibility Proofs: An Impossibility Proof (Serious Metaphysics Group)
2015
Rationality and Evolutionary Debunking Arguments (Cambridge University Graduate Seminar)
2014
Everyone’s Irrational (Monash University Graduate Seminar)
2013
Newcomb's Neglected Question (La Trobe University Graduate Colloquium)
2012
Seller Beware: Organ Markets and Preference Change (Sydney University Graduate Colloquium)
2012
Deciding How to Decide (Monash University Graduate Seminar)
2012
2016
Decision Theory, Impossibility and Indeterminacy (Cambridge University Graduate Seminar)
2016
Decision-Theoretic Impossibility Proofs: An Impossibility Proof (Serious Metaphysics Group)
2015
Rationality and Evolutionary Debunking Arguments (Cambridge University Graduate Seminar)
2014
Everyone’s Irrational (Monash University Graduate Seminar)
2013
Newcomb's Neglected Question (La Trobe University Graduate Colloquium)
2012
Seller Beware: Organ Markets and Preference Change (Sydney University Graduate Colloquium)
2012
Deciding How to Decide (Monash University Graduate Seminar)
2012
Referees
Professor Richard Holton (Website)
Professor, Cambridge University
PhD Supervisor
Dr. Arif Ahmed (Website)
Reader, Cambridge University
Associate PhD Supervisor
Professor Toby Handfield (Website)
Professor, Monash University
M.A. Supervisor
Professor Alan Hájek (Website)
Professor, the Australian National University
Professor, Cambridge University
PhD Supervisor
Dr. Arif Ahmed (Website)
Reader, Cambridge University
Associate PhD Supervisor
Professor Toby Handfield (Website)
Professor, Monash University
M.A. Supervisor
Professor Alan Hájek (Website)
Professor, the Australian National University