I finished a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Auckland under the supervision of John Bishop and Fred Kroon. Jordi Fernández (University of Adelaide) and Andy Egan (Rutgers) examined my dissertation.
Before Auckland and Nur-Sultan, I lived in Belgrade, Serbia. I have an Honours degree in Theology from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Theology, and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy.
I worked as a lecturer and tutor at the University of Auckland for four years part-time and as a high-school religious teacher in Belgrade for eight years full-time.
Current Research
My current research focuses on some traditional themes in the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, and on a cluster of issues at the intersection of the philosophy of language, philosophical psychology, ethics, and, increasingly, the philosophy of technology.
Specifically, it involves developing my novel theories of lying, manipulation, deception (including the nature of information and misinformation), and self-deception in detail. By improving our theories of lying and deception, I aim to make self-deception less mysterious.
I am also developing a new digital epistemological framework to account for the harm caused by using deepfakes. This framework is specifically designed to account for the epistemic harm of non-malevolent deepfakes; I investigate how using deepfakes for fun aids those using them for deceptive purposes.