Stephano Di Bella is Professor of The History of Philosophy at the University of Milan. Tad Schmaltz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan.

This text brings together a fine collection of essays providing many new insights into the disparate ways in which early modern thinkers grappled, intentionally or otherwise, with universals.

• 1. Introduction to Universals in Modern Philosophy Stefano Di Bella and Tad M. Schmaltz2. Gassendi on the Problem of Universals Antonia LoLordo3. Hobbes, Universal Names, and Nominalism Stewart Duncan4. Spinoza on Universals Samuel Newlands5. Descartes on Universal Essences and Divine Knowledge Lawrence Nolan6. Platonism and Conceptualism among the Cartesians Tad M. Schmaltz7. Universals and Individuals in Malebranche's Philosophy Mariangela Priarolo8. Universals in English Platonism: More, Cudworth, Norris Brunello Lotti9. Some Perspectives on Leibniz's Nominalism and Its Sources Stefano Di Bella10. Locke's Essay and Leibniz's Nouveaux Essais: Competing Theories of Universals Martha Brandt Bolton11. Locke on General Ideas E. J. Lowe 12. Berkeley on Abstraction, Universals and Universal Knowledge Tom Stoneham 13. Hume on Abstraction and Identity Donald L. M. Baxter 14. Kant on Abstractionism about Concept Formation Alberto Vanzo

Stephano Di Bella is Professor of The History of Philosophy at the University of Milan. Tad Schmaltz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan.

This text brings together a fine collection of essays providing many new insights into the disparate ways in which early modern thinkers grappled, intentionally or otherwise, with universals.

• 1. Introduction to Universals in Modern Philosophy Stefano Di Bella and Tad M. Schmaltz2. Gassendi on the Problem of Universals Antonia LoLordo3. Hobbes, Universal Names, and Nominalism Stewart Duncan4. Spinoza on Universals Samuel Newlands5. Descartes on Universal Essences and Divine Knowledge Lawrence Nolan6. Platonism and Conceptualism among the Cartesians Tad M. Schmaltz7. Universals and Individuals in Malebranche's Philosophy Mariangela Priarolo8. Universals in English Platonism: More, Cudworth, Norris Brunello Lotti9. Some Perspectives on Leibniz's Nominalism and Its Sources Stefano Di Bella10. Locke's Essay and Leibniz's Nouveaux Essais: Competing Theories of Universals Martha Brandt Bolton11. Locke on General Ideas E. J. Lowe 12. Berkeley on Abstraction, Universals and Universal Knowledge Tom Stoneham 13. Hume on Abstraction and Identity Donald L. M. Baxter 14. Kant on Abstractionism about Concept Formation Alberto Vanzo

Stephano Di Bella is Professor of The History of Philosophy at the University of Milan. Tad Schmaltz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan.

This text brings together a fine collection of essays providing many new insights into the disparate ways in which early modern thinkers grappled, intentionally or otherwise, with universals.

• 1. Introduction to Universals in Modern Philosophy Stefano Di Bella and Tad M. Schmaltz2. Gassendi on the Problem of Universals Antonia LoLordo3. Hobbes, Universal Names, and Nominalism Stewart Duncan4. Spinoza on Universals Samuel Newlands5. Descartes on Universal Essences and Divine Knowledge Lawrence Nolan6. Platonism and Conceptualism among the Cartesians Tad M. Schmaltz7. Universals and Individuals in Malebranche's Philosophy Mariangela Priarolo8. Universals in English Platonism: More, Cudworth, Norris Brunello Lotti9. Some Perspectives on Leibniz's Nominalism and Its Sources Stefano Di Bella10. Locke's Essay and Leibniz's Nouveaux Essais: Competing Theories of Universals Martha Brandt Bolton11. Locke on General Ideas E. J. Lowe 12. Berkeley on Abstraction, Universals and Universal Knowledge Tom Stoneham 13. Hume on Abstraction and Identity Donald L. M. Baxter 14. Kant on Abstractionism about Concept Formation Alberto Vanzo