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5Leibniz on Perception, Sensation, Apperception, and ConscientiaIn Rebecca Copenhaver (ed.), History of the Philosophy of Mind, Vol. 4: Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, Routledge. pp. 220-244. 2018.In his famous monadological metaphysics, Leibniz distinguishes between simple monads, animal monads, and rational monads or minds. This tripartite metaphysical distinction is mirrored by his discrimination between cognitive performances these three types of monads are capable of. Simple monads perceive; animal monads additionally remember, sense, and mimic reasoning by associating mental images; rational monads, furthermore, think, reflect on and know themselves, know eternal truths, and reason …Read more
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593Sellars on DescartesIn Luca Corti & Antonio M. Nunziante (eds.), Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy, Routledge. pp. 15-35. 2018.This essay is a critical assessment of Sellars' interpretation and criticism of Descartes. It argues that Sellars made several mistakes in his view of Descartes, although the general thrust of his critique is sound.
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15Wie ist es zu erklären, dass wir uns vermittels geistiger Akte auf Gegenstände beziehen können? Und wodurch sind uns geistige Akte bewusst? René Descartes und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz geben faszinierende Antworten auf diese beiden zentralen Fragen der Philosophie des Geistes. In dieser Studie werden die Konzeptionen beider Autoren im Detail analysiert, miteinander verglichen und mit heutigen Positionen in Beziehung gesetzt. Die Analysen zeigen, dass Descartes eine deflationäre Konzeption des Be…Read more
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Die Philosophie John McDowells (edited book)Mentis. 2014.This companion to the philosophy of John McDowell is the first comprehensive critical introduction to his work in German. It presents the central topics of his thought from the 1970s to the present day, explores McDowell's original interpretations and appropriations of the thought of philosophers from Aristotle to Sellars, and discusses his work from the perspectives of other philosophical schools and traditions. The book contains articles by Christian Barth, Georg Bertram, Christoph Demmerling,…Read more
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60The Great Chain of Souls: Leibniz on Soul Unitarism and Soul KindsIn Dominik Perler & Klaus Corcilius (eds.), Ockham on Emotions in the Divided Soul, De Gruyter. pp. 271-298. 2014.
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186The aim of the paper is to illuminate some core aspects of Leibniz’s conception of judgement and its place in his conception of the mind. In particular, the paper argues for three claims: First, the act of judgement is at the centre of Leibniz’s conception of the mind in that minds strive at actualising innate knowledge concerning derivative truths, where the actualising involves an act of judgement. Second, Leibniz does not hold a judgement account of predication, but a two-component account th…Read more
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21Leibniz: What kind of rationalist?(= Logic, epistemology, and the unity of science 13). Ed. by Marcelo Dascal (review)Studia Leibnitiana 40 (1): 122. 2008.
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105Leibniz: Body, Substance, Monad, by Daniel GarberEuropean Journal of Philosophy 19 (2): 319-327. 2011.
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55Does thought depend on language? Primarily as a consequence of the cognitive turn in empirical disciplines like psychology and ethology, many current empirical researchers and empirically minded philosophers tend to answer this question in the negative. This book rejects this mainstream view and develops a philosophical argument in favor of a universal dependence of language on thought. In doing so, it comprises insights of two primary representatives of 20 th century and contemporary philosophy…Read more
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66Consciousness in Early Modern Philosophy: Remarks on Udo ThielKant Studien 107 (3): 515-525. 2016.Name der Zeitschrift: Kant-Studien Jahrgang: 107 Heft: 3 Seiten: 515-525.
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185U. Thiel, The Early Modern Subject: Self-Consciousness and Personal Identity from Descartes to Hume (review)Philosophy in Review 33 (1): 85-88. 2013.
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37Die Sprachabhängigkeit des DenkensDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 61 (5-6): 717-738. 2013.This paper argues in favour of lingualism, i. e., the position according to which thought depends on language. The notion of thought at issue is the one we apply when we understand ourselves as full-blown thinking beings. The argument takes advantage of an idea put forward by Donald Davidson. A modified version of this idea is developed into a comprehensive line of thought, which consists of five steps. The argument from truth claims that the possession of the capacity of thought requires posses…Read more
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90Leibniz on Phenomenal ConsciousnessVivarium 52 (3-4): 333-357. 2014.The main aim of this paper is to show that we can extract an elaborate account of phe- nomenal consciousness from Leibniz’s (1646-1716) writings. Against a prevalent view, which attributes a higher-order reflection account of phenomenal consciousness to Leibniz, it is argued that we should understand Leibniz as holding a first-order concep- tion of it. In this conception, the consciousness aspect of phenomenal consciousness is explained in terms of a specific type of attention. This type of atte…Read more
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106Bewusstsein bei DescartesArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 93 (2): 162-194. 2011.For Descartes, consciousness is closely connected to the intellective perception of thought. This paper argues that the prevalent interpretations of Descartes's account of consciousness in terms of higher-order perception and self-representation fail. These interpretations mistakenly assume that Cartesian consciousness possesses the same theoretical structure in all cases. It is shown by a close analysis of relevant passages that for Descartes the consciousness of perceptions and the consciousne…Read more
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion
PhD, 2006
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |