Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Jake travelled extensively, frequently residing in monasteries and religious communities, before spending over eight years in Taiwan. Jake received a Bachelor of Science, as recommended by the Department of Psychology, from National Taiwan University. He is now studying and conducting postgraduate research in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick.
Jake enjoys reading and writing about Chinese and English literature. He primarily researches philosophy of mind and Chinese philosophy—particularly early Daoism.
Jake is currently thinking about the phenomenology and ontology of mental agency. He argues that there is no mental agency—not really. We are always moved movers; we are never unmoved movers.