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Education
2019 - 2024
DPhil (PhD) in Philosophy The University of Oxford (Pass with no corrections)
Dissertation title: “Conventionalism and Structuralism in Madhyamaka and Science”
Supervised by Jan Westerhoff and Adam Caulton
Examined by Allison Aitken and James Read
2017-2018
Master of Studies in the Study of Religions (Distinction) The University of Oxford
Dissertation title: “A Kantian reading of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: the philosophical basis and advantages”
Supervised by Jan Westerhoff
2010-2014
BA Philosophy (First Class Honours) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Research paper title: “A Madhyamaka Critique of the Cosmological Argument”
Publications
Nāgārjuna and the Structure of Reality. Forthcoming. Journal of Indian Philosophy.
Poincaré’s Radical Ontology. 2023. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. Volume 13, number 1.
A Kantian reading of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: the philosophical basis and advantages. 2019. Philosophy East and West, Volume 69, Number 4, pp.951-972.
Academic Conferences and Talks
2023
(Conference - invited speaker) Anātman as a convention. Anātman and Philosophy Conference, Oxford, The United Kingdom.
(Invited talk) Poincaré’s Radical Ontology. Oxford Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Oxford, The United Kingdom.
2022
(Conference) Nāgārjuna and the Structure of Reality. XIX’s Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Seoul, South Korea.
(Conference) Neither Individuals nor Relations? A criticism of ontic structural realism from a naturalistic stance. Naturalism and its Challenges, Iranian Institute of Philosophy (online).
2019
(Invited talk) What Is?: On the existence and nonexistence of things in general. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados.
2014
(Conference) A Madhyamaka Critique of Aquinas’ First Way. Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS) 2014 - Conversations X: Philosophy of Religions, Barbados.
Public Engagement
2022
(With Lea Cantor) Crossing Philosophical Borders. Oxford Philosophy magazine (2022 issue).
2021
Can we make existential judgements? The Buddhist Philosophy Podcast, Episode 6.
2020
Interview with Academics #4: Justin P. Holder. PWIP at Oxford. url: https://pwips.home.blog/2020/10/05/interview-with-academics-4-justin-p-holder/
2019
On Suffering. Talk at Om Shanti Belize, Belize City, Belize. 24 April.
2014
Organized and co-hosted ‘Art and Reasoning’: a series of public philosophy-based charity events. All proceeds went to The Barbados Homeless Society.
Academic Service and Conferences Organised
2025 - : Reviewer for Journal of Indian Philosophy
2023: Panel chair for the conference “Questioning ‘Western Philosophy’: Philosophical, Historical, & Historiographical Challenges” at The University of Oxford.
2023: Invited moderator at Ringvorlesung panel “The nature of reality: structure of matter and space-time orders” at the University of Zürich.
2022: Co-organiser of the conference “In Search of Zera Yacob” at The University of Oxford.
2021: Session chair at the Cave hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS) 2021 at the University of the West Indies.
2020-21: Co-organiser of the series “Black Histories and Futures” at Lady Margaret Hall, The University of Oxford.
2019: Co-organiser of “Global Philosophy Work-in-Progress Workshop” at The University of Oxford.
2019 - ongoing: Committee member at Philiminality Oxford: a student-run platform for marginalised and interdisciplinary philosophy.
Academic Prizes
2022
Khyentse Foundation PhD Scholarship
Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursary
The University of Oxford
2019
All Souls Hugh Springer Graduate Scholarship
Clarendon Fund Scholarship
The University of the West Indies
2014
Third Year Prize in Philosophy
2012
Second Year Faculty Prize
Second Year Prize in Philosophy
2011
First Year Prize in Philosophy
Teaching and Admissions Experience
Teaching:
2023-24: Full responsibility for the course Problems of Knowledge (epistemology) (The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill)
2023-24: Introduction to Philosophy tutorials (The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill)
2021-22: Indian Philosophy tutorials (Multiple colleges, The University of Oxford)
2020-21: Indian Philosophy tutorials (Multiple colleges, The University of Oxford)
2016: Three months’ private tutoring in Logic at an undergraduate level.
Admissions Interviewing (Lady Margaret Hall, The University of Oxford):
2021: Mathematics and Philosophy (Philosophy interview)
Computer Science and Philosophy (Philosophy interview)
Philosophy and Theology (Theology interview)
Religion and Oriental Studies
Theology and Religion
2020: Philosophy and Theology (Theology interview)
Religion and Oriental Studies
Theology and Religion
2019: Philosophy and Theology (Theology interview)
Religion and Oriental Studies
Theology and Religion
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