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X-PHI: Armchair in Flames
Specialization Seminar in Theoretical Philosophy
In this seminar we will first discuss some of the empirical studies that experimental philosophers have conducted and develop an overview of the contemporary experimental scene in practical and theoretical philosophy. In the second half of the seminar we will discuss the challenge that experimental philosophy is posing for "traditional" intuition-based philosophy. What exactly is the role of intuitions in philosophy? To what extend are they evidence? Is there a sense in which (professional) philosophers can claim expertise about philosophical matters, and thus have perhaps more reliable intuitions than "ordinary" people have?
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A Critical Introduction to Game Theory...
...and Its Application in Philosophy, Psychology, Economics, and other Behavioral and Social Sciences
Game Theory is a powerful mathematical theory; originally developed to study strategic social behaviour, it is nowadays used as a tool to explain behaviour traits, the evolution of language, the evolution of altruism, the evolution of social order, etc. It models formal semantics, political conflicts, and the social situation in an anonymous market. The purpose of the course is to explain how the theory can achieve all that, and to show where its limits are.
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Explanatory Gaps
Seminar with Bruno Mölder
We are faced with an explanatory gap when the set of truths that makes up the intended explanans (e.g. the truths of neuroscience) does not entail the explanandum, the phenomenon we want to explain (e.g. phenomenal consciousness). In order to find a better understanding of what is going on in cases of explanatory gaps, we will have a look at theories of scientific explanation, theories of ontological elimination, and theories about the status of folk-conceptions and their development.
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Game Theory (Düsseldorf Course)
A Critical Introduction
Here you can download the (German) pdf versions of my PowerPoint slides for the postgraduate course on game theory. This course is designed for philosophers as well as for sociologists. The course design is based on "Models for the Moral Sciences" (Modelle der Moralwissenschaften) written by Hartmut Kliemt and Bernd Lahno.
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What's Truth Got To Do With It?
Popper, Carnap, Tarski and truth.
Course taught in Düsseldorf (2003) together with Stefan Bagusche and Ulrich Wille. The materials are in German. The topic was Tarski's definition of truth and the strange influence it had on the philosophy of Karl Popper and Rudolf Carnap.
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