Spinoza Workshop 2026

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Monday-Tuesday 9-10 February

Old Arts Room 209

University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus

This two-day workshop is devoted to the discussion of problems in the interpretation of Spinoza.

All are welcome but space is strictly limited. Please RSVP ASAP to Joe Hughes. Special thanks to Jon Rubin for organising.

Program

  

Monday

  

10:00 – 11:30

André Martin

TBD

11:30 – 13:00

Sandra Field

Spinoza’s Critique of Hobbes, Revisited

13:00 – 14:00

 

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Janice Richardson

Spinoza’s Individual: Fricker, Floridi, and the ontology of information

15:30 – 15:45

 

Coffee break

15:45 – 17:15

Anthony Uhlmann

Spinoza’s Common Notions

Tuesday

  

10:00 – 11:30

Chris van Rompaey

What Does Spinoza Mean by ‘Intellect’?

11:30 – 13:00

Jon Rubin

“What’s love got to do with it?” union and love in the Short Treatise

13:00 – 14:00

 

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Roundtable discussion

The use of the “rule of three” example in the EmendationShort Treatise, and Ethics