Education

1988 Diploma-„Zwischenpruefung“ in physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
1989/1990 Graduate student in philosophy, University of Oxford
1992 M.A. in philosophy (minors: Physics, psychology), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
1995 D.phil., Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Title of D.phil.-thesis: „Mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Modelle in der Philosophie Schellings und Hegels“
2003 Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Title of the Habilitation-thesis: „Philosophie und Wissenschaften um 1900. Wissenschaftliche Philosophie als ‚nicht-reduktiver Szientismus’“


Academic positions

Secretary of the „Internationale Schelling-Gesellschaft“
Member of the TransCoop-project (funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gesellschaft): „Imaginary and Ideal Elements and Limit Concepts in Mathematics: Their Theory, History, and Philosophical Understanding“ (Directors: Michael Detlefsen, University of Notre Dame/Godehard Link, University, Munich)


Former positions

2001-2007 Academic employee at the „Kommission zur Herausgabe der Schriften von Schelling“, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich Lecturer (Privatdozent), Philosophy Department, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
1996-2000 „Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“ (research assistant/assistant professor), Institute for the history of science, medicine and technology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena
Guest docent e.g. at the Institute Vienna Circle; Institut „HyperWerk“, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel; Venice International University


Research interests include

History of philosophy, with a focus on the 18th and 19th century
German Idealism
Philosophy of nature
The historical development and systematic implications of the relationship between different forms of „Wissenschaft“/“wetenschappen“
History of universities and scientific organisations
History of psychology