I am a philosopher working on the philosophy of science (especially cognitive science and artificial intelligence) and normative philosophy (especially epistemology and ethics).

I am an assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University.

Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, I held postdoctoral fellowships in the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford (where I was also a fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence), and in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. I completed my PhD at Princeton in 2020, where I was advised by the wonderful Tom Kelly.

I spend most of my free time with my amazing wife, Kelsey Wiggs Karlan (a massively impressive ADHD researcher and clinical psychologist). We have, according to several objective measures, the cutest dog.

The easiest way to reach me is by email: bkarlan [at] purdue [dot] edu