About Me

I am a second-year Ph.D. student at Northwestern University. I am also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Science through the Cognitive Science Program. In 2025, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Creighton University.

I specialize in epistemology (including traditional and social) and philosophy of mind. I am especially interested in epistemic normativity, epistemic agency, and epistemic responsibility. Broadly, my research program is animated by the question of whether and what responsibilities we have to pursue the truth. Additionally, I am interested in making our theories of epistemic agency and responsibility responsive to a realistic picture of both our cognitive capacities and the social landscape we inhabit.

As of July 2026, I am serving a 2-year term on the Graduate Student Council of the American Philosophical Association.

You can contact me at MaddoxLarson (at) u (dot) northwestern (dot) edu.