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    In my paper, I shall take seriously Kant’s puzzling statements about the moral feeling of respect, which is, according to him, “a feeling self-wrought by means of a rational concept and therefore specifically different” from all common feelings. I will focus on the systematic position of the moral feeling of respect within the framework of Kant’s transcendental idealism. By considering its volitional structure, I argue for a compatibilist account of the moral feeling of respect, according to whi…Read more
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    “Practical reason is not the will”: Kant and Reinhold's dilemma
    European Journal of Philosophy 27 (4): 852-864. 2019.
    Contrary to Karl Leonhard Reinhold's theoretical critique of Kant's philosophy, his practical critique has been almost unknown. In my paper, I shall reconstruct Reinhold's practical philosophy after Kant. I will concentrate on the so‐called Reinhold's dilemma, which concerns the problem of moral imputability in the case of immoral actions in Kant. Also, I shall explain how Reinhold tried to escape this dilemma by introducing a new action theory and by sharply distinguishing between reason and wi…Read more
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    From Autonomy to Heautonomy
    Idealistic Studies 50 (3): 261-274. 2020.
    In this paper, I will shed light on Karl Leonhard Reinhold’s and Friedrich Schiller’s conceptions of practical self-determination after Kant. First, I outline Kant’s conception of freedom as autonomy. I then explain the so-called “Reinhold’s dilemma,” which concerns the problem of moral imputability in the case of immoral actions, which arises from Kant’s theory of autonomy. I then show how Reinhold and Schiller tried to escape this dilemma by developing an elaborated theory of individual freedo…Read more
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    Steffi Schadow: Achtung für das Gesetz. Moral und Motivation bei Kant (review)
    Kant Studien 106 (1): 160-164. 2015.
    Name der Zeitschrift: Kant-Studien Jahrgang: 106 Heft: 1 Seiten: 160-164
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    Heautonomy: Schiller on freedom of the will
    European Journal of Philosophy 29 (2): 339-353. 2020.
    In his book “Schiller as Philosopher”, Frederick Beiser laments that “contemporary Kant scholars have been intent on ignoring him. If they know anything at all about Schiller, it is only as the author of an epigram satirizing Kant”. Therefore, Beiser calls us “to consider Schiller as a philosopher, to reconstruct and appraise the arguments of his philosophical writings” (Beiser, 2005, p. vii). In this paper, I shall argue that it is Schiller's conception of freedom of the will as “heautonomy” th…Read more
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    The Logic of Illusion: Kant on the Reasons of Error
    Theoria 87 (6): 1468-1480. 2021.
    In this paper, I reconstruct Immanuel Kant's theory of theoretical and practical error, and I situate it within the broader context of his transcendental philosophy. I thereby refer to his conception of dialectic as the logic of illusion (CpR, B 86) and to his concept of rationalizing. By referring to Donald Davidson's conception of irrationality, I argue that Kant's theory of error allows us to keep the erring person responsible both in theoretical and practical regards.
  •  18
    Free Will: Historical and Analytic Perspectives (edited book)
    with Marco Hausmann
    Springer Verlag. 2021.
    This novel contributed volume advances the current debate on free will by bridging the divide between analytic and historically oriented approaches to the problem. With thirteen chapters by leading academics in the field, the volume is divided into three parts: free will and determinism, free will and indeterminism, and free will and moral responsibility. The contributors aim to initiate a philosophical discourse that profits from a combination of the two approaches. On the one hand, the analyti…Read more
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    Analysen des Bösen
    Philosophische Rundschau 66 (1): 37. 2019.
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    Wie kann Europa politisch und gesellschaftlich durch die Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung profitieren und seine Krisen überwinden, von denen es in der letzten Zeit so geplagt wurde? Wie kann es ein „Humanprojekt“ und die Einheit von „grüner“ Ökologie und „blauer“ Informationstechnik realisieren? In diesem Band präsentiert Luciano Floridi eine Zusammenfassung seiner Thesen, wie sich die Digitalisierung ganz konkret auf politische und soziale Phänomene auswirkt, und wie nun weniger die Dinge als …Read more
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    Lutz-Henning Pietsch: Topik der Kritik. Die Auseinandersetzung um die Kantische Philosophie (review)
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 65 (1): 018-022. 2012.
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    Die Schuld des Irrtums. Kant über rationale Selbsttäuschung
    Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie 45 (1). 2020.
    The aim of this paper is to reconstruct Kant’s theory of error in theoretical and practical terms, not only from a moral-psychological perspective, but also from the broader perspective of his transcendental philosophy. Kant’s theory of error will be interpreted as a central part of his transcendental philosophy, insofar as it is related to his doctrine of reason. For it is precisely Kant’s theory of dialectic as the »logic of appearance« that deals with the reasons that concern theoretical erro…Read more
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    Vernünfteln: Kant über die Rationalität des Bösen
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 68 (1): 28-50. 2020.
    Kant attempted to answer the question of whether immoral actions result from a mere lack or failing of reason, or whether they consist in a certain form of rationality, i. e. in immoral reasons. The paper addresses this question by concentrating on Kant’s conception of “rationalising” (“Vernünfteln”). This concept is the key for understanding how immoral actions can be based on reasons and are thus imputable. According to Kant, by rationalising, the moral agent constructs a formal coherence of h…Read more
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    This volume collects thirteen original essays that address the concept of will in Classical German Philosophy from Kant to Schopenhauer. During this short, but prolific period, the concept of will underwent various transformations. While Kant identifies the will with pure practical reason, Fichte introduces, in the wake of Reinhold, an originally biological concept of drive into his ethical theory, thereby expanding on the Kantian notion of the will. Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer take a ste…Read more
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    Freiheit nach Kant. Probleme und Perspektiven autonomer Vernunft
    Philosophische Rundschau 61 (4): 294-308. 2014.
