Susanna Schellenberg

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Susanna Schellenberg (* 1974 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University , where she is also assigned to the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science . She specializes in epistemology , philosophy of mind and philosophy of language , best known for her work on perception, experience, evidence and imagination. In 2016 Schellenberg received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . She is the author of The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, Evidence (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Career

Schellenberg grew up in Lebanon, Pakistan and Switzerland. After graduating from high school in mathematics and science (Type C) at the Gymnasium Köniz-Lerbermatt , Switzerland, she studied mathematics, economics, philosophy and history at the University of Basel , the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne , and the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main and Oxford University . In 2007 she received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh with a thesis on Perception in Perspective .

From 2006 to 2008 Schellenberg Mellon was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto . She broke off this research stay to become a post-doctoral student at the Australian National University . There she became an assistant professor in 2008 and an associate professor in 2010. Schellenberg was the first woman to be appointed to a permanent academic position at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. In 2011 Schellenberg went to Rutgers University , as Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and as Executive Council Faculty at the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science . Brian Weatherson and Jonathan L. Kvanvig saw Schellenberg's move to Rutgers as a prestige gain for the area of ​​epistemology in the local Department of Philosophy.

research

In her research, Schellenberg focuses on developing a complete representation of the epistemological and phenomenological functions of perception. In addition to this main topic, Schellenberg has also written articles on topics such as inferential semantics, Gottlob Frege's philosophy, and imagination. Schellenberg's previous work is often characterized by the fact that it knows how to unite seemingly opposing positions in the philosophy of spirit .

Publications

Schellenberg has published articles in The Journal of Philosophy , Mind , Noûs , and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Peggy DesAutels: Susanna Schellenberg: October 2013 . In: Highlighted Philosophers . American Philosophical Association. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Affiliates . Rutgers. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Rutgers University: Schellenberg, Susanna. Retrieved October 23, 2018 (UK English).
  4. ^ Brian Leiter: Rutgers Raids the ANU: Schaffer, Schellenberg to New Brunswick in 2011 . Head of Reports. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  5. ^ A b c Brian Weatherson: Rutgers News . Thoughts, Arguments, and Rants.
  6. ^ Oxford University Press . Oxford University Press. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ CV-SusannaSchellenberg.pdf. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Jonathan Kvanvig: Adding to Rutgers Strength in Epistemology . Certain doubts. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  9. ^ Richard Marshall: Epistemic forces and perception . 3: AM Magazine. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  10. ^ Susanna Schellenberg: Publications. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schellenberg, Susanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Beirut , Lebanon