Michael Della Rocca (born 1962)[citation needed] is Sterling Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and a specialist in early modern philosophy, especially Spinoza, and in metaphysics.

Education and career edit

Della Rocca earned his B.A. at Harvard University and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Benson Mates.[1] He joined the Yale faculty in 1991, and was promoted to Sterling Professor in 2021.[2] Among his doctoral students is Yitzhak Melamed.

Publications edit

Books edit

  • Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza (Oxford University Press, 1996)
  • Spinoza (Routledge, 2008)
  • The Parmenidean Ascent (Oxford University Press, 2020)

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.skidmore.edu/perlow/michael-della-rocca.php
  2. ^ "Della Rocca named Sterling Professor of Philosophy". YaleNews. October 26, 2021.