Philosophy Department Faculty

Jean-Luc Solère

Professor

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Jean-Luc Solère

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall North 219

Telephone: 617-552-4670

Email: jeanluc.solere@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Sorbonne, Paris
  • M.A., Sorbonne, Paris
  • Ph.D., Poitiers

Courses

Undergraduate/Graduate:

History of Medieval Philosophy

History of Modern Philosophy

Graduate:

Medieval Theories of Mind and Cognition

Medieval Ontology

Early Modern Metaphysics

Pleasure and Ethics in 17th-18th Century

Research Interests

Medieval and Early Modern Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy
Medieval and Early Modern Cognition Theories
Scholasticism and its Influence on 17th Century Thought
Pierre Bayle
The Role of Pleasure in Ethics

Office Hours

By appointment

Personal Website CV

Department

Philosophy

Profile

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 maintains the web site Medieval Philosophy Digital Resources, and supervises the Mapping Spinoza's Ethics project.

recent publications

“Descartes on God and Duration, Revisited” (with N. Westberg), Philosophica, International Journal for the History of Philosophy, 32/2, 2024, 91-130.

“Bayle and the Ghosts of Mani and Zoroaster”, in Marta Garcia Alonso and John Christian Laursen (eds.), The Importance of Non-Christian Religions in the Philosophy of Pierre Bayle, Cham, Springer, 2024, 151-187.

“Durand of Saint-Pourçain’s Refutation of Concurrentism”, Religions 15/5 (2024): 1-22.

“Activisme Radical et Attention Continuelle: Une Tentative de Défense de Pierre de Jean Olivi.” Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales 91/1 (2024): 35-62.

“Bayle, les notions communes, et les silences de la raison.” In L’Esprit Critique dans l’Antiquité. La Naissance de la Théologie comme Science, ed. by O. Boulnois, P. Hoffmann, C. Lafleur and J.-M. Narbonne. Paris: 2024, 467-500.

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