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 | |
| 2013 | Grundwissen Philosophie. Sprachphilosophie. Stuttgart: Reclam (with Geert Keil, in preparation) |
| 2012 |
«Events over Facts. Why Metaphysics Matters for Law»  in Kahmen, Benedikt und Stepanians, Markus (Hg.) (2012) Causation and Responsibility. Critical Essays. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter |
| 2012 | Folge dem weißen Kaninchen … in die Welt der Philosophie. Hamburg/Reinbek: Rowohlt |
| 2010 | Action and Consciousness (Dissertation – Précis) |
| 2006 | «In Defence of Causalism» 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) |
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| 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
| 2012 | 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?»
| Reviews Selection |
22 January 2013 | Review in the FAZ |
| 01 October 2012 | Short Review in the Philosophie Magazin Nr. 6/2012 |
| 22 August 2012 | Review on HR2 Kultur  |
Media
| Journalism Selection |
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| 2013 | Europa baut das Superhirn ( Philosophie Magazin Nr. 3/2013; reprinted as «Fabrique-moi un cerveau» in the French philosophie magazine 71) |
| 2013 | Ein Schnitt für die Freiheit. Schönheitsoperationen als Ausdruck von Autonomie (Philosophie Magazin Nr. 2/2013) |
| 2012 | Los, Welt retten! Fünf Antworten auf ewige Fragen (UniSPIEGEL) |
| 2011 | Philosophical Bodybuilding (Irish Times online; reprinted in El País online and FAZ Wissen online) |
| 2009 | Deutsch für Anfänger. Kleines i (FAZ Geisteswissenschaften) |
| 2008 | Zuviel des Guten: Der Zitrusduft (FAZ Bilder und Zeiten) |
| 2006 | Plädoyer für die starken Sechs (SPIEGEL online) |
| 2006 | Ihre Widersprüche, Herr Präsident (die tageszeitung) |
| Interviews and Discussions Selection |
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| 04. August 2013 |
Interview on HR3 |
| 19 February 2013 | Interview on plastic surgery on DRadio Wissen |
| 01 November 2012 | Interview with the Quality Magazin |
| 14 October 2012 | Guest on the Blauen Sofa at the Frankfurter Buchmesse |
| 21 September 2012 | Guest at the SWR Nachtcafé «Wozu noch Glauben?» |
| 10 August 2012 | Guest at the NDR Talkshow Tietjen und Hirschhausen |
| 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 ) |
| 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 |
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| 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