Prof. Dr. Jennifer Whiting

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietGeschichte der Philosophie,Theoretische Philosophie,Praktische Philosophie
KeywordsAncient moral psychology, Self and consciousness: aristotle, stoics, locke , personal identity and agency , friendship and self-knowledge , Aristotle

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtPittsburgh
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Philosophy

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Christof RappInstitut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2007

Programm(e)

2006Konrad Adenauer-Forschungspreis-Programm

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Whiting is one of the leading classical philosophers in North America. She has published widely on Ancient Philosophy and succeeded to show that the theories and problems of ancient thinkers can be formulated and accentuated in a way that makes them relevant for the contemporary discussion. This is in particular true for her work, inspired by Aristotelian ideas, on the intersection of ethics, moral psychology and philosophy of mind. In Germany, Professor Whiting plans to write a book on Greek moral psychology and its contemporary accounts of personal identity and their alleged relations to rationality.