Michael Walschots
@michaelwalschots.com
Postdoc in philosophy at the University of Milan
Assistant PI: https://18ethics.unimi.it/
Book: https://cambridge.org/9781108810487
Assistant PI: https://18ethics.unimi.it/
Book: https://cambridge.org/9781108810487
The next meeting of the online Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy is this Friday, Nov. 14th. Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco) is speaking about 'Hume on Modesty, Esteem and Self-Esteem, with some insights from Wollstonecraft'. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10cec3...
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The next meeting of the online Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy is this Friday, Nov. 14th. Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco) is speaking about 'Hume on Modesty, Esteem and Self-Esteem, with some insights from Wollstonecraft'. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10cec3...
BIG NEWS: I've signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for my next book (and first monograph) called 'Kant and the British Moralists' - a comprehensive account of Kant's relationship to 18th-century British moral philosophy. It should be out in 2027!
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
BIG NEWS: I've signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for my next book (and first monograph) called 'Kant and the British Moralists' - a comprehensive account of Kant's relationship to 18th-century British moral philosophy. It should be out in 2027!
Finally got my contributor copy of this great volume - hopefully it will help Baumgarten become a bit more widely known!
August 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Finally got my contributor copy of this great volume - hopefully it will help Baumgarten become a bit more widely known!
The tombs of Boethius and Augustine of Hippo in Pavia, Italy
February 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The tombs of Boethius and Augustine of Hippo in Pavia, Italy
I'm in Pavia this week giving a series of lectures on Kant's moral philosophy. Super lovely town, and one of its churches has the remains of Augustine of Hippo and Boethius! (San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro)
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm in Pavia this week giving a series of lectures on Kant's moral philosophy. Super lovely town, and one of its churches has the remains of Augustine of Hippo and Boethius! (San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro)
The job market is tough - so I need comfort food (in this case Lebanese)
February 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The job market is tough - so I need comfort food (in this case Lebanese)
Two interesting finds here at the university library in Mainz today: the first is the last known portrait of Kant (from 1802) from a Königsberg student's autograph book, and the second is a 1926 dissertation finding similarities in the lectures notes from Kant's courses on moral philosophy
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Two interesting finds here at the university library in Mainz today: the first is the last known portrait of Kant (from 1802) from a Königsberg student's autograph book, and the second is a 1926 dissertation finding similarities in the lectures notes from Kant's courses on moral philosophy
In Edinburgh for a few days for a workshop about the reception of Locke in 18th-C Germany, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. I'll be talking later today about how Locke's rejection of innate ideas influenced German 'popular philosophers'
October 4, 2024 at 10:06 AM
In Edinburgh for a few days for a workshop about the reception of Locke in 18th-C Germany, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. I'll be talking later today about how Locke's rejection of innate ideas influenced German 'popular philosophers'
On my way to Ferrara, Italy for one week on an Erasmus Teaching Exchange where I'll also be doing a small book launch for my translation volume :)
May 12, 2024 at 9:20 AM
On my way to Ferrara, Italy for one week on an Erasmus Teaching Exchange where I'll also be doing a small book launch for my translation volume :)
In NYC this Thurday? Then come to Fordham's Rose Hill Campus where I'll be talking about my book!
April 23, 2024 at 1:37 PM
In NYC this Thurday? Then come to Fordham's Rose Hill Campus where I'll be talking about my book!
More author copies! It's even more beautiful in person 😍 academic.oup.com/book/56145
April 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
More author copies! It's even more beautiful in person 😍 academic.oup.com/book/56145
Author copies are here! cambridge.org/9781108810487
April 9, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Author copies are here! cambridge.org/9781108810487
to celebrate, I'm trying out a new pistachio cream cake from my favourite Balkan bakery in town
March 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
to celebrate, I'm trying out a new pistachio cream cake from my favourite Balkan bakery in town
Christmas came early! Just received the proofs for Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: Background Source Materials. In a bookstore near you April (ish) 2024, just in time for Kant's birthday :)
December 21, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Christmas came early! Just received the proofs for Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: Background Source Materials. In a bookstore near you April (ish) 2024, just in time for Kant's birthday :)
Just got the proofs! Coming to a store near you in... March 2024 (ish)
December 9, 2023 at 8:31 AM
Just got the proofs! Coming to a store near you in... March 2024 (ish)
We have a cover! Super happy with this. Pictured is Wolff's triumphant return to Halle after being expelled, symbolic (we hope) of Wolff's return to the canon.
October 26, 2023 at 12:13 PM
We have a cover! Super happy with this. Pictured is Wolff's triumphant return to Halle after being expelled, symbolic (we hope) of Wolff's return to the canon.