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Prof.Dr. Sven
Walter
Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück
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Curriculcum Vitae
Affiliation
University of Osnabrück, Institute of Cognitive Science,
Albrechtstraße 28, 31/416, D-49069 Osnabrück,
Germany. email: mail[at]svenwalter[dot]eu.
Education
07/2005
(2002–2005) |
PhD (with distinction, summa
cum laude), University of Saarland, Germany:
Physicalism and Mental Causation:
An Argument for Epiphenomenalism.
Supervisors:
H.-D. HECKMANN (University of Saarland), A. NEWEN
(University of Bochum), A. BECKERMANN (University of Bielefeld) |
09/2001–
06/2002 |
graduate
student, Ohio State University at
Columbus, USA |
| 11/2000
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M.A., University of
Bonn,
Germany, with a Master´s Thesis on the Knowledge Argument:
Phänomenales
Bewußtsein und das sprachphilosophische Problem
indexikalischer Überzeugungen: Eine neue Sichtweise auf Frank
Jacksons
Knowledge Argument
Supervisors:
U. NORTMANN (University of Saarland), R. STUHLMANN-LAEISZ (University
of
Bonn) |
04/1995–
06/2000 |
B.A.
studies of
philosophy,
University of Bonn, Germany (with logic and Dutch literature as minor
subjects) |
Academic Positions
since
11/2010 |
full
professor of philosophy of mind, Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany |
06/2010–
11/2010 |
associate
professor of philosophy of mind,
Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück,
Germany |
05/2007–
05/2010 |
assistant
professor („Juniorprofessor“) of
philosophy of mind, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of
Osnabrück,
Germany |
01/2005–
04/2007 |
assistant
professor („wissenschaftlicher
Mitarbeiter“), Department of Philosophy, University of
Bielefeld, Germany |
07/2002–
12/2004 |
assistant
(„wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“, 50%),
Department of Philosophy, University of Saarland, Germany |
Areas of Specialization
philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognition
Areas of Competence
philosophy of language, philosophy of biology, metaphysics, logic
(teaching only)
Language Competences
German: native
English: fluent
Dutch: proficient
Croatian: rudimentary
Invited Talks
| 10/2013 |
»Situated
affectivity: Status quo and future perspectives«, University
of Bochum, Germany (conference
talk) |
| 02/2013 |
»Situated
affectivity: Embodied, embedded, extended and
enacted emotions« (together with Achim
Stephan), Central APA, New Orleans, USA (conference talk) |
| 12/2012 |
»Extended
emotions« (together with Achim Stephan),
University of Bauru,
Brasil (conference talk) |
| 10/2012 |
»Ist der Geist
erweitert? Und was
müssten wir
wissen, um diese Frage beantworten
zu können?«, University of Magdeburg, Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 07/2012 |
»Situated
affectivity«
(together with Achim
Stephan), University of Tübingen (conference
talk) |
| 04/2012 |
»Situated
emotions«
(together with Achim
Stephan), University of Vienna, Austria (colloquium talk) |
| 02/2012 |
»Situated
affectivity«
(together with Achim
Stephan), University of Osnabrück, Germany (conference talk) |
| 09/2011 |
»Situated
emotions«, University of Delaware, USA (conference talk) |
| 05/2011 |
»Embodied,
embedded, extended and enacted
realization«, Hebrew
University Jerusalem, Israel (conference talk) |
| 04/2011 |
»Wie
frei sind wir?«, Forum für
Philosophie, Frankfurt, Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 11/2010 |
»Woher kommen
unsere Gefühle und
Gedanken?«, Osnabrücker
Wissensforum, Germany (public
relations talk) |
| 10/2010 |
»Situated
cognition«,
University of Riga, Latvia (colloquium talk)
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| 10/2010 |
»Wie
frei sind wir?«, Hofheim
bei Frankfurt, Germany (public relations talk) |
| 05/2010 |
»Kognitionswissenschaft
und Willensfreiheit«, University of Graz, Austria (colloquium talk) |
| 05/2010 |