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    Ambivalent Freedom: Kant and the Problem of Willkür
    In Marco Hausmann & Jörg Noller (eds.), Free Will: Historical and Analytic Perspectives, Springer Verlag. pp. 251-266. 2021.
    In this chapter, I will address the philosophical ambivalence of the concept of Willkür in and after Kant. The aim of my chapter is to defend it against the charge of irrationality and mere chance, and to rehabilitate it from a historical and analytic point of view. I will analyze Kant’s use of the word “Willkür”, and chronologically follow the semantic and systematic changes in his philosophical work. Finally, I address recent attempts to revitalize the concept of Willkür in the analytic debate…Read more
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    Vom Unvermögen zum Un-Vermögen: Reinhold und Schelling über unmoralische Freiheit nach Kant
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 66 (2): 162-182. 2018.
    Name der Zeitschrift: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie Jahrgang: 66 Heft: 2 Seiten: 162-182.
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    Higher Necessity
    Idealistic Studies 50 (1): 33-49. 2020.
    The aim of this paper is to analyze Schelling’s compatibilist account of freedom of the will particularly in his Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom. I shall argue that against Kant’s transcendental compatibilism Schelling proposes a “volitional compatibilism,” according to which the free will emerges out of nature and is not identical to practical reason as Kant claims. Finally, I will relate Schelling’s volitional compatibilism to more recent accounts of free will in…Read more
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    Jenseits von Affektivismus und Intellektualismus: Kants kompatibilistische Theorie der Achtung
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 70 (3): 400-424. 2022.
    In recent times, Kant’s theory of the moral feeling of respect has increasingly come to the centre of Kant research. His diverse and seemingly contradictory characterisations of this feeling in particular have led to continued controversial discussion. While a number of scholars try to understand the special role of respect in Kant by isolating this feeling from its conceptual context or solely referring to its role as moral motivation, I will concentrate on the systemic position of respect with…Read more
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    Studierendenzentrierte Hochschullehre: Von der Theorie Zur Praxis (edited book)
    with Christina Beitz-Radzio, Daniela Kugelmann, Sabrina Sontheimer, and Sören Westerholz
    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. 2021.
    Der Sammelband geht den Fragen nach, was eigentlich studierendenzentrierte Lehre ist, welche konkreten Herausforderungen bei der Umsetzung einer studierendenzentrierten Lehre auftreten und wie eine solche Lehre angesichts dieser Herausforderungen umgesetzt werden kann. Aber auch: Welche Hürden haben sich bisher als unüberwindbar erwiesen, und wie können Lehrende damit umgehen?
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    Rationalizing: Kant on Moral Self-Deception
    SATS 23 (2): 175-189. 2022.
    Kant’s moral philosophy is challenged by the so-called “Socratic Paradox”: If free will and pure practical reason are to be identified, as Kant argues, then there seems to be no room for immoral actions that are to be imputed to our individual freedom. The paper argues that Kant’s conception of rationalizing helps us to avoid the Socratic Paradox, and to understand how immoral actions can be imputed to our individual freedom and responsibility. In rationalizing, we misuse our capacity of reason …Read more
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    In this paper, I will reconstruct Kant’s theory of illusion from the perspective of his transcendental philosophy. I argue that it is Kant’s theory of dialectic as the “logic of illusion” that grounds both theoretical and practical error and that traces them back to a common root: the operation of rationalizing by theoretical and practical reason. I analyze different kinds of theoretical and practical errors and show how they are grounded in reason’s general propensity to rationalize. The paper …Read more
  •  9
    _Freiheit nach Kant_ analyzes Kant’s conception of freedom from a historical and systematic point of view. It considers its position in the history of philosophy, its impact on German Idealism, and finally discusses the systematic relevance of Kant’s theory.
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    Mensch oder Person? Jenseits von Animalismus und Konstitutionalismus
    Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 76 (3): 325-357. 2022.
    Are we essentially human animals or persons? The aim of this paper is to find a middle way between animalism and constitutionalism and to develop a concept of a person's life which avoids their problems. I will argue for the following thesis: As humans we are persons, but we are persons not in the sense of certain abilities which distinguish our biological kind, but by an intersubjective form of our life. Therefore, I will strictly distinguish between the biological species form of human beings …Read more
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    Obscuring Reason
    History of Philosophy Quarterly 40 (4): 302-316. 2023.
    This paper argues that Kant and Fichte develop a conception of “obscuring reason.” This conception allows us to explain our reasons for immoral actions although we are not able to cognize the original ground of evil. The paper analyzes Kant's conception of rationalizing (Vernünfteln) as obscuring reason. By rationalizing, we imputably misuse our faculty of reason in order to construct a viewpoint from which we are no longer bound to the absolute demand of the moral law. Fichte draws on Kant and …Read more
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    Was Ist Digitalität?: Philosophische Und Pädagogische Perspektiven (edited book)
    with Uta Hauck-Thum
    Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2021.
    Der Begriff der Digitalität ist erst in jüngster Zeit ins Zentrum der Kultur- und Geisteswissenschaft gerückt. Er entspricht nicht dem Verständnis von Digitalisierung im Sinne der Entwicklung von Technologien, der Erfassung und Speicherung von Daten und der Automatisierung von Abläufen. Vielmehr reflektiert Digitalität auf kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Realitäten und Lebensformen, die mit der Digitalisierung einhergehen und diese im Wechselspiel wiederum ermöglichen. Ziel des Bandes ist es, d…Read more
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    Larissa Wallner, Dimensionen der Zeit. Die Zeitphilosophie Kants und Husserls
    Philosophisches Jahrbuch 126 (1): 188-189. 2019.