I work on German idealism (and Kant), with a particular focus on metaphilosophy. My projects in this field come together under the thesis that Kant, Maimon, Fichte and Schelling, all studied and adapted the experimentalist and modelling methods of the natural sciences of their day to solve problems internal to philosophy, namely metaphilosophical and epistemological problems.
Also, I combine some of my historical work on Fichte and 20th century phenomenology with debates in contemporary philosophy. One of my current projects in this area focuses on Fichte’s treatment of the problems of other minds as an ethical problem, and traces systemati…
I work on German idealism (and Kant), with a particular focus on metaphilosophy. My projects in this field come together under the thesis that Kant, Maimon, Fichte and Schelling, all studied and adapted the experimentalist and modelling methods of the natural sciences of their day to solve problems internal to philosophy, namely metaphilosophical and epistemological problems.
Also, I combine some of my historical work on Fichte and 20th century phenomenology with debates in contemporary philosophy. One of my current projects in this area focuses on Fichte’s treatment of the problems of other minds as an ethical problem, and traces systematic connections to the works of Stein, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Another is on the social constitution of personhood, and relates Fichte's theory of personal autonomy to accounts of relational autonomy in contemporary feminist philosophy.
I am currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Toronto. Previously, I was a Postdoc (“Akademische Rätin”) at Heidelberg University (a position I will resume in August 2026). I completed my doctorate at ETH Zurich, spending one year at Yale University as a Visiting Assistant in Research.