John Grey

Philosopher at Michigan State University. Spinoza. Conway. Descartes. Also, all kinds of paradoxes. (he/him)

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@Helenreflects Yes! I think evidence of this is that there are almost no books on his philosophy without a chapter about his biography and what he was like as a person (the contrast with, say, Kant or Hegel on this is striking)

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@Helenreflects Fwiw when I was writing a dissertation on Spinoza I asked my adviser whether it was good —“Yes absolutely” —Ok so I should read it? —“No absolutely not”

[Extending New Narratives @ENNhistphil]

If you missed the Method and History of Philosophy conference, given by the Penn Libraries this past April, you can watch the presentations on ENN’s YouTube. Topics covered include what archives are, what they offer, and much more. Explore here: https://t.co/omGklh7WCC

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@egojunk1 This is super fucked up.

[Anna Ortín Nadal @annaortin]

CFA. I'm excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for "Reappearing Ink": Workshop on Early Modern Philosophy and Metaphilosophy. University of Groningen @wijsbegeerte (March 2023). Deadline for submitting abstracts is 9 January. Join us!
https://t.co/BKuX56RgqE

[Anna Ortín Nadal @annaortin]

...and this is the poster!

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@egojunk1 The point generalizes. https://t.co/pp3EpvH5Ol

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@diceyjennings Happy birthday!

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@KatieKendig @Franz_Berto @ajcotnoir @StAndrewsPhil @ArchePhilosophy @OUPPhilosophy Yes, I’m excited about this one!

[Katie Kendig @KatieKendig]

Our letter: "Biotechnology ethics for food and agriculture" with my amazing coauthors Theresa Selfa & Paul B. Thompson, is just out this week in Science: https://t.co/I8QUuGZzBX @SocPhilSciPract @PhilSciAssoc @KBSLTER @CANRatMSU @sunyesf

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@inessentials If that works, please let me know!

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@inessentials Right before the pandemic, I’d been planning to drive a couple hundred miles to see that book in a library, ideally get some scans. Maybe next year!

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 YIKES

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 This one on natural right: https://t.co/gY2bmZGMwm

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 Sign me up!

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 Yes, I’m starting to think so, it’s a plausible developmental story and would be a really interesting idea to include in your entry—it would for sure make the exchange with Hudde a much more important moment on the road to the Ethics than I previously thought

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 That reply does sound like Spinoza!

This is the paper I had in mind: https://t.co/RU8Ml8IL9j

[John Grey @jrtgrey]

@nescio13 Yeah, your (iii) is a solid point. Maybe that overlaps with the objection that Don Garrett considers in his classic paper on that demonstration.