Teaching Statement
I agree with Stanley Cavell’s “definition” of philosophy as education for the grown-ups. I thus regard teaching as an essential part of my research activity, taking the opportunity to learn and improve my skills in preparing classes and discussing with my students. I intend this to reflect on my teaching activity at two levels: as a process whereby students learn to critically engage in a new subject-matter, and as a process whereby the teacher himself acquires new perspectives and learns how to better sharpen his own philosophical skills.
I usually teach two seminars per semester, one in English and one in German. The syllabi of my seminars are available upon request (a few are already available below). Check this document for my advices about how to read and write philosophy texts.
Seminars I have taught
At the Ruhr-Universität Bochum † : taught in German
SS 21
Kant: Kritik der reinen Vernunft †
[Kant: Critique of Pure Reason]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophy of Perception: Disjunctivism
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
WS 20/21
Epistemology: Understanding in Science and the Arts. Discussing Catherine Z. Elgin’s True Enough
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
Includes a Webinar with C.Z. Elgin
Einführung in die Wissenschaftsphilosophie †
[Introduction to the Philosophy of Science]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
SS 20
René Descartes: Skeptizismus, Methode und das Cogito †
[Descartes: Skepticism, Method and the Cogito]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Wilfried Sellars and the Myth of the Given
[Introduction to the Philosophy of Science]
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
WS 19/20
John McDowell’s Mind and World
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
Analytische Bewusstseinstheorien †
[Analytic Theories of Consciousness]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophische Werkstatt
[Philosophical Workshop]
Two-days workshop training in Philosophy writing and reading for BA students
Co-organized with Elmarie Venter (11th and 13th of December)
SS 19
Eine Einführung in die Wahrnehmungsphilosophie †
[An Introduction to the Philosophy of Perception]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophy of Attention: Sebastian Watzl’s Structuring Mind
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
SS 18
Philosophische Probleme wissenschaftlicher Modelle †
[Philosophical Problems of Scientific Models]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Teleosemantics: Karen Neander’s A Mark of the Mental
Taught with Prof. Tobias Schlicht
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
At the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
WS 16/17
Philosophie der Wahrnehmung: Eine Einführung †
[Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction]
PostgraduateSeminar (MA Phil)
Wahrnehmungsgehalt †
[Perceptual Content] January 31
Ringvorlesung “Einführung in die Philosophie” (BA and MA Phil)
I agree with Stanley Cavell’s “definition” of philosophy as education for the grown-ups. I thus regard teaching as an essential part of my research activity, taking the opportunity to learn and improve my skills in preparing classes and discussing with my students. I intend this to reflect on my teaching activity at two levels: as a process whereby students learn to critically engage in a new subject-matter, and as a process whereby the teacher himself acquires new perspectives and learns how to better sharpen his own philosophical skills.
I usually teach two seminars per semester, one in English and one in German. The syllabi of my seminars are available upon request (a few are already available below). Check this document for my advices about how to read and write philosophy texts.
Seminars I have taught
At the Ruhr-Universität Bochum † : taught in German
SS 21
Kant: Kritik der reinen Vernunft †
[Kant: Critique of Pure Reason]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophy of Perception: Disjunctivism
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
WS 20/21
Epistemology: Understanding in Science and the Arts. Discussing Catherine Z. Elgin’s True Enough
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
Includes a Webinar with C.Z. Elgin
Einführung in die Wissenschaftsphilosophie †
[Introduction to the Philosophy of Science]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
SS 20
René Descartes: Skeptizismus, Methode und das Cogito †
[Descartes: Skepticism, Method and the Cogito]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Wilfried Sellars and the Myth of the Given
[Introduction to the Philosophy of Science]
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
WS 19/20
John McDowell’s Mind and World
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
Analytische Bewusstseinstheorien †
[Analytic Theories of Consciousness]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophische Werkstatt
[Philosophical Workshop]
Two-days workshop training in Philosophy writing and reading for BA students
Co-organized with Elmarie Venter (11th and 13th of December)
SS 19
Eine Einführung in die Wahrnehmungsphilosophie †
[An Introduction to the Philosophy of Perception]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Philosophy of Attention: Sebastian Watzl’s Structuring Mind
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
SS 18
Philosophische Probleme wissenschaftlicher Modelle †
[Philosophical Problems of Scientific Models]
Graduate Seminar (BA Phil)
Teleosemantics: Karen Neander’s A Mark of the Mental
Taught with Prof. Tobias Schlicht
Postgraduate Seminar (MA Phil, Msc CogSci)
At the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
WS 16/17
Philosophie der Wahrnehmung: Eine Einführung †
[Philosophy of Perception: An Introduction]
PostgraduateSeminar (MA Phil)
Wahrnehmungsgehalt †
[Perceptual Content] January 31
Ringvorlesung “Einführung in die Philosophie” (BA and MA Phil)
