I am a non-binary historian of philosophy, philosopher of language and mind, and freelance art writer, working as an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, at the University of Missouri. In first name contexts I go by "M", pronounced like "Em", and my pronouns are "they/them". I earned my PhD in Philosophy at the University of Southern California (2013). Before starting graduate school in philosophy, I studied art history in Bucharest, Romania (BA, 2002) and London, Canada (MA, 2005). Much like G. E. Moore, beside common sense philosophy, I enjoy the simple pleasures of life: gardening, hiking, running in sandals, watching films, and going to art shows. You can read my critiques of some of these, by clicking on Art Writing.