Michael Della Rocca
Appearance
Michael Della Rocca (born 1962)[citation needed] is Sterling Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and a specialist in early modern philosophy, especially Spinoza, and in metaphysics.
Education and career[edit]
Della Rocca earned his B.A. at Harvard University and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Benson Mates.[1] He joined the Yale faculty in 1991, and was promoted to Sterling Professor in 2021.[2] Among his doctoral students is Yitzhak Melamed.
Philosophical work[edit]
His interpretation of Spinoza emphasizes the centrality of the Principle of Sufficient Reason.[3] Daniel Garber, another leading Spinoza scholar, has argued against this interpretation.[4]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza (Oxford University Press, 1996)
- Spinoza (Routledge, 2008)
- The Parmenidean Ascent (Oxford University Press, 2020)
References[edit]
- ^ "Jacob Perlow Event Series".
- ^ "Della Rocca named Sterling Professor of Philosophy". YaleNews. October 26, 2021.
- ^ Rocca, Michael Della (July 2015). "Interpreting Spinoza: The Real is the Rational". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 53 (3): 523–535. doi:10.1353/hph.2015.0049. Project MUSE 586413.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ Garber, Daniel (July 2015). "Superheroes in the History of Philosophy: Spinoza, Super-Rationalist". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 53 (3): 507–521. doi:10.1353/hph.2015.0045. Project MUSE 586412.