João Carvalho

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I'm a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy Department at Princeton University, where I'm advised by Dan Garber. Before coming to Princeton, I earned an MA at the University of Otago in New Zealand, where I worked with Michael LeBuffe. Before that, I was an undergraduate at the University of Coimbra in my native Portugal.My main interests are in action theory and ethics in early modern philosophy. My research focuses on the works of Spinoza, Descartes, and Hobbes.You can reach me via email at joao.carvalho[at]princeton.edu

João Carvalho

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ms. A paper on final causation in Spinoza. (Draft available.)

In which I argue that Spinoza adopts a radical conception of human action according to which there is no genuine action for the sake of ends.

ms. A paper on Hobbes's theory of sensible cognition. (Draft available.)

In which I show that Hobbes's theory of the relation between mind and world develops both from his engagement with Aristotelian theories of cognition and from the progression of his findings in natural philosophy.

ms. A paper on the historical sources of Spinoza's account of volition. (Under preparation.)

ms. A paper on the historical significance of Spinoza's conception of freedom. (Under preparation.)

ms. A paper on normativity and moral perfection in Spinoza. (Under preparation.)