Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Faculty Member, Institut für Philosophie

Privatdozent

About

Most of my work is on the philosophy of language and mind, and on epistemology. My historical research is mainly on medieval and modern philosophy. I generally try to combine research and teaching on philosophical issues with an historical approach.

Currently, I run the research group “Transformations of Mind. Philosophical Psychology from 1500 to 1750” at Humboldt University Berlin. I studied in Bochum, Budapest and Hull (PhD in 2001 in Bochum). As a fellow of the Emmy Noether Programme (DFG), I became a Senior Member of Wolfson College and was Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge (2002-2004). From 2004, I was Research Associate at Free University Berlin, from 2006 at Humboldt University (Habilitation in 2009). From 2009 to 2010 I was Visiting Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Tübingen University.
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Upcoming talks:

"Sind nur sprachfähige Wesen rational? – Über die Grenzen des 'Raums der Gründe'" (Congress of the ÖGP "Crossing Borders", University of Vienna, 2-4 June 2011)

"The Intrinsic Normativity of Affects and Judgments" (Conference on "Nature versus Normativity? – Joining contemporary and early modern perspectives on intentionality and knowledge", HU Berlin, 14-15 July 2011)

"Haben sprachlose Wesen Überzeugungen? – Gegenwärtige und historische Diskussionen des Lingualismus" (Congress of the DGPhil, LMU München, 11-15 September 2011)

"Müssen wir erkennen, was wir denken? – Die semiotische Seele bei Ockham" (Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung "Abschied vom Seelischen?" Universität Zürich, 22 October 2011)

"Essences and Signification: Medieval Heritage and Innovation in Locke’s Philosophy of Language" (Dawes Hicks Lecture, British Academy, London, 28 October 2011)

"Natur versus Normativität? Locke und der Mythos des Gegebenen" (Institutskolloquium, University of Potsdam, 22 November 2011)

"Sprachphilosophie bei Locke und Leibniz" (Conference on "Leibniz' Sprachforschung und Sprachphilosophie", Hannover, 1-2 June 2012)

"Spinoza on Essence and Normativity" (Workshop on Spinoza's metaphysics, HU Berlin, 14-15 June 2012)

"Real and Nominal Essences in Locke and the Port-Royal Logic" (Conference on "Locke and Cartesianism", University of Lille, 20-22 September 2012)