My primary field of interest is the history of modern philosophy; I am best known for my work on Spinoza's philosophy. Thematically, two major strands have interested me the most: the relationship metaphysics has, on one hand, to developments in early-modern science, and, on the other, to evolving views of moral agency up to and beyond Kant. Accordingly, I have published on both so-called practical and theoretical topics in the era that spans, roughly, from Descartes to Nietzsche.
