KIM FROST
Last update 6/20/2021. (I am slow to update this site; best to contact me for the latest.)
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I'm an assistant professor of philosophy at UC Riverside.
I work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of action. I'm particularly interested in fallibility, mistakes, and the metaphysics of powers.
(I have a developing interest in philosophy of psychiatry but have yet to publish in this area.)
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I enjoy playing gamelan and games of all kinds.
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Pictured at the top is Kyai Tirta Rukmi, the "Venerable Rivers of Gold" central Javanese gamelan at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Pictured left is what I think the application of Ockham's Razor looks like in much contemporary academic philosophy. Note how no one usually bothers to explain why you must remove (explanatory) building blocks: it's just the rules of the game. I sound like I am down on it; I do think it's a good intellectual exercise and often hilarious (because disastrous). (Like playing charades with both hands tied behind your back, and your mouth zipped up.)