Laura is an incoming assistant professor in the Philosophy department at York University. Before coming to York, she completed a PhD in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Michigan, and a postdoc at Duke University. Her philosophical research explores topics at the intersection of cognitive science, epistemology, and ethics, with focuses on questions about the nature of belief, our capacities and limitations for control over our mental states, and whether and how mental states can be morally evaluable. On the empirical side, she has training and interest in social and developmental psychology, and studies topics in moral psychology (especially how relationships to close others and the self shape moral cognition) and how we think about others’ beliefs and thoughts.

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Laura is an incoming assistant professor in the Philosophy department at York University. Before coming to York, she completed a PhD in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Michigan, and a postdoc at Duke University. Her philosophical research explores topics at the intersection of cognitive science, epistemology, and ethics, with focuses on questions about the nature of belief, our capacities and limitations for control over our mental states, and whether and how mental states can be morally evaluable. On the empirical side, she has training and interest in social and developmental psychology, and studies topics in moral psychology (especially how relationships to close others and the self shape moral cognition) and how we think about others’ beliefs and thoughts.

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