Noa Naaman Zauderer
Department of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
noaz@tauex.tau.ac.il
Academic Position:
2010-present Assistent Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Education:
1985-1989 Tel Aviv University, L.L.B., Law Faculty
1986-1990 Tel Aviv University, Department of Philosophy (B.A. Magna Cum Laude)
1990 Admition to the Israeli Layways' Bar
1991-1995 Tel Aviv University, Department of Philosophy (M.A. Summa Cum Laude)
1996-2002 Tel Aviv University, Department of Philosophy (Ph.D Summa Cum Laude)
Area of Specialization:
Early Modern Philosophy, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Moral Psychology, Rationality and Error.
Selected Publications:
Books and Monographs:
Books Authored:
1. Descartes' Deontological Turn: Reason, Will, and Virtue in the Later Writings, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010;
Paperback edition 2013.
2. Descartes: The Loneliness of a Philosopher, Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press, 2007 (in Hebrew).
Books Edited:
1. Freedom, Action and Motivation in Spinoza's Ethics, New York: Routledge, 2020.
2. Discourse and Dialogue: Multi-Perspective Philosophy, Coeditor with Senderowicz Y., Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Publication Projects, 2003 (in Hebrew).
Articles
1. “The Loneliness of the Cartesian Thinker,” History of Philosophy Quarterly January 2004, 21(1): 43-62.
2. “Rethinking Leibniz's Notions of Justice, Love and Human Motives,” in Einheit in der Vielheit, VIII Internationaler Leibniz Kongreß, Hanover, 2006, 671-676.
3. “The Rule of Reason over the Passions: two Points of View”, in S. Biderman and R. Lazar (eds.), Desire, Tel Aviv, Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2007, 52-69 (in Hebrew).
4. "The Place of the Other in Leibniz's Rationalism,” in M. Dascal ed., Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist?, Dordrecht, Springer, 2008, 315-327.
5. “Harmonizing the Poles: A Note on Leibniz's Notion of Justice,” in D. Reisenfeld and G. Scarafile (eds.), Perspectives on Theory of Controversies and the Ethics of Communication, Dordrecht: Springer, 2014, pp. 59-68.
6. “Faculty,” “Virtue,” and “Passions of the Soul,” in Lawrence Nolan ed., The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. pp. 279-281, 747-753, 569-572.
7. “Descartes on Ethical Responsibility: Toward an Ethics without God?” Iyyun, The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly July 2016, 65: 277–294
8. “On Body and Mind in Spinoza’s Ethics,” Iyyun, The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly October 2017, 66: 373-383 (in Hebrew).
9. “Human Action and Virtue in Descartes and Spinoza,” Philosophical Explorations, An International Journal for the Philosophy of Mind and Action, 2018, 21(1): 25-40.
10. “Spinoza on Human Freedoms and the Eternity of the Mind,” in Noa Naaman-Zauderer ed.,Freedom, Action, and Motivation in Spinoza’s Ethics, New York: Routledge, 2020, 198-221.
11. “Introduction,”in Noa Naaman-Zauderer ed., Freedom, Action and Motivation in Spinoza's Ethics, New York: Routledge, 2020, 1-14.
12. “Descartes on Will and Judgment,” in Jorge Secada and Cecilia Lim (eds.), The Cartesian Mind, forthcoming in Routledge.
In Progress
1. “Leibniz’s Account of Freedom and Moral Therapy in the Nouveaux Essais.”
2. “Self-Experience and Imago Dei in Descartes and Spinoza.”
3. “Self-Esteem in Spinoza’s Ethics”
Presentations in Meetings and Conferences
1994 “The Challenge Posed by the Problem of Error for Leibniz’s Metaphysics,” VI International Leibniz Congress, Hanover, German.
2001 “Leibniz and Descartes: Two Conceptions of Error and Rationality,” VII International Leibniz Congress, Berlin, Germany.
2001 “Descartes’ Dreams,” Public Lectures of the Philosophy Department, Tel Aviv University.
2003 “The Loneliness of the Cartesian Thinker," 6th meeting of the “New Philosophical Israeli Association,” Tel
Aviv University.
2005 “The Rule of Reason Over the Passions: Two Points of View,” An interdisciplinary Conference held by the
School of Psychotherapy and the Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University.
