Mihnea Dobre

Mihnea Dobre is teaching and doing research at the University of Bucharest. He has a PhD in philosophy (Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Bucharest), and his research interest is in the history of philosophy and science. He works on the various aspects of the early modern period, with a focus on the relations between philosophy, science, and religion. He is the author of a monograph on Descartes and Early French Cartesianism: between metaphysics and physics (Zeta Books, 2017) and co-editor of the Cartesian Empiricisms volume (Springer, 2013). For a list of Dobre’s publications and conference papers, see his page. He is the book review editor at the Centaurus, An International Journal of the History of Science and its Cultural Aspects. He is the PI of the research project on Early Modern Cosmology Between “Mosaic Physics” and Mechanical Philosophy (1650-1713). Dobre’s role within the institute is to coordinate research projects and to help potential applicants in preparing their research projects for submission to various calls.