Curriculum Vitae
Academic Background
| Undergraduate studies in Philosophy at Munich School of Philosophy |
Bachelor’s Degree July 1981 |
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| Graduate studies in Philosophy at Munich School of Philosophy and Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich |
Master of Arts in Philosophy February 1984 |
Thesis on „Realism and Anti-Realism“ Grade: summa cum laude |
| Graduate studies in Catholic Thelogy at Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt and University of Innsbruck, Austria |
Degree of „Diplomtheologe“ July 1989 |
Thesis on „Revelation“ Grade: summa cum laude |
| Doctoral Studies in Philosophy begun at the University of Bielefeld, where thesis advisor Prof. Peter Bieri organized a large-scale internactional research project on the topic of „Mind and Brain“, finished at Freie Universität Berlin after following the dissertation advisor to Berlin |
Doctorate 1994 |
Thesis on „Mental Causation“ Grade: summa cum laude |
| Munich School of Philosophy | Habilitation in Philosophy 2003 |
Academic Positions Held
| 1984–1986 | Full-time lecturer in Philosophy at the Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, USA Teaching intro-level Epistemology, Logic and Metaphysics |
| 1986–1989 | Teaching-assistant to Prof. Koltermann in Philosophy of Physics and Biology During graduate studies in Catholic Theology at the Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1994 (spring term) | Visiting scholar of the Philosophy Department at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA Working with (among others) Prof. Brian McLaughlin in Philosophy of Mind |
| 1994 (fall term) & 1995 (spring term) |
Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, Munich, Germany Teaching Philosophy of Mind and Analytic Epistemology |
| 1995–1996 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion (one-year full-time position) at the Philosophy Department of the University of Notre Dame, USA Teaching upper-level undergraduate courses in Philosophy of Mind |
| 1996 (fall term) | Full-time tenure-track position (assistant professor) at the Munich School of Philosophy Courses on Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, and History of Analytic Philosophy |
| Jan–Feb 2000 | Visiting scholar at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts, USA Lectures on Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind |
| 2000 (fall term) | Visiting scholar the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Working mainly with Prof. David Chalmers in Philosophy of Mind, participation in the Center for Consciousness Studies |
| Feb 2002 | Professorship officialy offered by Fordham University, New York, USA, in Philosophy of Mind Declined for personal reasons. |
| 2003 | Tenured at Munich School of Philosophy Full professor for Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Language. |
| 2003–2005 (fall terms only) |
Visiting Professor at Fordham University |
| Since 2011 | Editor for the German speaking countries at the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion |
| 2011–2015 | Member of the steering committee of the international research project „Analytic Theology“ Funded by the John Templeton Foundation |
| Since 2012 | Holder of the endowed „Lejeune Chair for Philosophy and Motivation“ Specializing in Philosophical Psychology, Metaphysics of Mental Causation, Freedom of the Will and Action Theory |
| 2013 (fall term) | „James Collins Visiting Professor in Philosophy“ at Saint Louis University |
| 2014 – 2020 | Vice President of Munich School of Philosophy |
| Since 2020 | Acting Management of the „Institut für naturwissenschaftliche Grenzfragen zur Philosophie und Theologie“ |