2005 “The Place of the other in Leibniz's Rationalism" in “Leibniz: What Kind of a Rationalist?” An International
Leibniz Conference, Tel Aviv University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
2006 “Rethinking Leibniz's Notions of Justice, Love and Human Motives,” VIII International Leibniz Congress,
Hanover, Germany.
2008 “Descartes: The Loneliness of a Philosopher,” A symposium, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
2010 “Leibniz on Love, Justice, and Empathy,” “Philosophical Dialogue – an international Conference in Honor of
Prof. Marcelo Dascal
2011 “Descartes’ Deontological Turn,” a symposium, Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
2011 “Descartes on Ethical Autonomy: Toward an Ethics Without God?” the Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early
Modern Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax
2011 “Descartes on Ethical Autonomy: Toward an Ethics Without God?” a guest-lecture to the research group
“Aspects of Reason: Critique and Justification,” Center for Advanced Study, LMU-Munich
2012 “Descartes: the Search for Method”, Minerva Humanities Center, Tel Aviv University
2012 “Descartes on Ethical Autonomy: Toward an Ethics without God?” the New York City Workshop in Early
Modern Philosophy, Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus NYC
2013 “Self–Experience and the Imago Dei Doctrine in Descartes and Spinoza,” the NY/NJ Research Group in
Early Modern Philosophy, NYC
2013 “The Challenge of Spinozism”, Minerva Humanities Center, Tel Aviv University
2013 “Self–Experience and the Imago Dei Doctrine in Descartes and Spinoza,” Israel-Atlantic Canada Seminar in
Early Modern Philosophy, “Reason, Freedom, and the Passions in Descartes and Spinoza,” An International
Conference held by the Spinoza Center at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and Tel Aviv University
2014 “Self-Experience and the Imago Dei Doctrine in Descartes and Spinoza,” Scottish Seminar in Early
Modern Philosophy V – at University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2015 “Mind and Body in Spinoza,” in Honor of Elhanan Yakira’s Spinoza and the Case for Philosophy, the Van
Leer Jerusalem Institute
2015 “Spinoza on the Freedom and the Eternity of the Mind,” in Honor of Amihud Gilead, University of Haifa
2016 “Descartes on Human Responsibility: Toward an Ethics without God?” Rene Descartes: Meditations,
Objections, and Replies, International Conference Celebrating the Hebrew Translation, the Van Leer
Jerusalem Institute
2016 “Spinoza – Between Ethics and Politics,” Institute of Advanced Juridical Studies, Jerusalem
2016 “Spinoza on the Imago Dei and the Experience of Eternity,” in honor of Shlomo Biderman, Tel Aviv
University
2016 “Descartes’ Dreams,” an interdisciplinary academic series at the University of Haifa
2016 “Experiencing the Infinite: The Imago Dei and Free Will in Descartes and Spinoza,” Infinity in Early Modern
Philosophy: The NYC International Workshop in Jerusalem, the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
2016 “Spinoza on Human Freedoms and the Eternity of the Mind,” the 16th Symposium of the International
Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2016 “Leibniz’s accounts of freedom and moral therapy in the New Essay,” X. International Leibniz-Congress,
Hanover, Germany
2017 “Spinoza on the Eternal Mind” in Honor of Zadok Alon’s “Rationalism and Mysticism in Spinoza’s
Philosophy,” the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
2018 “Leibniz’s accounts of freedom and moral therapy in the New Essay,” Atlantic-Canada Seminar in Early
Modern Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax.
2019 “The Ideal of Freedom – Descartes and Spinoza,” Workshop in honor of Yirmiyahu Yovel, The Spinoza
Center at the Van leer Jerusalem Institute [Invited Lecture]
2019 “Self-Esteem in Spinoza’s Ethics,” International Workshop, Esteem and Self-Esteem: Early Modern and
Contemporary Issues Department of Philosophy, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria [Lecture]
2019 “Spinoza on Human Freedoms and the Eternity of the Mind,” the 2019 Netherlands-Israel Spinoza Seminar at
the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Spinozahuis in Rijnsburg [Invited Lecture]
2019 “Sub Specie Aeternitatis: Spinoza on the Eternity of the Mind,” the First International Workshop, Ethics,
Science and Communication, Department of Philosophy, Pisa University, Italy [Lecture]