Philipp Hübl

Philipp Huebl is associate professor («Juniorprofessor») of theoretical philosophy at the University of Stuttgart. His research interests are philosophy of mind, action theory, philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and epistemology.

He is author of the German popular science introduction to philosophy Folge dem weißen Kaninchen ... in die Welt der Philosophie («Follow the white rabbit ... into the world of philosophy») as well as articles on social and political topics in German papers and magazines such as FAZ, taz, UniSpiegel, Spiegel online and the online editions of El País and the Irish Times.

Born 1975 in Hannover, Germany, Huebl has studied philosophy and linguistics at Berlin, Berkeley, New York and Oxford. He has thaught at RWTH Aachen and Humboldt-Universität Berlin. He is a Fulbright-Scholar and Scholar of the German National Merit Foundation. Huebl has lectured in Antwerp, Barcelona, Belfast, Bielefeld, Groningen, Innsbruck, Konstanz, Krakow, Lisbon, New York, Potsdam, Utrecht and Zurich.

He lives in Stuttgart and Berlin.

Dates

28 September 2014

«Empathie oder Gedankenlesen? über die philosophischen Grundlagen unserer sozialen Intelligenz» at Symposium Turm der Sinne

Research

Areas of Research
philosophy of mind, action theory, philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of science and epistemology

Publications
2013Grundwissen Philosophie. Sprachphilosophie. Stuttgart: Reclam (with Geert Keil, in preparation)
2012

«Events over Facts. Why Metaphysics Matters for Law» download pdf in Kahmen, Benedikt und Stepanians, Markus (Hg.) (2012) Causation and Responsibility. Critical Essays. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter
2012Folge dem weißen Kaninchen … in die Welt der Philosophie. Hamburg/Reinbek: Rowohlt
2010Action and Consciousness (Dissertation – Précisdownload pdf)
2006«In Defence of Causalism» download pdf in Anton Leist (Hg.) (2007) Action in Context. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, S. 124–136

Postdoctoral Research Project («Habilitationsprojekt»)
Causation and Explanation (abstract forthcoming)

Third Party Funding
2006–2009

«The Body Project»: member of an interdisciplinary research project on the psychology and neuroscience of the body as part of the European Platform of the Volkswagen Foundation (Grant: 114.000 Euro)
Talks
Selection (peer-reviewed, if not indicated otherwise)
2013 «Self-Reference and Self-Identification» auf der Konferenz Varieties of Gareth Evans der Universität Stuttgart (invited)
2012

«The Beauty of Neuroaesthetics. A Philosophical Critique» at the Faculty of Arts, Culture and Media of the University Groningen (invited)
2012 «Consciousness for Attention» at the conference of the German Society of Analytical Philosophy in Konstanz
2012 «Handlungserleben und Kausalurteile» at the conference Vermögen und Handlung in Innsbruck (invited)
2010

«Actions, Powers, and Abilities» at the conference of the Human Technology Centre der RWTH Aachen (HumTec) on Michael Moore's Causation and Responsibility in Aachen (invited)
2009«Attention and Focus in Action» at the conference of the Germany Society of Analytical Philosophy in Bremen
2008«Three Concepts of Consciousness» at the European Congress for Analytic Philosophy in Krakow
2008«Action Theory Beyond Control» at the conference of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Utrecht
2006

«Consciousness in Action: Some Distinctions» at the conference of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Belfast
2005«Mental Actions within a Causal Theory of Action» at the European Congress for Analytic Philosophy in Lisbon
2004

«Action, Intention, and Cortical Potentials» at the Joint Conference of the Society of Philosophy and Psychology and the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology in Barcelona
2003

Artificial Maneuvers. «The Psychological Reality of Davidson's Theory of Interpretation» at the conference of the German Society of Analytical Philosophy in Bielefeld

Teaching
In Aachen, Berlin and Stuttgart, I have though 32 seminars on topics such as: truth, consciousness, concepts, emotions, meaning, causation, scientific explanation, indexicality, decision- und game theory, action, religious experience, dreams, logic, argumentation theory, the mind-body problem, beauty, essentialism, memory, folk psychology, pseudo science, attention, communication, the unconscious, motivation.

Book

2012Folge dem weißen Kaninchen ... in die Welt der Philosophie
Folge dem weißen Kaninchen ... in die Welt der Philosophie

This German popular science introduction to philosophy addresses ten questions like «Does God exist?», «Can we live without emotions?», «Do we have free will?», «Do dreams have a function?», «Why is beauty so important for us?», «What is the meaning of death?»



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Reviews
Selection
22 January 2013Review in the FAZ
01 October 2012Short Review in the Philosophie Magazin Nr. 6/2012
22 August 2012Review on HR2 Kultur download pdf

Media

Journalism
Selection
2013

Europa baut das Superhirn download pdf ( Philosophie Magazin Nr. 3/2013; reprinted as «Fabrique-moi un cerveau» in the French philosophie magazine 71)
2013Ein Schnitt für die Freiheit. Schönheitsoperationen als Ausdruck von Autonomie download pdf (Philosophie Magazin Nr. 2/2013)
2012Los, Welt retten! Fünf Antworten auf ewige Fragen (UniSPIEGEL)
2011Philosophical Bodybuilding download pdf (Irish Times online; reprinted in El País online and FAZ Wissen online)
2009Deutsch für Anfänger. Kleines i download pdf (FAZ Geisteswissenschaften)
2008Zuviel des Guten: Der Zitrusduft download pdf (FAZ Bilder und Zeiten)
2006Plädoyer für die starken Sechs (SPIEGEL online)
2006Ihre Widersprüche, Herr Präsident (die tageszeitung)
Interviews and Discussions
Selection
04. August 2013
Interview on HR3 download pdf
19 February 2013
Interview on plastic surgery on DRadio Wissen 
01 November 2012Interview with the Quality Magazin download pdf
14 October 2012Guest on the Blauen Sofa download pdf at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
21 September 2012Guest at the SWR Nachtcafé download pdf «Wozu noch Glauben?»
10 August 2012Guest at the NDR Talkshow Tietjen und Hirschhausen download pdf
23 March 2012

Presenter of «Besserwissen II: Gegensätze ziehen sich um. Barbara Vinken trifft Thomas Meinecke» at the 12. lit.COLOGNE (Radiofassung: WDR 5 Scala download pdf )
08 October 2006

Interview as a member of Think Tank 30 of the Club of Rome with Andreas Barthelmess (SWR2 Matinee «Denkspiele – von Intellektuellen und anderen Geistbeschwörern»)
Talks
Selection
02 May 2013

Talk «Die Lust am unvernünftigen Handeln. Willensschwäche aus philosophischer Sicht» at the RehaKongress 2013 in Stuttgart
23 January 2013

Talk «‹Mögen hätt' ich schon wollen, aber dürfen habe ich mich nicht getraut› über die Natur unserer Motivation» at the conference of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Publikumsverlage in Munich
12 September 2012

Public Science Talk «Der Wahnsinn der Nacht. Moderne Traumtheorien aus philosophischer Sicht» at the Urania Berlin

Contact

Prof. Dr. Philipp Hübl

Institute of Philosophy
University of Stuttgart
Seidenstraße 36
70174 Stuttgart
Germany

Tel: +49–711–685–82499
Fax: +49–711–685–72491
E-Mail: huebl@philo.uni-stuttgart.de

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