Last Updated: September 2023
Education
2018 Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park
Dissertation Title: Novels and Their Instances: A Metaphysical Exploration
Committee: Jerrold Levinson, Peter Carruthers, Robert Howell,
Brian Richardson, Allen Stairs
2010 Specialist (M.A.) in Philosophy, Moscow State University
2007 Specialist (M.A.) in Journalism, Moscow State University
Employment
2021--present Senior Lecturer, National Research University Higher School of Economics
2018--2020 Lecturer, National Research University Higher School of Economics
2014--2018 Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park
2011--2017 Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics, Aesthetics
Areas of Competence
Logic, Applied Ethics
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
10. "What’s Wrong With the Causal Efficacy of Abstracta: A Reply to Friedell," Philosophia 51
(2023): 1933--1947
9. "Proportionality, Abstract Causation, and the Exclusion Problem," International Journal of Philosophical Studies 20 (2022): 127--143
8. "Paraphrasability and the Causal Status of Types," Theoria 88 (2022): 812--828
7. "The Novel as a Performing Art," Philosophia 49 (2021): 941--955
6. "What Is a Novel?," Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 58 (2021): 19--34
5. "The Proportionality Argument and the Problem of Widespread Causal Overdetermination," Disputatio 12 (2020): 331--335
4. "What Is an Instance of an Artwork?," Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 2 (2019): 163--185
3. "What Instances of Novels Are," Philosophia 45 (2017): 163--183
2. "Musical Perdurantism and the Problem of Intermittent Existence," Grazer Philosophische Studien 94 (2017): 83--100
1. "Unfit to Print: Contra Mag Uidhir on the Ontology of Photographic Artworks," Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 1 (2016): 3--13
Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
17."Paraphrasability, Abstraction, and Causation," Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Montreal, Canada, 2021
16. “Abstraction, Causation, and the Principle of Proportionality,” British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, St Anne’s College, Oxford, Great Britain, 2021
15. "What Is a Novel?," British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, St Anne’s College, Oxford, Great Britain, 2017
14. "What Is a Novel?," Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Main Program), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2017
13. "What Is a Novel?," Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2016
12. "What Is a Novel?," Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Aesthetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 2016
11. "What Instances of Novels Are," British Society of Aesthetics Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain, 2015
10. "The Novel as a Performing Art," Eastern Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
9. "The Novel as a Performing Art," Pacific Division Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 2015
8. "What Instances of Novels Are," Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Main Program), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2015
7. "Toward an Ontology of Photographic Artworks," Meeting of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts, Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2015
6. "Instances of Literary Works," Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Aesthetics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, 2014
5. "Unfit to Print: Contra Mag Uidhir on the Ontology of Photographs," Meeting of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2013
4. "Against Musical Perdurantism,'' Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, San Diego, California, USA, 2013
3. "Fictional Realism and the Argument from Indeterminate Identity," Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2013
2. "Three Problems for Musical Perdurantism," Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2013
1. "Justifying Preventive War," North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 2011
Other Presentations
7. “Art’s Definability and Creative Freedom: In Defense of Weitz’s Anti-Essentialism,” Round-Table Meeting “Platonism in Art,” School of Philosophy, NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 2020
6. "Commentary on John Dyck's 'Are Art Kinds Medium-Sized?,'" Eastern Division Meeting
of the American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2017
5. "The Novel as a Performing Art," Philosophy Graduate Student Symposium, University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 2016
4. "What Instances of Novels Are," Philosophy Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2014
3. "Commentary on David Conter's 'Fictional Names and Fictional Characters,'" American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2014
2. "Against Musical Perdurantism,'' Philosophy Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2013
1. "Commentary on Dan Burkett's 'One Song, Many Works: A Pluralist Ontology of Rock,'" American Society for Aesthetics Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2012
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught
At the Higher School of Economics
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Philosophy, 2018--2023
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Aesthetics, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
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Philosophy of Art, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
At the University of Maryland
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The Nature of Fiction, Fall 2018
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Philosophy of the Arts, Spring 2018
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Philosophy of Fiction, Fall 2017
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Contemporary Moral Issues, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Winter 2017, Fall 2016
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Introduction to Philosophy, Summer 2016
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Introduction to Logic, Winter 2014, Winter 2015
Awards
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Best Teacher, HSE University, 2023
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Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award. University of Maryland, College Park, 2015
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Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Travel Award. University of Maryland, College Park, 2015
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International Conference Student Support Award. University of Maryland, College Park, 2014
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Award for Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching in the I-Series Courses. University of Maryland, College Park, 2013
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Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Travel Award. University of Maryland, College Park, 2013
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Brian Hull Award for Best First-Year Graduate Student. University of Maryland, College Park, 2012
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Graduation with Highest Honors ("Red Diploma"). Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2010