My research centres on the history of early modern and late medieval philosophy, with primary focus on Locke, Malebranche, Berkeley, Hume, and Leibniz. I work across metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and moral philosophy. Individual paper pages include preprints, slides, handouts, and datasets where available.
Current Projects
Broadview Locke Edition (under contract, Broadview Press, exp. 2026)
A student edition of Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding, 5th edition (1706). → Project page
Sixteenth Century Western Philosophy (under contract, Routledge, exp. 2027)
A monograph surveying philosophical developments across the sixteenth century.
“From Corruption to Custom: Hume on Malebranche and Préjugé” (with Wesley Hill)
Accepted for presentation at Prejudice in Hume and His Contemporaries, University College Dublin, June 23–24, 2026. → Paper page
“Common Use in Locke’s Philosophy of Language”
Forthcoming in Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Guide, ed. Matthew Leisinger. Cambridge University Press. → Paper page with preprint, slides, and dataset
Books
Reconsidering Causal Powers: Blending Historical and Conceptual Perspectives
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund and Stathis Psillos. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
doi:10.1093/oso/9780198869528.001.0001
The Routledge Companion to 16th Century Philosophy
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Routledge
Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language
Edited with Margaret Cameron and Robert Stainton. Dordrecht: Springer, 2016.
Springer
The Language of Nature: Re-conceptualizing the Mathematization of Science
Edited with Geoffrey Gorham and Ed Slowik. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
JSTOR
The Philosophy of Francisco Suárez
Edited with Henrik Lagerlund. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583645.001.0001
Selected Articles & Chapters
Recent Work (2018–present)
“Common Use in Locke’s Philosophy of Language.” Forthcoming, Cambridge University Press. → Paper page
“Berkeley’s Arguments for Idealism.” In The Oxford Handbook of Berkeley, ed. Rickless, 64–100. OUP, 2022. → Paper page · doi · Preprint
“Locke on Language.” In The Lockean Mind, ed. Gordon-Roth and Weinberg, 167–80. Routledge, 2021. doi · Preprint
“The Arguments for Occasionalism and the Case against Causal Powers.” In Reconsidering Causal Powers, 121–48. OUP, 2021. doi
“Language.” In Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences. Springer, 2020. doi
“The Philosophy of Francisco Suarez: Central Themes.” In Jesuit Philosophy on the Eve of Modernity, 373–402. Brill, 2019. doi
“Knowledge in the Sixteenth Century.” In Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy, 233–66. Bloomsbury, 2018.
“Domingo de Soto.” In Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History, 134–56. Cambridge University Press, 2018. doi
Recent Reviews
Review of Borg and Fisher, Meaning: A Very Short Introduction, with Stainton. Philosophy in Review 44/3 (2025): 5–8. · Preprint
Review of Lenz, Socializing Minds. Journal of the History of Philosophy 62/4 (2024): 665–667. doi · Preprint
Review of Duncan, Materialism from Hobbes to Locke. Crítica 56/168 (2024): 77–80. doi · Preprint
Review of Lucci, John Locke’s Christianity. Journal of the History of Philosophy 61/2 (2023): 331–332. doi
Dr. Benjamin Hill 