Spinoza on Mind: A Manuscript Workshop

April 25-26, 2026

Royce Hall 306

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Please join us on Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2026 in Royce Hall 306 for a manuscript workshop on Spinoza on Mind by Karolina Hübner!

Presented by: UCLA Modern Philosophy Roundtable

Title: A Manuscript Workshop: Spinoza on Mind by Karolina Hübner (UCLA)

Dates: Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26, 2026

Location: UCLA, Royce Hall, Room 306

Comments by:

Michael Della Rocca (Yale)

Sam Newlands (Notre Dame)

Kristin Primus (Berkeley)

Tad Schmaltz (Michigan)

Stephan Schmid (Hamburg)

For the manuscript precis and workshop details please email khubner@humnet.ucla.edu.

Workshop Program

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Saturday, April 25

10:00 – 10:30 AM: Coffee & light breakfast

10:30 – 10:35 AM: Justin Steinberg (Cornell/UCLA): Welcome

10:35 – 11:15 AM: Karolina Hübner (UCLA): Manuscript overview

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Michael Della Rocca (Yale): Expression and intelligibility

12:45 – 1:45 PM: Lunch for participants

1:45 – 2:45 PM: Stephan Schmid (Hamburg): The theory of ideas

3:15 – 4:15 PM: Kristin Primus (UC Berkeley): Arguments for a thinking substance

4:15 – 5:00 PM: General Discussion

Sunday April 26

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Coffee & light breakfast

10:00 – 11:00 AM: Sam Newlands (Notre Dame): Idealism and substance as an infinite thinking cause

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Tad Schmaltz (Michigan): Infinite intellect, idea Dei, and mental parts

12:30 – 1:00 PM: General Discussion

1:00 – 2:00 PM: Lunch for participants

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