Samuel Newlands

Professor of Philosophy

Samuel Newlands

574-631-2866
snewlands@nd.edu
209 Malloy Hall
by appointment

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Education

Ph.D. Yale University

Research Interest

Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Curriculum Vitae

For AY 2021-22, Sam will be on leave working on an NEH-funded book project, No Cheating! A Spinozistic Reading of Early Modern Metaphysics. 
 
Sam received his PhD from Yale University and joined Notre Dame in 2006. He is especially interested early modern philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. He has also served as a principle investigator for several large-scale research projects on topics such as hope and optimism, transformative experiences, and the metaphysics of evil. 
 
For more information about his interests and projects, please visit http://samnewlands.net

 

Representative Publications

  • “Baumgarten’s Steps Towards Spinozism” (Journal of the History of Philosophy, forthcoming)
  • “From Theism to Idealism to Monism: A Leibnizian Path Not Taken” (Philosophical Studies, 2021)
  • Reconceiving Spinoza (OUP, 2018)
  • "Backing Into Spinozism" (Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2016)
  • "Leibniz on Privations, Limitations, and the Metaphysics of Evil" (Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2014)
  • "Leibniz on the Ground of Possibility" (The Philosophical Review, 2013)
  • "Another Kind of Spinozistic Monism" (Noûs, 2010)
  • "The Harmony of Spinoza and Leibniz" (Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2010)