Robert McQueen
Robert McQueen
Contact
Email: mcqueero@bc.edu
Education
- M.A., Boston College
- B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Metaphysics
Early Modern Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Biography
My main area of expertise is Early Modern Metaphysics and the History of Philosophy. My current aim is to investigate the nature of causation, expression, conception, and power primarily within the works of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. I believe that such research can bear important contributions to contemporary debates concerning Monism, Grounding, and Essence. More specifically, I want to ask what it means when we say such things as: (1) "something is what it is in virtue of X", (2) "X is more real than Y", (3) "X and Y are in reality" (4) "X exists". In my free time, I enjoy fiddling around with the piano, running around the Charles, and playing chess. If you'd like to play some chess, send me your counter to D4.