»Realization
and extended cognition«, University
of Rijeka, Croatia (conference talk) |
| 04/2010 |
»Comments
on
»Personal identity and extended
cognition««,
Southern
Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, USA (conference talk) |
| 02/2010 |
»Cognitive
extension: parity, functionalism, and the mark of
the cognitive«,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA (conference talk) |
| 11/2009 |
»Ist
der Wille frei?«, 2. Osnabrücker
Wissensforum (public
relations talk) |
| 10/2009 |
»The where and
what of cognition«, University
of Belgrade, Serbia (conference talk) |
| 05/2009 |
»Functionalism
and extended cognition«, University
of Rijeka, Croatia (conference talk) |
| 03/2009 |
»Extended
cognition« (together with Miriam Kyselo
and Holger Lyre), University of Osnabrück, Germany (conference talk) |
| 03/2009 |
»Denken
wir nur im Kopf? Herausforderungen der Kognitionswissenschaft
an die Psychologie« (together with Miriam Kyselo),
University of Osnabrück, Germany (conference talk) |
| 03/2009 |
»Denken
wir nur im Kopf? Neue Perspektiven auf die Mensch-Maschine
Interaktion«, University
of Bielefeld, Germany (job talk) |
| 01/2009 |
»Embodiment,
memory, and the brain«, University of
Bochum, Germany (job talk) |
| 01/2009 |
»Kognitionswissenschaft,
Willensfreiheit
und
unbewusste Handlungssteuerung«, University of
Hannover, Germany (colloquium
talk) |
| 11/2008 |
»Reicht
Intelligenz aus für
Erfolg?«, 1. Osnabrücker Wissensforum (public relations talk) |
| 11/2008 |
»Philosophie
und Neurowissenschaften:
Sinn und
Unsinn«, Bewerbungsvortrag,
Universityy of Magdeburg, Germany (job talk) |
| 11/2008 |
»Originell,
interdisziplinär, grenzüberschreitend
–
wissenschaftliche Karriere oder akademische Sackgasse?«,
panel discussion of the VolkswagenStiftung,
Hannover, Germany (public
relations talk) |
| 10/2008 |
»Es bleibt
schwierig: Von
den
Unwägbarkeiten und
Nöten des nicht-reduktiven
Physikalismus«, University of Münster,
Germany (conference
talk) |
| 10/2008 |
»Kognitionswissenschaft
und
Willensfreiheit«, University of Saarland, Germany (conference talk) |
| 09/2008
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»Comment on
Dretske’s »The texture
of conscious experience««,
University of Heidelberg, Germany (conference talk) |
| 06/2008 |
»KREATIV
–
INNOVATIV – GENIAL. Was brauchen
Forscher, um gute
Einfälle zu haben?«,
panel discussion of the VolkswagenStiftung,
Hannover, Germany (public
relations talk) |
| 11/2007 |
»What is
consciousness good for? The evolutionary argument
against epiphenomenalism«, University of Munich,
Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 11/2007 |
»Wir tun, was
wir wollen. Aber
warum?«, Forum für
Philosophie,
Frankfurt, Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 09/2006 |
»Does mind
matter? And does it matter?«, Free
University of Berlin, Germany (conference talk) |
| 10/2005 |
»Causal
exclusion arguments against non-reductive,
physicalism«, University of Tübingen,
Germany (conference
talk) |
| 07/2005 |
»Mentale
Verursachung: Warum Exklusionsargumente nicht funktionieren«,
University of Saarland, Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 10/2004 |
»Mentale
Verursachung: Warum Exklusionsargumente nicht funktionieren«,
University of Bielefeld (job talk) |
| 11/2003 |
»Comment on
William
Wimsatt«,
Institut Jean
Nicod, Paris, France (conference talk) |
| 09/2003 |
»How to
combine epiphenomenalism
and reductionism, and why«,
University of Bielefeld, Germany (conference talk) |
| 12/2002 |
»The failure
of non-reductive accounts of mental causation«,
University of Magdeburg,
Germany (conference
talk) |
| 06/2002 |
»Multiple
Realisierung und
psychophysische Eigenschaftsidentitäten«,
University of Konstanz, Germany (colloquium talk) |
| 08/2001 |
»Multiple
realization and disjunctive properties«,
University of Saarland, Germany (conference talk) |
| 05/2001 |
»Who is afraid
of disjunctive properties?«,
University of Cincinnati, OH, USA (colloquium talk) |
