Currently, I teach philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Wuppertal.
My research focuses on theoretical philosophy, metaphilosophy, epistemology (theory of reason and rationality, perspectivism, relativism), metaepistemology (the use of ‘isms’ and labels in epistemology), conceptual and linguistic analyses (feature semantics, analysis vs. engineering, linguistic originalism and the etymological method), philosophy of science (paradigms, research programs, perspectival models), Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Nietzsche. I believe that philosophical investigations should start with metaphilosophical analyses and that ratio…
Currently, I teach philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Wuppertal.
My research focuses on theoretical philosophy, metaphilosophy, epistemology (theory of reason and rationality, perspectivism, relativism), metaepistemology (the use of ‘isms’ and labels in epistemology), conceptual and linguistic analyses (feature semantics, analysis vs. engineering, linguistic originalism and the etymological method), philosophy of science (paradigms, research programs, perspectival models), Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Nietzsche. I believe that philosophical investigations should start with metaphilosophical analyses and that rational autonomy is more important than side-taking in philosophy. I co-edit the first general handbook in metaphilosophy (Springer/Metzler) and have initiated the Center for Metaphilosophical Research (CMPHR).
I have experience in leading two research groups, projects “Metaphilosophy and its Relevance for the Philosophical Practice” (Priority 2030) and “Perspectivism as an Epistemological Program” (RSCF) at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad (2022-2023). I have also been the principal investigator in the project “How is Metaphilosophy Possible as a Unified Discipline?” (Fritz Thyssen Foundation) at the University of Koblenz and Landau (2021-2022) with research stays at the University of Oxford and the University of Pittsburgh. I have defended my doctorate thesis in September 2019 at the University of Wuppertal.
More infos on me and my research results can be found on
michaellewin . net