ravven is a neurophilosopher and specialist on the philosophy of the seventeenth century philosopher, baruch spinoza. she was the first to argue that spinoza's moral philosophy is a systems theory of ethics. ravven was also the first philosopher to propose that spinoza anticipated central discoveries in the neuroscience of the emotions. ravven has published widely on spinoza's philosophic thought, on the twelfth century philosopher moses maimonides, on g.w.f. hegel and feminism, and on jewish ethics and jewish feminism.