Prof. Dr. Roman Frigg

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy
KeywordsPredictability, Reductionism, Philosohy of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Probability

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
InstitutionLondon School of Economics & Political Science
InstituteDepartment of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stephan HartmannMunich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Stephan HartmannLehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2016

Programme(s)

2016Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Roman Frigg is a world-leading philosopher who made influential contributions to a broad range of topics in general philosophy of science and in philosophy of physics, and whose work had an impact on neighbouring disciplines, in particular physics, earth science and climate science. Prof. Frigg is especially renowned for his careful and sophisticated analysis of scientific knowledge, which has advanced both philosophy and physics. During his stay in Germany he intends to intensify scientific contacts with research groups in his field, also through lectures.