Antonio S. Borge

I really enjoyed my conversation with David, who asked very deep and difficult questions!

Cartesianism and Philosophy of Mind This book explores themes in the philosophy of mind as they emerge within the early modern Cartesian tradition. It brings together thirteen contributions from international scholars, to provide a fine...

Exciting new book on Cartesianism, featuring my wife and others!

Find out why the facile “criticisms” of Cartesianism you were taught as an undergrad were reductive and dogmatic.

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Peter Thiel in Locksley Hall Dip into the future, far as human eye can see

New blog post: Peter Thiel in Locksley Hall

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Happy to share that my paper, "Spinoza's Simplest Bodies" has been published open access in Philosophy. Very grateful to @axdouglas.bsky.social and @asalgadoborge.bsky.social for extremely helpful comments!
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Throwaway Culture in Philosophy Try recycling

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Towards an objectivist reading of Spinoza’s theory of attributes In this paper, I argue for a novel defence of the view that attributes are numerically distinct for Spinoza, which, contrary to paradigmatic objectivist readings, does not contradict his substance ...

I'm very happy to share that my paper 'Towards an objectivist reading of Spinoza’s theory of attributes" has been published today at the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 🙂
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I’m organizing a conference for philosophy graduate students—The 14th Annual Arché Graduate Conference! This will be a great opportunity for students to present their work, network, and spend some time on the charming Scottish coastal town, St Andrews! Please share with your network. #philsky

📣 The BSHP has several funding schemes and fellowships with an upcoming deadline: *31st January 2025*

The BSHP offers one Postgraduate and one Postdoctoral Fellowship annually. These are worth £4000 and £6000, respectively.

More information 👇

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Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out A contrarian account of our prehistory argues that cities once flourished without rulers and rules—and still could.

Teotihuacan was first constructed with palaces that indicate social hierarchy. But, at some point, the citizens began “supplying high-quality apartments for nearly all the city’s population, regardless of wealth,” David Graeber and David Wengrow write.

The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon, which includes my entry on Spinoza's Absolute, is now available!

It features entries from incredible scholars whose work has influenced mine and whom I admire deeply.

I'm truly grateful to the editors, Karolina Hübner and Justin Steinberg, for their invitation.

The Worst Argument in the World: A Defence David Stove was wrong to dismiss idealism as legitimate philosophy

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Thanks, AI. So far Kristin seems to be on pretty solid ground.

Thank you, Alex! I look forward to it :)

Thrilled and honoured to begin 2025 participatinh in this workshop with Spinoza scholars that I respect and admire so much!

Thank you to Leonardo Moauro and Domink Perler for their generous invitation.