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Philosophie

Prof. Dr. Colin Allen

Fachgebiet:

Philosophie

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.08.2010 - 30.04.2011

Profil

Colin Allen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bloomington, Indiana. He is well-known internationally for his outstanding research in animal mind, philosophy of biology and artificial intelligence. It is characteristic for his work that he combines philosophical analysis with empirical cognitive sciences, especially relying on recent developments in animal research and robotics. Important books are entitled "Species of the Mind", "The Cognitive Animal" and "Moral Machines".
He is director of the Cognitive Science program as well as founder and organizer of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. In 2008-2009 he was president of the Society for Philosophy & Psychology in the USA.

Heimatinstitut

Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
47405 Bloomington

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
Institut für Philosophie
Universität Bochum
Gebäude GA 3/152, Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bernet

Fachgebiet:

Geschichte der Philosophie

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.10.2010 - 31.01.2011

Profil

Professor Dr. Rudolf Bernet an international authority in the study of phenomenology. His critical editions of Edmund Husserl's writings and his profound research on Husserl are most important. Prof. Bernet has enriched the theory of phenomenology with contributions to the theory of subjectivity, the philosophy of consciousness and particularly to the field of psychoanalysis. During his stay in Freiburg he continues his research on the topic "Towards a Phenomenology of the Unconscious".

Heimatinstitut

Husserl-Archiv te Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Kardinaal Mercierplein 2
3000 Leuven

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Hans-Helmuth Gander
Husserl Archiv
Universität Freiburg
Platz der Universität 3
79085 Freiburg i. Br.

Prof. Dr. Michael L. Friedman

Fachgebiet:

Systematische Philosophie

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.10.2010 - 30.11.2010

Profil

Professor Michael Friedman is among the most highly reputed philosophers of our time. He has profoundly shaped major areas of contemporary philosophy. In particular, he has made ground-breaking contributions in the philosophy of space and time and the theory of scientific explanation. In addition, he has deepened considerably the understanding of Kant's philosophy of science and has developed a new reading of the early history of Logical Empiricism.
The project that Friedman intends to pursue during his stay in Germany is directed at articulating and defending the claim that the objectivity and rationality of scientific progress can be elucidated by using a dynamical and historicized version of the Kantian a priori.

Heimatinstitut

Department of Philosophy
Stanford University
Building 100
94305-2155 Stanford

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Martin Carrier
MPI für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Boltzmannstr. 22
14195 Berlin

Prof. Dr. Paul David Guyer

Fachgebiet:

Ästhetik

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.09.2010 - 30.09.2010

Profil

Prof. Guyer is one of the leading American Kant scholars who has published very influential books on almost all aspects of Kant's philosophical theories and their role in classical German philosophy. He has also published widely discussed work in the history of aesthetics and aesthetic theory. During his stay in Germany, Prof. Guyer plans to mainly focus on research in the history of 18th century German aesthetics.

Heimatinstitut

Department of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
433 Logan Hall
19104-6304 Philadelphia

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Christoph Horn
Institut für Philosophie
Universität Bonn
Am Hof 1
53113 Bonn

Prof. Dr. Krister Segerberg

Fachgebiet:

Systematische Philosophie

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.05.2010 - 30.04.2011

Profil

Professor Krister Segerberg from Uppsala University, Sweden

Professor Segerberg is a pioneer in the field of philosophical logic. His work has generated essential insights into the theory as well as the application of modal logic, dynamic logic, the logic of action, conditional logic, deontic and epistemic logic. He has shown the fertility of formal methods for the treatment of substantive philosophical problems. During his stay in Germany, he will apply advanced methods of modal logic to the study of the dynamics of cognitive and normative systems with a particular view to multi-agent contexts.

Heimatinstitut

Institute of Philosophy
Uppsala University
Uppsala Universitet, Box 627
75268 Uppsala

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Andre Fuhrmann
Institut für Philosophie
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Grüneburgplatz 1
60629 Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Dr. Michael Andrew Smith

Fachgebiet:

Ethik

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.08.2010 - 31.07.2011

Profil

Professor Michael A. Smith, a moral philosopher, has gained an international philosophical reputation due to his seminal contributions to philosophical psychology and to meta-ethics. His publications on foundational issues in practical philosophy have significantly advanced current debates, they have also, to a large extent, framed the way in which these debates are now conducted and have opened up avenues for future research. In Germany, Professor Smith will complete a project on the relation between values, reasons for actions, and moral responsibility.

Professor Smith is hosted by Professor Thomas Schmidt at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Heimatinstitut

Department of Philosophy
Princeton University
212A 1879 Hall
08544-1006 Princeton

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt
Institut für Philosophie
Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Newtonstraße 15
12489 Berlin

Prof. Dr. Carlos Gilbert Leo Eudoxie Steel

Fachgebiet:

Geschichte der Philosophie

Forschungsaufenthalt in Deutschland:

01.09.2010 - 31.10.2010

Profil

Professor Carlos Steel is well known for his outstanding research in medieval philosophy and an international authority in ancient philosophy and its reception in its two main branches: the Platonic and the Aristotelian tradition. In his groundbreaking studies and editions he combines philological competence with strong philosophical analysis, the intuition for the significant ideas within the history of philosophy with a subtle understanding of its systematic importance. His familiarity with both, the ancient and the medieval tradition of philosophy in their many cultural contexts makes him an exceptional figure among historians of philosophy.
During his stay in Germany Professor Steel intends to prepare a study on the relation between luck and morality in ancient and medieval philosophy in the tradition of the Aristotelian treatise De Bona Fortuna, a topic of prevailing importance.

Heimatinstitut

Hoger Institut voor Wijsbegeerte
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Kardinaal Mercierplein 2
3000 Leuven

Gastinstitut in Deutschland

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