Antonia LoLordo

Corcoran Department of Philosophy

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 22904

lolordo@virginia.edu

 

 

 

Employment

á      Visiting Associate Professor, University of Michigan, 01/09-04/09

á      Associate Professor, University of Virginia, 08/07 – present

á      Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, 08/01 – 08/07

á      Caltech/Huntington Library Fellow in the History of Philosophy, 09/02 – 08/04

 

 

Education

á      October 2001:  Ph.D., Rutgers  (Flesh vs. Mind:  The Debate between Descartes and Gassendi)

á      August 1996:  M.A., Dalhousie University

á      May 1994:  B.A., McGill University

 

 

Area of Specialization

á      early modern philosophy

 

 

Areas of Competence

á      early modern science

á      Kant

 

 

Book

á      Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy.   Cambridge University Press, 2007.  Paperback edition, 2009.

 

 

Papers

á      ÒEpicureanism and Early Modern NaturalismÓ.  British Journal for the History of Philosophy.  Forthcoming.

á      ÒEarly Modern Theories of PerceptionÓ.  Ed. Dan Kaufman, Routledge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy (Routledge).  Forthcoming.

á      ÒPrimary and Secondary Qualities:  Gassendi, Charleton and 17th Century AtomismÓ.  In ed. Larry Nolan, Primary and Secondary Qualities:  The Modern Debate (Oxford University Press).  Forthcoming.

á      ÒLocke on Knowledge and BeliefÓ.  In ed. Matthew Stuart, Blackwell Companion to Locke (Blackwell).  Forthcoming.

á      Comments on Kenneth P. WinklerÕs ÒSignification, Intention, ProjectionÓ.  Philosophia  37.3 (2009), 503 (conference volume for Virginia Tech 04/08).

á      ÒLockeÕs Problem Concerning PerceptionÓ.  Philosophy and Phenomenological Research LXXVII.3 (November 2008), 705-724.

á      ÒEpicurus and Galileo in GassendiÕs PhysicsÓ.  Philosophy Compass (Jan 2008) 3.2:  301-314.

á      ÒEarly Modern Critiques of Rationalist PsychologyÓ.  In ed. Alan Nelson, The Blackwell Companion to Rationalism:  Blackwell, 2006.

á      ÒThe Activity of Matter in GassendiÕs PhysicsÓ.  Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy 2 (2005), 75-104.

á      ÒDescartes and Malebranche on Thought, Sensation and the Nature of the MindÓ.  Journal of the History of Philosophy 43.4 (2005), 387-402.

á      ÒGassendi on Human Knowledge of the MindÓ.  Archiv fŸr Geschichte der Philosophie 87.1, 1-21 (2005).

á      ÒÔDescartesÕ One Rule of LogicÕ:  GassendiÕs Critique of Clear and Distinct PerceptionÓ.  British Journal for the History of Philosophy 13.1 (2005), 51-72.

á      ÒProbability and Skepticism about Reason in HumeÕs TreatiseÓ.  British Journal for the History of Philosophy 8.3 (2000), 419-446.

 

 

Book Reviews

á      of Roger Woolhouse, Locke (Philosophical Books 49.3 (July 2008), 254-257)

á      of Andrew Pyle, Malebranche (Journal of the History of Philosophy 44.1 (2006), 124-125).

á      of Lilli Alanen, DescartesÕs Concept of Mind (Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 25.4 (2005), 460-461).

á      of Stephen Gaukroger, Descartes' Principles of Philosophy (Mind 112.146 (2003), 336-339).

 

 

Presentations           

á      ÒPower, Cause and ActivityÓ (SPAWN 2009:  Nature and Purpose in Early Modern Philosophy)

á      ÒHow to Read SpinozaÕs EthicsÓ, University of Michigan, March 2009

á      Author Meets Critics session, Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy (Eastern APA, December 2008)

á      ÒHow to Read SpinozaÕs EthicsÓ, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, November 2008

á      ÒHow to Read SpinozaÕs EthicsÓ, Oxford Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, October 2008

á      ÒThe Role of Definitions in SpinozaÕs Ethics (UVA-Peru Conference, August 2008)

á      ÒPerson, Substance, Mode and Ôthe moral ManÕ in LockeÕs PhilosophyÓ (4th Biennial Margaret Wilson Conference, Cornell:  August 2008)

á      ÒPersons, Modes and Substances in LockeÕs Ontology and EthicsÓ, Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern PhilosophyÓ (July 2007)

á      ÒEpicureanism and Early Modern NaturalismÓ, University of South Carolina Naturalism Workshop (March 2007)

á      ÒDescartesÕs Dualism and its 17th Century CriticsÓ, James Madison University (March 2007)

á      ÒLockeÕs Problem concerning PerceptionÓ, Oxford Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (October 2005)

á      ÒLockeÕs Problem Concerning PerceptionÓ, William and MaryÓ (October 2005)

á      ÒIdeas and Notions from Aquinas to BerkeleyÓ, Washington University of St. Louis (October 2004)

á      ÒIdeas and Notions from Aquinas to BerkeleyÓ, Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (July 2004)

á       ÒLockeÕs Reply to Skepticism about the External WorldÓ, American University of Beirut (May 2004)

á      ÒEpicureanism and Galileanism in GassendiÕs Physics of Moving BodiesÓ, Oxford Workshop on Early Modern Philosophy (April 2004)

á      ÒTheology and RhetoricÓ, The Cartesian Circle (University of California at Irvine) (March 2004)

