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I’m a philosopher of mind and psychology at King’s College London.

I teach for the Philosophy Department and the Psychology Department. In 2025-26 I’m teaching these courses:

  • Philosophy of Psychology A – Philosophy undergraduate module, Autumn Term
  • Philosophy of Psychology I – Philosophy MA, Autumn Term 
  • Philosophy of Psychology – Psychology BSc, 2nd year, Spring Term
  • Topics in the Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness – Psychology BSc / Neuroscience & Psychology BSc, 3rd year, Spring Term

I research the philosophy and science of consciousness, focussing on the nature and mechanisms of perceptual experience and conscious attention, and their role as a source of knowledge. I’m especially interested in the various respects in which conscious experience gives us an indeterminate view of ourselves and the world around us. My current projects are about perceptual knowledge and self-knowledge, visual attention and agency over one’s experiences, consciousness and signal detection, and the neural correlates of consciousness.

I’m Philosophy Programme Chair for the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and an Associate Editor of the journal Philosophy.

I’ve collaborated with various philosophers and scientists including: Miguel Ángel Sebastián (UNAM Philosophy) on a British Academy Newton Mobility Fund project about perceptual discrimination; Emma Borg, Nat Hansen (University of Reading, Philosophy), Richard Harrison and Tim Salomons (University of Reading, Psychology) on a project about the concept of pain and its clinical implications; Andrew Glennerster (University of Reading, Psychology) on a multidisciplinary AHRC Research Network project about the action-based brain, which included philosophers, neuroscientists, and computer vision experts.