Tad Schmaltz

Tad Schmaltz is a Professor of Philosophy and current Department Chair at the University of Michigan, having rejoined the role after a year-long hiatus. Prior to Michigan, he spent 21 years on the philosophy faculty at Duke University. His research spans Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, and History and Philosophy of Science, with a focus on Cartesianisms, late scholasticism, and the Scientific Revolution.

• Education: Ph.D. (1988, University of Notre Dame), B.A. (1983, Kalamazoo College)
• Contact: phil-chair@umich.edu, tschmalt@umich.edu

He has authored influential works on Descartes, Malebranche, and Spinoza, and is currently researching the metaphysical system of Francisco Suárez. His contributions include substantive analyses of substance-mode metaphysics, mind-body union, and causation theories in early modern thought.