INSTITUT FÜR PHILOSOPHIE

Laufbahn

I am Professor of Philosophy at the Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt, Austria, where I teach classes in both Theoretical Philosophy (epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral psychology) and history of philosophy (in particular Early Modern Philosophy). My major research focuses on Early Modern Philosophy (Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Shaftesbury), Kant, the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism (Cohen, Natorp, Cassirer), as well as on the emotions, self-knowledge, the concept of wisdom, and the problem of epistemic trust. Besides of chairing the Department of Philosophy, I am acting president of the German Spinoza Society and leader of major project on ‚Spinoza and the Concept of the Human Life Form‘. My current research interest is related to Early Modern concern with Socratic self-knowledge the results of which I hope to articulate in way that may also proof relevant for contemporary debate about self-knowledge.