Dr. Stephan Krämer

Research Associate (Postdoc, Logic and Metaphysics of Ground)

Theoretical Philosophy

Address

Universität Hamburg

Faculty of Humanities

Philosophisches Seminar

Institute of Philosophy

Überseering 35, #4 Postfach

22297 Hamburg

Office hours

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Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838 - 9168

Fax: +49 40 42838 - 3983

Email: stephan.kraemer"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Key aspects of activity

Logik und Metaphyisk des Grundes
Philosophische Logik
Metaphysik
Sprachphilosophie
Geschichte der Analytischen Philosophie (Bolzano, Frege)

Curriculum Vitae

2014	DFG-Eigene Stelle im Projekt Zur Logik und Metaphysik des Grundes am Philosophischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg.
2011 - 2014	seit 16.06. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter von Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder im Projekt Nominalizations: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives am Philosophischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg.
2007 – 2011	PhD in Philosophie an der University of Leeds. Dissertationsschrift Second-Order Quantification and Ontological Commitment. (Supervisors: Dr. Joseph Melia, Prof. John Divers, Dr. Robert Williams. Prüfer: Prof. Ian Rumfitt, Dr. Jason Turner.) Ausgezeichnet mit dem Wolfgang-Stegmüller-Preis 2012.
2006 – 2007	MA by Research in Philosophie an der University of Leeds. MA-Arbeit The Paradox of Analysis in Bolzano and Frege. (Supervisor: Prof. Peter Simons. Prüfer: Prof. Mark Textor, Roger White, Dr. Ross Cameron.)
2003 – 2007	Studium Philosophie und Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg.

Areas of Specialization

Logic and Metaphysics of Ground
Philosophical Logic
Metaphysics
Formal Epistemology
Philosophy of Language
History of Analytic Philosophy (Bolzano, Frege)

Publications

Monographien

2014: On What There Is For Things To Be. Frankfurt am Main : Klostermann.

Zeitschriftenartikel

Forthcoming: Everything and then some. In Mind.
      Towards a Theory of Ground-Theoretic Content. In Synthese.

2016: A Hyperintensional Criterion of Irrelevance. In Synthese, Online First.
    (with S. Roski) Difference-Making Grounds. In Philosophical Studies, Online First.

2015: (with S. Roski) A Note on the Logic of Worldly Ground. In Thought 4(1): 59-68

2014: Implicit Commitment in Theory Choice. In Synthese 191, 2147-2165
      Semantic Values in Higher-Order Semantics. In Philosophical Studies 168 (3), 709-24

2013: A Simpler Puzzle of Ground. In Thought 2(2): 85-89

2011: Bolzano on the Intransparency of Content. In Schnieder, B., and Schulz, M. (eds.) Themes from Early Analytic Philosophy (= Grazer Philosophische Studien 82), 189-208

2010: How not to defend ontological cheats. In Analysis 70, 290-6

Projects

Die Logik und Metaphysik des Grundes. (Eigene-Stelle Projekt gefördert durch die DFG. Fördersumme: 247.950 €)