Education

B.A. in Philosophy, minor in Physics – The Johns Hopkins University – 2016

M.A. in Philosophy – The Johns Hopkins University – 2017

PhD in Philosophy – Yale University – 2022

Bio

Stephen was born in Lima, Peru and grew up in South and Central America. He attended Austin Community College for two years before transferring to JHU in 2014, where he got undergraduate and graduate degrees. He then moved to Yale in 2017, and subsequently got his PhD with a dissertation on Spinoza’s account of scientific explanation.

Research Interests

• Early Modern Accounts of Space and Motion
• Mechanics
• Scientific/Causal Explanation: Explanatory Rationalism

Spring 2024 Course Schedule

• PHIL 251.501 – Introduction to Philosophy. M, W, F – 10:20-11:10 a.m. – ILCB 233.
• PHIL 251.502 – Introduction to Philosophy. M, W, F – 11:30-12:20 p.m. – YMCA 109.
• PHIL 413.900 – Eighteenth Century Philosophy. M, W, F – 1:50-2:40 p.m. – YMCA 113.

Office Hours

10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Wednesday