Philosophy III - Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science

Metaphysics, especially metaphysics of science — natural laws, dispositions, causality, modality — is the research focus of Philosophy III. The team around Professor Markus Schrenk has yet wider research and teaching interests: We also focus on epistemology (especially modal theories of knowledge), thought experiments, the philosophy of art, and philosophy of mathematics.

The research projects "Modelling, Error-Robustness and Grounding Explanations" of the DFG research group "Inductive Metaphysics" and "What is proprioceptive Art?" are located here. We also organise denXte, Heinrich Heine University’s interactive philosophical event series, winner of the Communicator Award 2022.

Projects

denXte

The interactive philosophical lecture series at Heinrich Heine University invites you to playfully engage in current debates in academic philosophy.

Inductive Metaphysics (A2)

This project A2 continues the work of project A2 in the first phase, exploring creative abduction as method of inductive metaphysics.

Proprioceptive Art

Could there be works of art that are primarily proprioceptive in nature, i.e. essentially involving the perception of one’s own body? Is proprioceptive art possible?

w/k – Between Science & Art

w/k is an online journal that examines the connections between science and art.

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