Theoretical philosophy

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Professor
Name, ForenameContact
Prof. Dr. Dr. Köchy, Kristian
Fachgebietsleitung »Theoretische Philosophie«
Köchy, Kristian
Secretary
Name, ForenameContact
Kreter, Friederike
Sekretariat des Instituts für Philosophie | IfP
Kreter, Friederike
Seitz-Kircher, Tina
Sekretariat des Fachgebiets »Theoretische Philosophie« | IfP
Seitz-Kircher, Tina
Research assistant
Name, ForenameContact
Dr. Artese, Giuseppe Flavio
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Theoretische Philosophie & Integrative Biophilosophie
Artese, Giuseppe Flavio
Dr. Böhnert, Martin
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Theoretische Philosophie
Böhnert, Martin
Dr. Casper, Mark-Oliver
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Theoretische Philosophie
Casper, Mark-Oliver
Dr. Kries, Carsten
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Theoretische Philosophie
Kries, Carsten
Dr. Pagan, Matteo
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter: Theoretische Philosophie
Pagan, Matteo

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Rebecca Bachmann (First State Examination) - rebecca.bachmann[at]web[dot]de

Thought Experiments as Genuine Instruments of (Philosophical) Research. The Mediating Role of Thought Experiments in Scientific Discourse, Using the Debate on Artificial Intelligence as an Example (working title), Ph.D. fellow at the University of Kassel.

Saliha Bayir (M.A.)

Research Practices and Scientific Change in Ecology (working title), funded by the DFG project “Forms of Practice” (Dr. Robert Meunier), Otto Braun Fund scholarship recipient.

Victoria-Katharina Martinelli (M.A.) - v.k.martinelli@uni-kassel.de

Knowledge as a Living Assembly – Goethe’s Morphology as an Epistemological Model for Ernst Cassirer and Kurt Goldstein ( working title), Otto Braun Fund fellow.

Completed doctorates

Dr. Guiseppe Flavio Artese

Characterizing the Experience of Relevant Affordances as Gestaltic Perceptions, funded by the ZFF project “Philosophy of Situated Cognition.”

 

Dr. Elke Witt

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Dr. Roland Kipke

The Optimization of Humanity—Neuroenhancement and the Pursuit of Self-Improvement, 2010. Link.

Dr. Elke Witt, Dipl. Biol.

Concepts and Constructs of Life: Philosophical and Biological Aspects of the Artificial Production of Microorganisms, 2011. Link.

Dr. Dr. Mareike Frevert

The Science of Synthesis: Attempts at a Philosophy of Science in Chemistry, 2014. Link.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Grimm

Research Networks. A Comparison of the Historical Eugenics Movement and Modern Human Genomics, 2011. Link.

Dr. Alexander Stöger

(in cooperation with the DFG Research Training Group “Modell Romantik,” University of Jena; GRK 2041/1 http://www.modellromantik.uni-jena.de): Galvanic Representation Experiments in Discourse. Methods between Romantic Ideas and Efforts at Professionalization, 2019. Link.

Dr. Johannes Hocks

Self-Determined Indeterminacy: On the Concept of the Human in the Philosophies of Spinoza and Plessner, Otto Braun Fund Fellow, 2019.

Dr. Martin Böhnert

Methodological Signatures. A Philosophical Attempt to Systematize Empirical Research on the Minds of Animals. 2019.

Dr. Daniel Falkner

Metaphors of Life. Metaphorological Perspectives on a Dispute Over Truth, Using the Debate on the Concept of Life in Synthetic Biology as an Example. 2019.

Dr. Carsten Kries

Dynamic Judgment—On the Systematic Nature of a Higher Cognitive Faculty in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. 2020. Link.

Alexander Hildebrandt

From World-Weariness to Self-Indulgence: Max Stirner’s Philosophical Therapy for Modernity. 2021.

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