á      ÒTwo ÔNon-MechanistÕ Elements of GassendiÕs PhysicsÓ, joint meeting of the Midwest Seminar in the History of Modern Philosophy, Centre dÕƒtudes Cartesiennes and Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi su Descartes (December 2003)

á      ÒBodies and MotionÓ, Cal Tech History and Philosophy of Science Group (March 2003)

á      ÒDescartes and Malebranche on Sensation and Knowledge by ConsciousnessÓ, South Central Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (December 2002)

á      ÒMalebranche on Sensation and Knowledge through ConsciousnessÓ, University of Hong Kong (November 2002)

á      ÒFaith and Reason in GassendiÕs Account of Human Knowledge of the MindÓ, The Cartesian Circle (University of California at Irvine) (July 2002)

á      ÒSensation, Explanation and the Nature of the Mind:  MalebrancheÕs Critique of DescartesÓ, University of Virginia (April 2002)

á      Author Meets Critic session on David OwenÕs HumeÕs Reason, Pacific APA (March 2002)

á      ÒThe Science of the MindÓ, Virginia Tech (March 2002)

á      ÒFaith, Reason and the Limits of Knowledge:  Gassendi on the Essence of the MindÓ, Midwest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (October 2001)

á      ÒDescartes and Gassendi on the Union of Mind and BodyÓ, Dalhousie (June 2001)

á      ÒDescartes v. Gassendi on the Essence of the MindÓ, University of Virginia  (March 2001)

á      ÒDescartes v. Gassendi on the Essence of the MindÓ,  University of Pittsburgh (February 2001)

á      ÒDescartes v. Gassendi on the Essence of the MindÓ, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (February 2001)

á      ÒDescartes v. Gassendi on the Essence of the MindÓ, Simon Fraser (January 2001)

á      ÒContextual Changes in Standards for Knowledge-AttributionÓ, Dalhousie (August 1996)

á      ÒThe Method of Doubt and the Voluntary Nature of BeliefÓ, Eastern APA (December 2000)

á      ÒProbability and Skepticism about Reason in HumeÕs TreatiseÓ, Pacific APA (April 2000), Canadian Philosophical Association (June 1999)

 

 

Comments

á      on Ken Winkler, ÒSignification, Intention, ProjectionÓ (Virginia Tech, April 2008)

á      on Matt KisnerÕs ÒDescartes and the Limits of ReasonÓ, Central APA (April 2006).

á      on Joshua Andresen, ÒNietzscheÕs PerspectivismÓ, joint UVA/AUB conference (May 2005).

á      on Jussi Suikkaanen, ÒHumeÕs Theory of Motivation and Principles for Causal ReasoningÓ, Hume Society (August 2003).

á      on Don BaxterÕs ÒHume on the Simplicity of MomentsÓ, Eastern APA (December 2001).

á      on Andy PavelichÕs ÒThe Ontology of DescartesÕ Geometrical EssencesÓ, Rutgers Graduate Student Conference (April 1998).

 

 

Awards, Prizes and Fellowships:

á      University of Virginia Summer Research Grant (summer 2009)

á      USEM Development Grant – ÒWomen in Early Modern PhilosophyÓ (summer 2008)

á      University of Virginia Summer Research Grant (summer 2008)

á      University of Virginia Summer Research Grant (summer 2007)

á      Visiting Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford (Trinity term 2007)

á      University of Virginia Sesquicentennial Fellowship (2006-2007)

á      University of Virginia Summer Research Grant (summer 2006)

á      Professors as Writers (PAW) Writing Grant (2005-2006)

á      Grantee for NEH Summer Institute, ÒThe Intersection of Philosophy, Science and Theology in the Seventeenth CenturyÓ (July 2004)

á      Caltech/Huntington Library Fellowship in the History of Philosophy (2002-2003, 2003-2004)

á      Grantee for NEH Summer Seminar, ÒLeibniz and His CorrespondentsÓ (June-July 2003)

á      Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University (1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2000-2001)

á      Dialogue/CPA Essay Prize (1999)

á      Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Prize, Pacific APA (1999)

á      Annual Thesis Prize in Philosophy, Dalhousie University (1996)

á      University Fellowship, Dalhousie University (1995-1996)

á      McCaskill Scholarship, McGill (1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994)

á      Canada Science Scholarship (declined) (1990-1994)

 

 

Courses Taught

graduate

á      The Metaphysics of Descartes and Spinoza

á      Descartes and Contemporary Cartesianism (with Brie Gertler)

á      Hume and Kant:  Metaphysics and Epistemology

á      Skepticism in Ancient and Modern Philosophy (with Dan Devereux)

á      SpinozaÕs Ethics

á      Gassendi and Locke

á      Locke and his Contemporaries

 

undergraduate

á      History of Philosophy:  Ancient (PHIL 211)

á      History of Philosophy:  Modern (PHIL 212)

á      Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz (PHIL 315)

á      Locke, Berkeley, Hume (PHIL 316)

á      Women in Modern Philosophy (USEM 181-10)

á      LockeÕs System of Philosophy (Michigan seminar)

 

 

Students Supervised

JustificationÓ

 

 

Professional Service

 

 

University and Departmental Service

2009-2010                              

 

2008-2009 (on leave from UVA spring 2009)                                                                                                           

 

2007-2008

 

2006-2007

 

2005-2006

 

2004-2005

 

2001-2002