Awardees

Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Colin Allen

Field of Research:

Philosophy

Research Period in Germany:

01.08.2010 - 30.04.2011

Profile

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.

Home Institute

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

Host in Germany

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

Prof. Dr. Paul David Guyer

Field of Research:

Aesthetics

Research Period in Germany:

01.09.2010 - 30.09.2010

Profile

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.

Home Institute

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

Host in Germany

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

Prof. Dr. Krister Segerberg

Field of Research:

Systematic philosophy

Research Period in Germany:

01.05.2010 - 30.04.2011

Profile

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.

Home Institute

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

Host in Germany

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

Prof. Dr. Michael Andrew Smith

Field of Research:

Ethics

Research Period in Germany:

01.08.2010 - 31.07.2011

Profile

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.

Home Institute

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

Host in Germany

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

Prof. Dr. Carlos Gilbert Leo Eudoxie Steel

Field of Research:

History of philosophy

Research Period in Germany:

01.09.2010 - 31.10.2010

Profile

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.

Home Institute

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

Host in Germany

Main field of research

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