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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | History of Philosophy |
| Keywords | metaphysics, science, causation, Immanuel Kant, reason |
| Honours and awards | 2017: Gutenberg Foschungskolleg Fellow 2016: Humboldt Forschungspreis |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | La Jolla |
| Institution | University of California, San Diego |
| Institute | Philosopy Department |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Rolf-Peter Horstmann | Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin |
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| Prof. Dr. Marcus Willaschek | Institut für Philosophie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2005 |
Programme(s)
| 2004 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2016 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Watkins is a leading expert in 18th century philosophy. In his influential book, Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality, he demonstrated Kant’s indebtedness to the metaphysics of his rationalist predecessors. Professor Watkins has also made important contributions to the history of science, ethics and the philosophy of religion. In Germany, he will work on a book about the idea of ‘the unconditioned’ in Kant, German Idealism and Romanticism. |