Anne Sophie Meincke

I am a philosopher who works at the intersection of metaphysics, the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind and action. I am convinced that bringing together these fields is indispensable for tackling many of the big questions of philosophy. I also engage with debates in feminist philosophy and draw on the history of philosophy, especially on Kant and the European philosophy of the 19th and 20th century. Themes of my academic research include personhood and personal identity, biological identity and the concept of life, agency and free will, dispositional realism, persistence, the nature of processes, the metaphysics of pregnancy and meta-metaphysics. 

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As a writer and artist I do what I do as a philosopher, just with different means. I try out new perspectives, combine what has not been combined so far and make visible what we tend to overlook or even avoid looking at. My (art)work has been called geographical because much of it centres around the magic of places. I like to unveil the hidden beauty and promises of everyday situations and locations. And I depict the vulnerability and melancholy of the passing moment. My portfolio includes poetry, faction novel, photography, paintings and drawings as well as blends of these.