Matthew J. Kisner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on the history of early modern ethics, particularly issues pertaining to freedom, agency and the passions. He is the author of Spinoza on Human Freedom: Reason, Autonomy and the Good Life (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He earned his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

Andrew Youpa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of articles on Spinoza's ethical theory, and articles on the ethical theories of Descartes and Leibniz. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Irvine.

John Carriero, University of California, Los Angeles
Karolina Hübner, University of Toronto
Susan James, Birkbeck College, London
Charles Jarrett, Rutgers University, Camden
Matthew J. Kisner, University of South Carolina
Olli Koistinen, University of Turku
Michael LeBuffe, Texas A&M University
Eugene Marshall, Wellesley College
Jon Miller, Queen's University
Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin
Michael A. Rosenthal, University of Washington
Sanem Soyarslan, North Carolina State University
Justin Steinberg, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Valtteri Viljanen, University of Turku
Andrew Youpa, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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