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11/2019 Stefan Fischer and I are organizing a Workshop on Moral Terms, Slurs, and Hybrid Expressivism with David Copp (UC Davies) at the University of Konstanz. 

11/2019  Paper has been accepted

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Prof. Dr. Jochen Briesen

Professur für Theoretische Philosophie

Philosophisches Seminar
Universität Heidelberg
Schulgasse 6
69117 Heidelberg

jochen[dot]briesen[at]uni-heidelberg.de

Academic Positions

 

10/2024–present

Professor of  Philosophy

Department of Philosophy

Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg

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4/2021–9/2024

Heisenberg-Fellowship (3+2 years), German Research Foundation

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), University of Konstanz

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10/2022–3/2023

Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur),  Humboldt Professur

(Prof. Dr. Sven Bernecker), Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne. 

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4/2020–3/2021

Visiting Professor (Gastprofessor), Chair of Theoretical Philosophy  

(Prof. Dr Dominik Perler), Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-University Berlin

10/2018–03/2020

Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur), Chair of Theoretical Philosophy

with a special focus on Theory of Science, Epistemology and Logic 

(Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Spohn), Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz

 

2016–2018

Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter),

Institute for Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin

(Arbeitsbereich: Geschichte der Philosophie, Prof. Dr. Dina Emundts)

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2011–2016

Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat),

Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz

(Professur für Theoretische Philosophie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Philosophie der Sprache und des Geistes, Prof. Dr. Dina Emundts)

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2010

Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter),

Institute for Philosophy, University of Bonn

(Lehrstuhl: Logik und Grundlagenforschung, Prof. Dr. Elke Brendel)

Academic Degrees

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Habilitation (postdocoral degree)

Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin, January 2019.

Habilitationsschrift (postdoctoral thesis):  Ästhetische Urteile und ästhetische Eigenschaften – Sprachphilosophische und metaphysische Überlegungen. 

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Dissertation (PhD)

Philosophy, Humboldt-University Berlin, December 2010.

Dissertationsschrift (PhD-thesis): Skeptische Paradoxa – Die philosophische Skepsis, kognitive Projekte und der epistemische Konsequentialismus

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Magister Artium (MA)

Philosophy and Musicology, Humboldt-University Berlin, June 2005.

Research Activities Abroad

02/2024–04/2024

Visiting Scholar, New York University (USA)

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09/2017

Visiting Researcher, Uppsala University (Sweden)

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Fall Term 2016

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (USA)

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09/2013

Research Stay in the USA, presentations at NYU and Rutgers University.

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02/2008–06/2008

Visiting PhD-student, Arché Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of St. Andrews (Scotland)

 

Academic Activities 

04/2026–present

Head of the Department of Philosophy, Heidelberg University


04/2021–present

Co-Editor, Forschungsreihe (Research Series): "Perspektiven der Analytischen Philosophie", Mentis Verlag, with Prof. Dr. Ulla Wessels

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04/2019–present

Co-Editor, Forschungsreihe (Research Series): "Philosophische Ästhetik" ("Philosophical Aesthetics"), Schwabe Verlag, with PD Dr. Lisa Schmalzried, Prof. Dr. Christoph Demmerling. 

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02/2017–10/2018

Member of the Study Commission, Institute of Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin

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04/2012–10/2016

Member of the Faculty Council, Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz

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04/2012–10/2016

Member of the Study Commission, Department of Philosophy, University of Konstanz

© 08/2026 by Jochen Briesen

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