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I'm a philosopher and I currently hold a lecturer position at the University of Zurich. I'm working on diverse topics in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics and the philosophy of language.
You can download my CV here (in German; latest update 12/2018). Profiles on academia.edu, google scholar and philpapers |
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PAPERS: This year, I have also published some papers in German: "Teleosemantik weitergedacht" (together with Fabian Hundertmark) in Information Philophie (a review article on recent work in teleosemantics), "Willensfreiheit als philosophisches Problem" in the volume Willensfreiheit, edited by Dagmar Kiesel and Cleophea Ferrari (an article on free will), and „Von Glückspilzen und Unglücksraben: Eine Untersuchung logisch-normativer Theodizeeprobleme“, in the volume Glaube und Rationalität: Gibt es gute Gründe für den (A)theismus?, edited by Romy Jaster and me (an article on the problem of evil). [10/2019]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Where does Mind begin? - Perceptual Representation, Perceptual Constancy and the Case for Substantive Gradualism" at the Workshop Animal Minds at the University of Zürich, on September 28, 2019. [08/2019]
IN OTHER NEWS: I'm now officially an Associate Member of the ZiF Research Group "Cognitive Behavior of Humans, Animals, and Machines: Situation Model Perspectives". Website: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/FG/2019Behavior/index.html [05/2019]
PAPER: My paper "Challenging Liberal Representationalism: A Reply to Artiga" has been accepted by Dialectica. [05/2019]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Borderlands of the Mind: Plants as Representational Systems?" at Umeå University, Sweden, on May 21, 2019.
TALK: I'm giving a talk entitled "The Nature of Perceptual Constancies" in the COBHAM Colloquium at the CITEC Bielefeld on May 10, 2019. [04/2019]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Intentional Explanations: Simply Autonomous" at the UB Barcelona on January 23, 2019 (more details here). [10/2018]
PAPER: My paper "Grounding Nominalism" has been accepted by the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. Online first version here. [8/2018]
PAPER: My new paper, "Why Mental Content is Not Like Water: Reconsidering the Reductive Claims of Teleosemantics", has been accepted by Synthese. Online first version: doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1808-6 [6/2018]
TALKS: In September 2018, I will be present a paper entitled "Smelling How the World Is: Do Olfactory Experiences Represent?" at the GAP.10 in Cologne and at the ESPP in Rijeka, Croatia, and a paper entitled "No Representation without Explanation: Representational Status and the Explanation of Behavior" at the conference The Future of Teleosemantics (Website) in Bielefeld [6/2018]
PAPER: My new paper, "Naturalizing the Content of Desire", has been accepted by Philosophical Studies. Online first version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-1010-6 [10/2017]
TALK: On October 30th, 2017, I will be giving a presentation on "Informational Teleosemantics and the Distality Problem" at Duke University (Durham, USA). [9/2017]
PAPER: A new paper, "Perceiving the World Outside", is coming out in The Philosophical Quarterly. Online first version: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqx052 [9/2017]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Where does Mind begin? - Perceptual Representation, Perceptual Constancy and the Case for Substantive Gradualism" at the Workshop Animal Minds at the University of Zürich, on September 28, 2019. [08/2019]
IN OTHER NEWS: I'm now officially an Associate Member of the ZiF Research Group "Cognitive Behavior of Humans, Animals, and Machines: Situation Model Perspectives". Website: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/FG/2019Behavior/index.html [05/2019]
PAPER: My paper "Challenging Liberal Representationalism: A Reply to Artiga" has been accepted by Dialectica. [05/2019]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Borderlands of the Mind: Plants as Representational Systems?" at Umeå University, Sweden, on May 21, 2019.
TALK: I'm giving a talk entitled "The Nature of Perceptual Constancies" in the COBHAM Colloquium at the CITEC Bielefeld on May 10, 2019. [04/2019]
TALK: I will be giving a talk entitled "Intentional Explanations: Simply Autonomous" at the UB Barcelona on January 23, 2019 (more details here). [10/2018]
PAPER: My paper "Grounding Nominalism" has been accepted by the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. Online first version here. [8/2018]
PAPER: My new paper, "Why Mental Content is Not Like Water: Reconsidering the Reductive Claims of Teleosemantics", has been accepted by Synthese. Online first version: doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1808-6 [6/2018]
TALKS: In September 2018, I will be present a paper entitled "Smelling How the World Is: Do Olfactory Experiences Represent?" at the GAP.10 in Cologne and at the ESPP in Rijeka, Croatia, and a paper entitled "No Representation without Explanation: Representational Status and the Explanation of Behavior" at the conference The Future of Teleosemantics (Website) in Bielefeld [6/2018]
PAPER: My new paper, "Naturalizing the Content of Desire", has been accepted by Philosophical Studies. Online first version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-1010-6 [10/2017]
TALK: On October 30th, 2017, I will be giving a presentation on "Informational Teleosemantics and the Distality Problem" at Duke University (Durham, USA). [9/2017]
PAPER: A new paper, "Perceiving the World Outside", is coming out in The Philosophical Quarterly. Online first version: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqx052 [9/2017]
