Philosophy · Early modern and contemporary
I am a postdoctoral researcher from Belgium. My research is on early modern philosophy and 20th-century continental metaphysics.
My current research project, funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), is on Spinoza’s relation to the mathematization of nature.
- Research
- Spinoza, Leibniz, Bergson, Whitehead, Deleuze
Monograph
A Geometry of Sufficient Reason
Space and Quantity in the Works of Spinoza, Leibniz, Bergson, Whitehead and Deleuze
Routledge, 2024. Based on my doctoral thesis, defended at KU Leuven in 2023.
Publications
Articles, chapters and edited work
Leuven Spinoza Conferences
Conferences and workshops
I organise a series of Spinoza events at the Institute of Philosophy in Leuven.
KU Leuven
Spinoza Triangle
Conference.
Keynote speakers Mogens Lærke, Han van Ruler, Sonja Lavaert
KU Leuven
Leuven Spinoza Symposium
Conference.
Speakers Kristin Primus, Pascal Sévérac, Sybrand Veeger, Florian Vermeiren
KU Leuven
The Principle of Sufficient Reason and the Philosophy of Difference
Workshop.
Speakers Robin Durie & Craig Lundy, Florian Vermeiren
KU Leuven
Spinoza and Negativity
Conference. Programme · All talks on YouTube
Keynote speakers Axel Cherniavsky, Herman De Dijn, Sophie Laveran, Roland Breeur, Robert Ziegler
Curriculum vitae
CV
Academic positions
Junior Postdoctoral Researcher, Husserl-Archives: Centre for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven. Funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).
PhD student and teaching assistant, Husserl-Archives, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven.
Doctorate completed a year ahead of schedule; postdoctoral scholar in this position until October 2024.
Education
PhD in Philosophy, KU Leuven (summa cum laude)
Thesis: “A Geometry of Sufficient Reason: Reconceiving Space and Quantity with Spinoza, Leibniz, Bergson, Whitehead and Deleuze” (19/20). Supervisor: Prof. dr. Roland Breeur. Jury: Prof. dr. Kristin Primus (UC Berkeley), Dr. Stephen Howard (KU Leuven), Prof. dr. Till Grohmann (KU Leuven).
Research Master of Philosophy, KU Leuven (summa cum laude)
Thesis: “The Expressive Continuum: The Bergsonean and Leibnizean Lineage of Deleuze” (18/20).
Master of Philosophy, Ghent University (magna cum laude)
Thesis: “Ethiek op de open vlakte: Spinozistische en Nietzscheaanse ethiek in het werk van Gilles Deleuze” (16/20).
Editorial work
Editor of the sub-categories “Spinoza: God” and “Spinoza: Substance”.
“Spinoza and Negativity”, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie (with Roland Breeur)
“Deleuze: Teacher of Spinoza’s Philosophy”, Philosophies
Referee for
- British Journal for the History of Philosophy
- Journal of Modern Philosophy
- Southern Journal of Philosophy
- Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
- Journal of Spinoza Studies
- Sophia
- Philosophies
- Philosophy and Society
- The Apricot Journal