About

I am a Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy of Language at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford and a Special Lecturer in Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford.

My research focuses mainly on the philosophy of language and its intersections in neighbouring areas. In particular, I work on the meaning of generic sentences, impersonal pronouns, definite descriptions, quantifiers, and proper names. I also work on related issues in epistemology, ethics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy and ethics of AI.

Before joining the Faculty of Philosophy and Magdalen College, I was a Fixed-Term Fellow in Philosophy at Somerville College. I have also taught at St Catherine’s College, Oxford and the Linguistics Department at UCL.

I received a DPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof Paul Elbourne and Prof Timothy Williamson in 2019. My thesis was about genericity. Before that, I read for a BPhil in Philosophy at Oxford, an MLitt in Philosophy at the Universities of St Andrews and Stirling (SASP), and a BA in Philosophy at the University of Reading.

Before that, I grew up in Stevenage, UK.

My last name is Scottish; my middle name is Indian.

In addition to philosophy, I enjoy art, photography, and ashtanga yoga.