| 01/2001 |
»Kripke’s
modal argument and the identity-theory«,
University
of Tilburg, Netherlands (colloquium talk) |
| 08/2000 |
»There is
something about Mary,
but physicalism can account for it«, Celje,
Slovenia (conference
talk) |
Refereed Conference Talks
| 09/2009 |
»What is
cognition?«,
GAP.7, Bremen, Germany |
| 08/2009 |
»Extended
beliefs: Functionalism and belief integration«,
Österreichische
Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft,
Kirchberg, Austria |
| 06/2009 |
»Realization,
causal powers, and mental causation«,
conference on
Metaphysics of Mind, Edinburgh,
UK |
| 09/2008 |
»Kognitionswissenschaft,
Willensfreiheit und
unbewusste Handlungssteuerung«, DGPhil, Duisburg/Essen,
Germany |
| 08/2008 |
»The
supervenience argument, levels, orders, and reduction«,
Österreichische
Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft,
Kirchberg, Austria |
| 09/2007 |
»Making sense
of epiphenomenalism«,
Spanish Society
for Analytical Philosophy, Barcelona, Spain |
| 06/2007 |
»Making sense
of epiphenomenalism, 8.
ÖGP Congress, Graz, Austria |
| 09/2006 |
»Epistemological
approaches to mental causation: Much ado
about nothing?, GAP.6, Berlin, Germany |
| 09/2005 |
»Die
Kreativität des
Mentalen als Kreativität
des Gehirns: Eine Verteidigung
des Epiphänomenalismus«, DGPhil, Berlin, Germany |
| 11/2003 |
»Can
program explanations save the
causal relevance of mental properties?«,
7th Oxford
Graduate Conference, UK |
| 09/2003 |
»Can
Yablo‘s determinable/determinate distinction save mental
causation?«, GAP.5, Bielefeld, Germany |
| 08/2003 |
»Can program
explanations save the causal efficacy of beliefs?«,
Österreichische
Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft,
Kirchberg, Austria |
| 07/2003 |
»Can
Yablo's determinable/determinate distinction save mental
causation?«, ESPP, Turin,
Italy |
| 04/2003 |
»Multiple
ralization and property-identities: An incompatible
couple?«, SSPP, Atlanta, USA |
| 08/2002 |
»Multiple
realization and Property-Identities: An
Incompatible Couple?«, Österreichische
Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft, Kirchberg, Österreich |
| 06/2002 |
»Multiple
Realization and property-identities: An incompatible
couple?«, ESPP, Lyon,
France |
| 01/2002 |
»Reduction
with autonomy«, conference on Mind
and Consciousness, Kharagpur, India |
| 12/2001 |
»Multiple
realization and disjunctive causal
properties«, Spanish Society for Analytical
Philosophy, Granada, Spain |
| 11/2000 |
»Das Knowledge
Argument,
phänomenales Wissen
und agenten-relative
Repräsentationen«, GAP.4, Bielefeld, Germany |
Professional Service
Organizational Activities
12.07.2012–
14-07.2012 |
international conference
on Realization
in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Humboldt University
Berlin in cooperation with the Institute of Cognitive Science
at the University of Osnabrück (together with Beate Krickel) |
20.01.2011–
22.01.2011 |
international graduate
conference COXI
MAP II and 2. William
James Lectures at
the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of
Osnabrück (together with Sascha Fink) |
23.11.2009–
25.11.2009 |
international conference
on The
Extended Mind: Theory
and Applications at the ZiF in
Bielefeld (together with Holger Lyre and Ipke
Wachsmuth) |
14.09.2009–
15.09.2009 |
workshop during GAP.7 on Freiheit
und Verantwortung:
Revolutioniert die
Kognitionswissenschaft Recht und
Moral?, Bremen |
01.04.2009–
04.04.2009 |
international graduate
conference COXI
MAP II and 1. William
James Lectures at
the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of
Osnabrück |
14.09.2006–
16.09.2006 |
workshop during GAP.6 on Physicalism
and Beyond, Berlin
(together with Vera Hoffmann and Achim Stephan) |
11.09.2006–
14.09.2006 |
international conference
GAP.6 on Philosophie:
Grundlagen und Anwendungen, Berlin (together with
Ansgar
Beckermann and Holm Tetens) |
21.09.2003–
22.09.2003 |
workshop during GAP.5 on Epiphenomenalism:
