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University Education

  • University of Fribourg, 2021.

    Title: Weltverhältnis und Weltverlust. Versuch über Skepsis und Metaphysik der Modalität [Relation to the World and Its Loss. Essay on Scepticism and Metaphysics of Modality]

    Committee: Prof. Dr. G. Soldati; Prof. Dr. R. Bader; Prof. Dr. T. Rosefeldt; Prof. Dr. G. Hindrichs

    Grade: Summa Cum Laude

    Abstract: I investigate two areas in which our mind’s relation to objects is problematic: perception and the ontological argument. I maintain that the threat posed by Cartesian scepticism relies on a transcendental understanding of metaphysical modality, which ought to be rejected in favour of a worldly view. As to the ontological argument, I argue that its viability depends on an understanding of ontological statuses as descriptive properties of objects, which criticise. I rely on Descartes, Baumgarten and Kant to develop my philosophical views.

  • University of Basel, 2015

    Grade: Summa Cum Laude

  • University of Basel, 2012

    Grade: Summa Cum Laude

Academic Positions

  • Current (since 10/25)

    Within the DFG-funded project “Reasonable Ideas” (PI Prof. Tobias Rosefeldt)

  • 08–09/25

    Department of Philosophy

    Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Katia Saporiti

  • 2024-2025

    Department of Philosophy

    Faculty Sponsor: Prof. T. Rosefeldt

  • 2023-2024

    Department of Philosophy

    Faculty Sponsor: Prof. D. Hogan

  • 01 – 03/2022.

    Project on the history of Swiss Philosophy (“Geschichte der Schweizer Philosophie”)

  • 08–12/2021

    SNSF-Project “Being Without Foundations”

  • 2015-2019 & 2020-2021

    Chair for Modern and Contemporary Philosophy (Prof. Dr. G. Soldati)

  • 2019-2020

    Department of Philosophy

    Faculty Sponsor: Prof. C. Peacocke

  • 2010-2015

    Chair for History of Philosophy (Prof.s E. Angehrn & G. Hindrichs)

Honours

  • 2024

    For a paper under review.

  • 2015

    Awarded yearly for best Masters’ thesis in philosophy.

Grants

  • 2023-2025 (24 months)

    Grant for research stay at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and Humboldt University, Berlin

    Project: Kant’s Theory of Objects

    Sponsors: Prof. D. Hogan, Prof. T. Rosefeldt

    Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

  • 2019-2020 (12 months)

    Grant for research stay at Columbia University, New York (NY)

    Project: Necessary Being

    Sponsor: Prof. C. Peacocke

    Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

  • 2022 (3 months), with Dr. P. Blum.

    Research grant for 1 postdoc and 3 student assistants.

    Project: History of Swiss Philosophy

    Funder: Forschungskommission, University of Lucerne

  • 2021 – 2023: Swiss Philosophy (with P. Blum)

    • ETH Zurich, Congressi Stefano Franscini

    2017 – 2018: ‘Was ist Geist? What is Mind? Qu’est-ce que l’ésprit?’, Swiss Society for Philosophy Conference (with G. Hindrichs & M.N. Sommer)

    • Swiss Academy for the Arts and Sciences (SAGW);

    • Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basle;

    • Max Geldner Foundation, Basle;

    • Canadian Council for the Arts;

    • University of Basle; Music Academy, Basle

    2015 – 2016: ‘Negative Dialektik – Archäologie eines Konzepts nach 50 Jahren’ (with M.N. Sommer)

    • Swiss National Science Foundation;

    • Freiwillige Akademische Gemeinschaft, Basle;

    • Max Geldner Foundation, Basle

  • 2018 – 2019: Das Ärgernis der Philosophie. Metaphysik in Adornos Negativer Dialektik , by Berta Hess-Cohn Foundation, Basle (with M.N. Sommer)

Service to the Profession

  • Refereeing

    • History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis

    • Dialectica

    • Lake Geneva Graduate Conference

    Editing

    • Member of the Editorial Committee of Dialectica (since 2021)

    • Editor of the book-review section of Studia Philosophica (2017-2019)

  • University of Fribourg

    • Coordination, ‘Philosophy for non-philosophers’ programme (2017 – 2021)

    • Council of the Department of Philosophy, representative of mid-level faculty (2016 – 2019)

    • Appointment committee, representative of mid-level faculty (2018 – 2019)

    • Structure committee, representative of mid-level faculty (2018)

    University of Basel

    • Council of the Faculty of Arts, student representative (2012 – 2014)

    • Appointment committee, student representative (2012 – 2013)

  • Expert, Matura exams in philosophy, Gymnasium Oberwil (since 2017)

    Member of the advisory board, Philosophical Society Basel (since 2014)

  • American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie

    North American Kant Society (NAKS)

    Kant-Gesellschaft

    Hegel-Gesellschaft

    Experience and Reason (ExRe), University of Fribourg 

    Société de philosophie analytique (SoPhA)

    Philosophische Gesellschaft, Basle

Extra-Academic Work experience

  • 04/2022 – 07/2023

    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), unit “National Centres of Competence in Research”

  • 2011 – 2015

    Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, TagesWoche

  • 2012 – 2015

    Philosophical Academy, Lucerne