About
I am Research Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, and I have published five monographs and edited six anthologies, most of which focus on aesthetics, the senses, and the emotions. Recently, I have turned to writing fiction and have just signed a contract for a novel.
Featured Work
Things: In Touch with the Past
2019
Things: In Touch with the Past explores the value of artifacts that have survived from the past and that can be said to "embody" their histories. Such genuine or "real" things afford a particular kind of aesthetic experience-an encounter with the past-despite the fact that genuineness is not a perceptually detectable property. Although it often goes unnoticed, the sense of touch underlies such encounters, even though one is often not permitted literal touch.
Other Works
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Charlotte's Story
2021
