I was born in Chicago. However, I spent most of my youth in Saudi Arabia. During my stay there I spent a lot of time in Germany and India. Shortly after the 1st Gulf War in 1991, I moved to California. Although I am still a nomad, I now consider the bay area of northern California my home.
As an undergraduate I attended Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA from 1994 to 1996. There I switched from my fascination with chemistry to my growing interest in philosophy. My early interests were in Indian Philosophy, Spinoza, Heidegger, Merleau Ponty, and The Philosophy of Law. However, it was my interest in Logic that led me to switch schools. I moved to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996 and finished my B.A. in 1998. My primary focus at UCLA was on Logic, Philosophy of Language, the Metaphysics of Modality, Kant, and Wittgenstein.
For graduate school I moved up the coast of California to the University of California, Santa Barbara. There I became interested in the philosophy of mind and epistemology. I also developed an interest in the Philosophy of Economics and the History of Philosophy. I wrote my dissertation on the Epistemology of Modality (how we know what is possible and necessary, as opposed to what is merely actual). My focus was on the use of two-dimensional modal semantics as a foundation for articulating a relation between conceivability and possibility.
Upon my graduation from UCSB, I moved to San Jose State University. At present I am a Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at SJSU.
As an undergraduate I attended Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA from 1994 to 1996. There I switched from my fascination with chemistry to my growing interest in philosophy. My early interests were in Indian Philosophy, Spinoza, Heidegger, Merleau Ponty, and The Philosophy of Law. However, it was my interest in Logic that led me to switch schools. I moved to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996 and finished my B.A. in 1998. My primary focus at UCLA was on Logic, Philosophy of Language, the Metaphysics of Modality, Kant, and Wittgenstein.
For graduate school I moved up the coast of California to the University of California, Santa Barbara. There I became interested in the philosophy of mind and epistemology. I also developed an interest in the Philosophy of Economics and the History of Philosophy. I wrote my dissertation on the Epistemology of Modality (how we know what is possible and necessary, as opposed to what is merely actual). My focus was on the use of two-dimensional modal semantics as a foundation for articulating a relation between conceivability and possibility.
Upon my graduation from UCSB, I moved to San Jose State University. At present I am a Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at SJSU.