Dead End or Way out?,
Bielefeld (together with Michael
Pauen and Alexander Staudacher) |
22.07.2002–
25.07.2002 |
international conference
on Mental Causation: Does Mind
Matter?, at the ZiF in Bielefeld (together with
Ansgar Beckermann and
Heinz-Dieter Heckmann) |
29.08.2001–
08.2001 |
workshop on Mental
Causation, Multiple Realization, and Emergence,
Saarbrücken |
26.05.2000–
27.05.2000 |
lecture series
of John Perry
(Stanford, CSLI) on Knowledge, Possibility, and
Consciousness, Saarbrücken |
Referee
Erkenntnis:
April 2004, August 2005, August 2006, October 2006, January 2008, May
2009, November 2009, May 2010
Journal
of Consciousness Studies: November 2002, September 2003,
October 2005, June 2006, May 2013
Logical
Analysis and History of Philosophy: September 2005, June
2009
Philosophy
of Science: May 2005
Philosophical
Explorations: September 2005, August 2011
Acta
Analytica: Juli 2007
Grazer
Philosophische Studien: October 2007, February 2010,
January 2013
Synthese:
May 2008
European
Science Foundation: April 2008
International
Journal of Philosophy: October 2008
Philosophical
Papers: October 2008
Canadian
Journal of Philosophy: May 2009
Journal
of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology: August 2009
Theoria:
August 2009, October 2010
Cognitive
Systems Research: March 2010
Dialectica:
March 2010, April 2011
Oxford
University Press: August 2009, August 2011
Routledge:
June 2010
Philosophia
Naturalis: March 2011, November 2012
Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft: März 2011
Southern
Journal of Philosophy: May 2011
Neuroethics:
May 2011
CogSci
2013: Metareviewer
Memberships
Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie
Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft
European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie
Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Administrational Work and Other Activities
since
09/2012 |
executive
manager, German Society for Ananlytic
Philosophy (GAP) |
| 2012 |
jury member for the
"Stegmüller-Preis" of the German
Society for Analytic Philosophy (area: philosophy of mind) |
| 2012 |
external
member of a search comittee for an assistant professorship (W1) for
neurophilosohy, University of Magdeburg |
| 2011 |
member
of a search comittee for an associate professorship (W2) for practical
philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University
of Osnabrück |
| 2010 |
chairman
of a search comittee for an assistant professorship (W1) for
metaphysics and philosophy of science, Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück |
since
04/2010 |
member of the senate
commission ("Senatskommission") für Forschung und Nachwuchs
(FNK), University of Osnabrück |
| 2009 |
member
of a search comittee for an assistant professorship (W1) for cognitive
modeling, Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück |
| 2009 |
member
of a search comittee for a full professorship (W3) for theoretical
philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University
of Osnabrück |
since
04/2008 |
member
of the study commission ("Studienkommission") of the Institute
of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück |
since
04/2008 |
international
coordinator, Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück |
since
04/2008 |
Erasmus
coordinator, Institute of
Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück |
04/2008–
10/2012 |
member
of the PhD board ("Promotionsausschuss") of the Fachbereich 8
(Kognitionswissenschaft,
Psychologie, Systemwissenschaft), University of Osnabrück |
05/2005–
11/2006 |
executive
manager, German Society for Ananlytic
Philosophy (GAP) |
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From
April 2013 until March 2015, I was on research leave, funded
by an Opus
Magnum grant for a project entitled: »Illusion freier Wille? Grenzen einer
empirischen Annäherung an ein philosophisches Problem«.
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