[he/him; pronunciation kɑːl ɛdʒətən]

I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. I have previously taught at the University of Essex, the University of Hertfordshire, and Birkbeck, University of London (where I studied for my PhD) and I sometimes teach for the University of London’s International Programme (a detailed teaching list is here). I completed my PhD thesis, on this, in 2016, and have published work on metametaphysics and related topics in journals such as Ratio and Erkenntnis – a chapter on Quine’s metametaphysics features in the Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics. I have also published work on Susan Stebbing’s place in the history of analytic philosophy, focusing on both her work in metaphysics and her critique of popular science. More recently I’ve started working on the philosophy of games, and have published in Open Philosophy and the Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism as well as hosting a public engagement event on philosophy and games as part of Being Human 2021. I’ve also co-authored a paper connecting work on transformative experiences and medical ethics, published in Synthese in 2023.

My main research interests are metaphysics, the history of analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of games/fiction, but I’m also interested in a number of other areas, among which are medical ethics and social ontology.

Aside from its philosophical aspects (and of course reading it), I’m also interested in writing fiction: I try to collect what I read and write, when I remember to, here (link removed until I complete an overdue update!).

I can also be found on Mastodon, on Twitter, on PhilPeople, on Academia, and on ResearchGate.