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Teaching Statement

Teaching Statement

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As an academic teacher of philosophy, my core aim is to motivate students to think for themselves and to assist them in developing the formal reasoning skills required for critical thinking. Philosophy, first and foremost, is philosophising: the process of questioning putative knowledge, of recognising problems and of exploring possible solutions. Through my interactive, dialogue-centred teaching style I invite students to engage in this process.

My research-led teaching approach facilitates genuine understanding and comprehensive knowledge through sparking students’ interest and fostering their creativity. In my courses, students are encouraged to discover and develop their own philosophical perspective rather than being expected to reproduce textbook knowledge about what the ‘great philosophers’ said. I strive to endow my students with both intellectual humility and a robust passion for knowledge and truth.

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Philosophy

PhD Supervision in Philosophy

"Philosophy as Conceptual Engagement: The Concepts We Have and the Concepts We Want",
doc.funds Programme of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, University of Vienna, 2023-

Courses Taught in Philosophy

  • The programme funds up to 10 PhD positions. Candidates are selected via a competitive procedure. I am part of a team of 8 PhD supervisors, led by PI Max Kölbel. More details to follow.

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Cusanuswerk, Germany

  • Summer School Course “Willensfreiheit – Philosophie und biologische Grundlagen“ (“Free Will – Philosophy and Biological Foundations”) as part of the Summer School “War keine Absicht! Einführung in die Handlungstheorie“ (“It wasn’t Intentional! Introduction to Action Theory”), Lingen, Germany, 10th-11th August 2021 (6 hrs per day)

King's College London, United Kingdom

  • Summer School Course “A Process View of Pregnancy” as part of the Summer School “Metaphysics of Pregnancy” (https://bump.group/summer-school) , 12th July 2021, organised by Elselijn Kingma (online due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

University of Vienna, Austria

  • Graduate Seminar "Metaphysics of Agency", winter term 2021/22 (1.5 hrs per week) (taught in digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
     

  • Undergraduate Seminar "Einführung in die Ontologie" ("Introduction to Ontology"), winter term 2020/21 (1.5 hrs per week) (taught in digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
     

  • Undergraduate Seminar “Einführung in die Prozessontologie” ("Introduction to Process Ontology"), summer term 2020 
    (1.5 hrs  per week) (taught in digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
     

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

  • 1st-year core module “Philosophical Readings 2: Nietzsche”, spring term 2018 (1.5 hrs lecture + 2 x 1hrs tutorials per week)
     

  • Invited lecture on “Process Ontology” within the Undergraduate Course “Fundamental Ontology”, taught by Dr Jonathan Davies, 15th March 2017

Ludwig Franzen University Innsbruck, Austria

German Literature

  • Master/PhD Seminar “Hans Jonas: Organismus und Freiheit” (“Hans Jonas: Organism and Freedom”), winter term 2014/15
     

  • Master/PhD Seminar “Können Tiere handeln? Einführung in die biologische Handlungstheorie”/ “Can Animals Act? Introduction to Biological Action Theory”, summer term 2014 (taught partly in English)
     

  • Master/PhD Seminar “Philosophische Theorien des Organismus im Kontext der modernen Biologie” (“Philosophical Theories of the Organism in the Context of Contemporary Biology”), winter term 2012/13

Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany

  • Undergraduate Seminar “Einführung in die Philosophie Henri Bergsons” (“Introduction to the Philosophy of Henri Bergson”), summer term 2010 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Undergraduate Essay Writing Course, supplementing the Undergraduate Seminar “Einführung in die Philosophie Henri Bergsons” (“Introduction to the Philosophy of Henri Bergson”), summer term 2010 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Master/PhD Essay Writing Course “Kant, Kritik der reinen Vernunft: Transzendentale Dialektik” (“Kant: Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Dialectic”), winter term 2009/10 (3 hrs per week)
     

  • Summer School Course “Martin Heidegger: Sein und Zeit” (“Martin Heidegger: Being and Time”), July 10-12, 2009 
     

  • Master/PhD Essay Writing Course “Die ontologische Differenz bei Heidegger: Die Grundprobleme der Phänomenologie (1927)” (“The Ontological Difference in Heidegger: The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (1927)”), summer term 2009 (1.5 hrs per week)  
     

  • Tutorial “Philosophisches Coaching” (“Philosophical Coaching”), open to students of all levels, summer term 2009 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Master/PhD Essay Writing Course “Descartes: Meditationen über die Erste Philosophie” (“Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy”), winter term 2008/09 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Undergraduate & Master/PhD Reading Course “Heidegger: Die Grundprobleme der Phänomenologie (1927)” (“Heidegger: The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (1927)”), winter term 2008/09 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Undergraduate & Master/PhD Reading Course “Was dachte Descartes wirklich? Lektürekurs zur cartesischen Metaphysik” (“What Did Descartes Really Think? Reading Course on Cartesian Metaphysics”, summer term 2008 (1.5 hrs per week)

Christian Albrecht University Kiel, Germany

  • Tutorial “Platon: Gorgias”, summer term 2001 (1.5 hrs per week)

Courses Taught in German Literature

  • Tutorial "Introduction to Middle High German", summer term 2001 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Tutorial "Introduction to Middle High German", winter term 2000/01 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Tutorial "Linguistics", winter term 2000/01 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Tutorial "Introduction to Middle High German", summer term 2000 (1.5 hrs per week)
     

  • Tutorial "Introduction to Middle High German", winter term 1999/2000 (1.5 hrs per week)

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