A member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Professor Solère has taught at the universities of Lille, Brussels and Louvain (Belgium). He came to Boston College as a visiting professor in 2005. He is currently serving as book review editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy, maintains the web site Medieval Philosophy Digital Resources, and supervises the Mapping Spinoza's Ethicsproject.
Recent Publications
“James of Viterbo's Innatist Theory of Cognition”, in: A. Côté and M. Pickavé (eds.), A Companion to James of Viterbo, Leiden, Brill, 2018,pp. 168-217.
“Intellect and Intellectual Cognition According to James of Viterbo”, in: A. Côté and M. Pickavé (eds.), A Companion to James of Viterbo, Leiden, Brill, 2018, pp. 218-248.
“Bayle”, in: S. Golob and J. Timmermann (eds.), The Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 257-267.
“Bayle and Panpsychism”, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 99-1 (2017), pp. 64-101.
“The Coherence of Bayle’s Theory of Toleration”, Journal of the History of Philosophy 54-1 (2016), pp. 21-46. (2016 JHP Best Paper Prize; Top Ten 2016 Philosophy Papers of the Philosopher’s Annual)
Leibniz et Bayle: Confrontation et Dialogue. Chr. Leduc, P. Rateau and J.-L. Solère (eds.), Hanover, Steiner (Studia Leibnitiana, Sonderhefte 43), 2015, 452 p.
“Sine qua non causality and the context of Durand’s early theory of cognition”, in: A. Speer, F. Retucci, Th. Jeschke and G. Guldentops, Durand of Saint-Pourçain’s and his Sentences commentary, Leuven, Peeters, 2014, pp. 185-227.
“Durand of Saint-Pourçain's cognition theory: its fundamental principles”, in: R. Friedman and JM Counet, eds., Medieval Perspectives on Aristotle's De Anima, Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters-Institut Supérieur de Philosophie, 2013, pp. 185-248.
