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Our research group strives to create a lively research environment for all those with projects in theoretical philosophy here at Bielefeld University, or with ties to it. The group is organized around the chair of theoretical philosophy held by Christian Nimtz, but we invite everyone with projects in fields such as the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, epistemology, theory of action, metaphysics or meta-philosophy. You find an overview of the people working here, the projects they pursue, the flagship projects we as a group try to push along as well below. If you are interested in theoretical philosophy, please do check out our 'research seminar theoretical philosophy'. If you want to learn more, please contact us: Prof. Christian Nimtz. |
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Christian Nimtz, Professor Chair of Theoretical Philosophy e-mail website |
works on topics in the philosophy of language, (modal) epistemology, the philosophy of mind and meta-philosophy |
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Peter Schulte, Dr. Assistant Professor e-mail website |
works on topics in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and meta-ethics |
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Alexander Steinberg, Dr. Assistant Professor e-mail website |
works on topics in metaphysics, the philosophy of logic and language, and the history of analytic philosophy |
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works on topics in the philosophy of mind | |
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Steve Kindley, M.A. Doctoral Student e-mail website |
works on topics in epistemology |
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Romy Jaster, Dr. (HU Berlin) Postdoc e-mail website |
works on topics in metaphysics, the philosophy of language and epistemology |
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Wolfgang Schwarz, Dr. (Edinburgh) Lecturer e-mail website |
works on topics in epistemology, the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and logic. |
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Insa Lawler, M.A. (Ruhr-University Bochum) Postdoc e-mail website |
works on topics in epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language |
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works on topics in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind |
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Lea Bachus |
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Philippe Biermann |
is interested in topics in the philosophy of language (modality), metaphysics, and meta-ethics |
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Paul Rehren |
interested in topics in experimental philosophy and moral psychology |
Get-together on Christmas 2016:
Dinner at the end of the summer semester 2016:
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- "Masterclass in Philosophy 2018 on The Nature of Visual Perception" with Prof. Nico Orlandi (Santa Cruz), Universität Bielefeld, 4.-6. Juli 2018
- "Teleosemantics and the Nature of Functions" Bielefeld September 2017
- "Animal Signals - Function, Evolution and Meaning" Bielefeld May 2017
- "Modal Knowledge" Bielefeld March 2017
- "Teleosemantic Perspectives on Perception", Bielefeld, October 2016
- Workshop with Kit Fine about Truthmaker Semantics, Bielefeld, June 2016
- "Natural Kind Terms - Reference, Rigidity, Essence", Bielefeld, September 2015
- "Bence Nanay's 'Between Perception and Action'", Bielefeld, April 2014.
- "Minds Without Magic?", Bielefeld, September 2013.
- "Categorization & Meaning", at the ZiF (Bielefeld), February 2013.
- "Teleosemantics Today", Erlangen, February 2012.
The main forum of our research group is the “Research Seminar Theoretical Philosophy”, where we discuss papers contributed by participants or invited guests. See here for details and the current schedule.
Once a term we meet with people working in theoretical philosophy from Osnabrück (Prof. Kompa) and Münster (Prof. Strobach).
The department of philosophy partakes in the European Ph.D.-Network in Philosophy, a joint scholarly program aimed at promoting the scientific quality and the internationalization of doctoral education, as well as providing doctoral students enhanced career possibilities. The participants of this network are the University of Bergen, the University of Bucharest, the University of Helsinki, the University of Bologna, Uppsala University, and Bielefeld University . The Network is intended to facilitate joint supervision of Ph.D. theses and to foster the integration of the program’s doctoral students into European academic communities. The Network focuses on Theoretical Philosophy, in particular, epistemology, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.
There are two flagship-projects related to our research group. The one is the project "Advancing Teleosemantics" funded by the German Research Council (DFG).
The other is a broader project on two-dimensional semantics and its implications for the semantics of natural languages, rigidity & essence, ethics, and fiction.
Some Current and Recent Research Projects
| Tugenderkenntnistheorie | Ph.D. project Christian Nimtz / Gerhard Ernst (Erlangen) 2013 - |
Steve Kindley |
| Mind and Function - Teleosemantics Beyond Selected Effects | Ph.D. project Christian Nimtz / Peter Schulte 2013 - |
Fabian Hundertmark |
| Knowing why – An investigation of explanatory knowledge | Ph.D. project Raphael van Riel (Duisburg-Essen) / Thomas Spitzley (Duisburg-Essen) / Christian Nimtz 2014 - 2018 |
Insa Lawler |
| Agent’s Abilities and Freedom of the Will | Ph.D. project Barbara Vetter (HU Berlin) / Christian Nimtz 2013 - 2017 |
Romy Jaster |
| Wissen, was möglich ist | Ph.D. project Christian Nimtz / Peter Schulte 2011 - 2013 |
Sebastian Müller |
| From Intentional Explanations to Representation - Rethinking Teleosemantics | Postdoc project ('Habilitation') 2010 - 2016 |
Peter Schulte |
| Sentence Understanding and the Rational-Intentional Explanation of Linguistic Communication |
Ph.D. project Brendan Balcerak Jackson / Thomas Grundmann / Christian Nimtz 2010 - 2013 |
Lars Dänzer |
Recent MA- and BA-Theses (Only the Exceptional Ones)
| On the Pluralities of Worlds: Characterisation and Object Individuation in Extended Modal Meinongianism |
MA-thesis Christian Nimtz / Marcus Kracht 2015 |
Daniel Milne-Plückebaum |
| A Shotgun Wedding? – Non-Declaratives and Truth-Conditional Semantics | MA-thesis Christian Nimtz / Peter Schulte 2014 |
Insa Lawler |
| Kontrafaktische Kausalitätstheorien | BA-thesis Peter Schulte / Christian Nimtz 2014 |
Stefan Guhe |
Responsible for this homepage: Prof. Christian Nimtz.
