Philosophy V - Philosophy and its History

Welcome to the website of Professor Christoph Kann. The systematic focus of the professorship of Theoretical Philosophy is on metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of language. Historically, the focus is on the philosophy of antiquity and the middle ages. The professorship attends to the Whitehead Archive and the German Whitehead Society.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Kann
Professor +49 211 81-12922

Building: 23.32
Floor/Room: U1.66
Office Hours

Term time:
Thu, 15:00-16:00

Out of term:
by appointment

Maria Angela Vicari-Giuri M.A.
+49 211 81-13263

Building: 23.31
Floor/Room: U1.68
Office Hours

Monday and Tuesday 9:00-13:30, Wednesday 9:00-13:00 and Thursday 9:00-14:00.

Associated Institutions

Cultural Foundations of Europe

Which historically grown ideas, texts, images and discourses on Europe influence our current cultural, political and social actions? This is the question that is explored in research and teaching within the core area of Cultural Foundations of Europe.

Forschungsinstitut für Mittelalter und Renaissance (FIMUR)

FIMUR is an institute dedicated to research in the fields of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance including interdisciplinary collaboration, exchange with domestic and international institutes.

German Whitehead Society

The German Whitehead Society was founded in January 2010 as a non-profit association with the aim of fostering research into and discussion of the philosophy of A.N. Whitehead.

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