"His research focuses on metaphysics and the history of philosophy, with a particular interest in Spinoza. Personal Website: PhilPeople What excites you about philosophy? I am simply obsessed with knowing and understanding how things work. I find it hard to move on without grasping how and why things are the way they are. Philosophy excites me because it offers the tools to pursue that kind of deep understanding."
"It revisits a simple question: Does Spinoza think reality comes in two basic categories, or just one? I argue for an unorthodox view that sees his metaphysics as comprising a single category of power, unified through a part-whole structure: Substance as one whole, with everything else as dependent parts within it. In doing so, it clarifies the roles of ontological dependence and mereology in Spinoza's system, while engaging recent debates by scholars such as Melamed, Della Rocca, and Schaffer."
Ilgin Aksoy holds a PhD in philosophy from Middle East Technical University and is completing a second PhD at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. His research focuses on metaphysics and the history of philosophy, especially Spinoza. He argues that Spinoza's metaphysics comprises a single category of power, with Substance as the whole and other entities as dependent parts in a part-whole structure. This approach clarifies ontological dependence and mereology and engages debates with Melamed, Della Rocca, and Schaffer. He is finishing his dissertation and writing two Spinoza papers, including a coauthored project on Deleuze, modality, epistemology, and gambling. He enjoys wilderness outdoor activities.
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