I’m an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto.

Before that, I was a postdoc at Duke University, and did my PhD in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Michigan.

My research focuses on topics relating to beliefs, mental control, and moral psychology (and the overlaps in these topics). I’m broadly interested in issues at the intersection of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, ethics, and epistemology. I do both theoretical and empirical work on various topics in this space. My current projects center around doxastic control, the moralization of mental states, and obligations to close others and the self.

You can see my CV here and contact me at lksoter@yorku.ca.

I completed my B.A. in philosophy and cognitive science at Carleton College (in Minnesota). Before moving to the midwest, I grew up in San Francisco, California, where I was blissfully unaware of winter.

If I’m not doing philosophy or psychology, I’m probably playing ultimate frisbee, baking cookies, or hanging out with my covid pup, Nessie.