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Jon Miller

Professor

Philosophy

Arts and Science

jon.miller@queensu.ca

613-533-6000 x77041

Watson Hall 334

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Core Faculty
Education
  • BA, Carleton College 
  • MA, University of Wisconsin
  • PhD, University of Toronto
Specializations / Research Interests

Early Modern Philosophy (esp. rationalism), Ancient Philosophy (esp. Stoicism)

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Jon Miller is a specialist in early modern and ancient philosophy. His particular interest lies in the reception of ancient philosophy by early modern philosophers. He is best known for his work on Spinoza and the Stoics, though he has also published on other early modern thinkers such as Grotius and Descartes, and other ancients, including Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus and the Skeptics. Miller鈥檚 many publications include six books, numerous journal articles and book chapters, an array of encyclopedia entries, and more. Miller has been fortunate to have his research supported by various grants, including several from SSHRC, a Chancellor鈥檚 Research Award (Queen鈥檚), and others.

Though Miller鈥檚 published works fall mostly in the history of philosophy, he maintains a wide range of philosophical interests. These are reflected in the courses that Miller regularly teaches or co-teaches, including first-year introduction to philosophy, second-year metaphysics and epistemology, third-year history of philosophy, African philosophy, and more. Miller enjoys teaching and he is often named for teaching awards.

Sample Monograph
  • Spinoza and the Stoics (Cambridge UP, 2015); translated into two other languages
Sample Edited Collection
Selected Other Publications
  • 鈥淎 distinction regarding happiness in ancient philosophy鈥, Social Research:  An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences, vol. 77 (summer 2010)
  • 鈥淗ugo Grotius and his new approach to the law of nations鈥 in Christianity and Global Law, ed. by Rafael Domingo Osle and John Witt (Routledge, 2020)
  • 鈥淕rotius鈥 in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Selected Work in Progress
  • 鈥淩ights in Hellenistic Thought鈥 in The Cambridge History of Rights, vol. 1, ed. by Clifford Ando et al. (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Teaching

Miller has held faculty positions at Queen鈥檚, the University of Minnesota, and Uppsala University. He has taught numerous different courses through the years, though these days he tends to teach PHIL 111 plus an upper-level course in the history of philosophy and a seminar.