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Philosophy

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy, Villanova University. Villanova, PA
M.A. Philosophy, Villanova University. Villanova, PA
B.A. Philosophy, German Studies, Boston College, Boston MA

Christopher P. Noble is a historian of philosophy specializing in the metaphysics and natural philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has further interests in the history and philosophy of science, continental philosophy, philosophical historiography, and the global development and interaction of philosophical ideas.

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Medieval Philosophy
Classical Chinese Philosophy

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Selected Publications

“Self-Moving Machines and the Soul: Leibniz contra Spinoza on the Spiritual Automaton.” The Leibniz Review 27 (2017): 65-89.

“On Analogies in Leibniz’s Philosophy: Scientific Discovery and the Case of the Spiritual Automaton.” In The Continuing Relevance of Leibniz, ed. Charles Joshua Horn, special issue, Quaestiones Disputatae, 7, no. 2 (Spring 2017): 8-30.