Section de Philosophie | UNIL | Université de Lausanne |
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Personal Data | Year of birth: | 1979 |
Place of birth: | Bergisch-Gladbach (Germany) | |
Nationality: | German | |
Marital status: | Married | |
Current function | Senior lecturer (MER) in epistemology and history of science |
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Education | ||
1990 – 1999 | Secondary school at Lessing-Gymnasium in Cologne |
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June 1999 | High school graduation (Abitur) at Lessing-Gymnasium in Cologne | |
Aug. 1999 – July 2000 | Civilian service at St Martin's Geriatric Care Centre in Cologne | |
Oct. 2000 – Nov. 2004 | Study of philosophy and biology at the University of Cologne. Junior assistant in philosophy at the University of Cologne (March 2002 – February 2003). Master (Staatsexamen) in philosophy and biology at the University of Cologne. Master Thesis in philosophy on: “Reduktionismus in der Wissenschaftstheorie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Philosophie der Biologie”. |
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Dec. 2004 – Feb. 2007 | Assistant FNS (60%) (Swiss National Science Foundation) at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), dissertation thesis on: “Reductionism in the philosophy of science”. | |
Sept. 2005 – Feb. 2007 | Assistant (40%) at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), substitute for Bruno Strasser MER. | |
Feb. 2006 – May 2006 | Visiting Scholar at Brown University, Providence, United States of America, with prof. Jaegwon Kim. | |
February 2007 | Defense of the doctor thesis « Reductionism in the philosophy of science », supervisor: Prof. Michael Esfeld (Lausanne), jury: Prof. Pascal Engel (Geneva) and Prof. Marcel Weber (Basel). | |
March 2007 – Aug. 2007 | MER (suppléant) in epistemology and history of science. | |
June 2007 | Award of the Société Académique Vaudoise (SAV) for the dissertation thesis. | |
Since Sept. 2007 | MER (type 1) in epistemology and history of science. | |
Languages | Modern: | German, French, English (written and spoken) |
Ancient: | Latin (Latinum) | |
Miscellaneous | Referee activity: | Abstracta, Dialectica, Erkenntnis, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Lato Sensu, Mind and Matter, Philosophia Naturalis, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Psychology, REPHA, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Theoria |
Administration committee: | Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS) | |
Member: | European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP), lgBIG - lake geneva Biological Interest Group, Netzwerk Philosophie der Lebenswissenschaften, Société Académique Vaudoise (SAV), Société de philosophie des sciences (SPS) |