Teaching
HU Berlin, Department of Philosophy
As s a guest professor at the Department of Philosophy, HU Berlin I will teach regular courses at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, related to my research topics.
Winter Term 2024/2025: Aesthetic Emotions.
In this seminar, we explore the role of aesthetic emotions in the philosophy of art and mind, and the cognitive sciences. After some historical considerations (Plato, Aristotle, DuBos), we will read some case studies of specific emotions, such as the sense of beauty, wonder, and being moved. We will then focus on general definitions of aesthetic emotions. One of these is that aesthetic emotions underlie the evaluative judgment of artworks. A third part will discuss the structure of aesthetic emotions and explore the idea that aesthetic emotions are knowledge emotions in the sense that we appraise what we know, understand, and comprehend in such emotions.
Summer Term 2025: Philosophy of Art
More soon!
Winter Term 2025/2026: Lecture: Philosophy of the City (planned)
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LMU Munich
As Deputy Professor for Philosophy of Mind (replacing Ophelia Deroy), I have been taking over her teaching for one year (2021-2022). I gave three large lectures and taught several seminars with a focus on recent theories of the brain (Seminar: Predictive Processing), and the relationship between the arts and cognition (e.g. Seminar: Aesthetic Cognitivism). I was also hosting the Cognition, Values, Behavior Research Colloquium, in which we had alternating internal an external speakers. I will add more information on the lectures and seminars (including syllabi) in due time.
Philosophy of Neuroaesthetics
In this lecture I develop a philosophical perspective neuroaesthetics and propose a critical neuroaesthetics that focuses on the transformational potential of the arts.
Neurophilosophy
Lecture and Seminar for MSc Neuroscience and Neuro-Cognitive & Psychology students at the Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience (w/ Sofiia Rappe).
Philosophy of Mind
Lecture (in German: Einführung in de Philosophie des Geistes. 4E Kognition). Overview lecture on central topics in Philosophy of mind and neuroscience.
Goldsmiths, University of London
At Goldsmiths College, University of London, I regularly teach a block seminar on Philosophy Media, Art, and Aesthetics in the MSc Psychology of the Arts, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity Program.
Day 1: History of Aesthetics and Media Studies
Tracing a history of theorizing on art from Sappho to Susanne Langer. Special attention will be given to theories of beauty and the sublime as well as the relation of the arts and knowledge.
Day 2: Art and Media Engagement in 4EA cognitive science.
Exploring the nature of our embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and affective mind and the role cultural artifacts and art play therein.
Day 3: Empirical Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Identifying assumptions and theoretical commitments in current expirimental (neuro-)science of media, art and aesthetics that should enable students to critically reflect on the research output in the field.
Berlin School of Mind and Brain, HU Berlin
At Berlin School of Mind and Brain, HU Berlin, I have been teaching interdisciplinary courses (that also include practical work on experiments in X-Phi and Psychology) in the Mind-track of the Master program. Consult my CV for an overview on this.