CV Benjamin Schnieder. Curriculum Vitae. Dr. habil. Benjamin Schnieder (April 2010)

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1 Curriculum Vitae Dr. habil. (April 2010) I. General Information Nationality: German Date of Birth: Marital Status: Unmarried II. Career i. Current Employment Director of the Emmy-Noether-Research Group Phlox at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. (Responsibility for the supervision of two Phd-students and two Postdocs.) ii. Areas of Specialization Philosophy of Language and Logic, Ontology, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Early History of Analytic Philosophy (in particular Bernard Bolzano). iii. Further Teaching Competence Logic, Epistemology. vi. Education University of Hamburg (M.A. Student) University of Oxford, Wadham College (Visiting Research Student) University of Geneva (Doctoral Student). v. Employments Assistant Professor ( wissenschaftlicher Assistent ) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg. vi. Degrees 2000 M.A. in Philosophy (in Hamburg; with distinction); Thesis: Substanz und Adhärenz bei Bernard Bolzano. Additional subjects: Mathematics; Psychology PhD in Philosophy (in Geneva; summa cum laude); Thesis: Substanzen und (ihre) Eigenschaften. Supervisors: Prof. Kevin Mulligan, Prof. Wolfgang Künne Habilitation in Philosophy (in Hamburg). Written work: Erklärung, Sprache, Sein. (collection of 12 published articles and a commentary). Lecture: Das weil in Platons Euthyphron. Page 1 / 8

2 II. Scholarships, Honours and Awards 1997 Fritz-Prosiegel Award (award for undergraduate students) Member of the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) PhD Scholarship (as a member of the IRIS-project in Geneva) PhD thesis honoured with the Award for the Promotion of Analytic Ontology and Metaphysics, awarded by the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) PhD thesis honoured with the Award for the Promotion of Sciences and Culture, awarded by the Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft Scholarship as a short-term lecturer (DAAD). III. Services to the Profession i. Organized Conferences, Lecture Series, Workshops a. Workshops Semantics and Ontology I: Barcelona (2006). Semantcs and Ontology II: Heidelberg (2007). (Organization & fundraising DAAD, in cooperation with Prof. Andreas Kemmerling and Prof. Manuel Pérez Otero.) b. Workshops Reference and Predication I: Hamburg (2006). Reference and Predication II: Turku (2007). (Organization & fundraising DAAD, in cooperation with Dr. Jussi Haukioja.) c. Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2006/07). (Organization; financed by the department of philosophy, Hamburg.) d. Second Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2007/08). (Organization; financed by the department of philosophy, Hamburg.) e. Conference Because (Geneva 2008). Plenary lectures: Kit Fine, Carrie Jenkins, J.E. Lowe, Rodriguez Perreyra Gonzales, Göran Sundholm, Zóltan Gendler Zsábo. (Organization together with Fabrice Correia.) f. Workshop Current Issues in Language and Metaphysics (Berlin 2008). (Speakers: Stephen Barker, Fabrice Correia, Katalin Farkas, Ofra Magidor, Sven Rosenkranz, Dan López de Sa, Jason Stanley, Elia Zardini. Organization, fundraising.) g. Conference Truth and Abstract Objects Issues from Bolzano and Frege, Berlin Speakers included: Hanjo Glock, Wolfgang Künne, Kevin Mulligan, Ian Rumfitt. g. Workshop Phloxshop II Modality (Berlin 2009). Plenary lectures: Dorothy Edgington, Keith Hossack. Six submitted papers were selected for presentation. h. Properties From Nominalism to Quasi-Nominalism, Colloquium at GAP.7 (Bremen 2009) (together with Ralf Busse). Speakers: C. Dorr, T. Hofweber, J. Melia. i. In preparation: Phloxshop III Nothing But the Truth. International workshop, Berlin, August Speakers include: Julian Dodd, Volker Halbach, Marian David. j. In preparation: Because II. International conference, Berlin, August Invited speakers: Kit Fine, Stephen Yablo, Paul Audi, Ross Cameron, Chris Daly, Carrie Jenkins. Page 2 / 8

3 ii. Refereeing Work Occasional Referee for American Philosophical Quarterly, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Dialectica, Disputatio, Erkenntnis, Grazer philosophische Studien, Logique et Analyse, Mind, Nôus, Philosophical Studies, Synthese. IV. Publications i. Monographs M.1 Substanz und Adhärenz Bolzanos Ontologie des Wirklichen (Beiträge zur Bolzano- Forschung Vol. 13), Sankt Augustin: Academia-Verlag, Review in: Philosophiques 33 (2006), M.2 Substanzen und (ihre) Eigenschaften, Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, ii. Edited Volumes Reviews in: Grazer Philosophische Studien 70 (2005), Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 60 (2006), Metaphysica 7 (2006), E.1 Truth and Abstract Objects: Themes From Early Analytic Philosophy (in preparation). Co-editor Moritz Schulz. Special issue of Grazer philosophische Studien (scheduled for 2010). Authors include: David Wiggins, Ian Rumfitt, Peter Simons, Kevin Mulligan, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Mark Textor, Hanjo Glock, John Hyman, and others. E.2 Grounding and Explanation (in preparation). Co-editor Fabrice Correia. Authors include: Gideon Rosen, Kit Fine, J.E. Lowe, Kevin Mulligan, Kathrin Koslicki, Jonathan Schaffer, Robert Williams, Michael Della Rocca, and others. E.3 Dependence (in preparation). Co-editors Miguel Hoeltje & Alex Steinberg. Commissioned volume in the series Basic Philosophical Concepts, München: Philosophia Verlag. Authors include: Carrie Jenkins, Jonathan Lowe, Fabrice Correia, Ross Cameron, and others. iii. Articles in Refereed Journals J.1 Bolzano sur la structure des propositions, les propriétés et les adhérences, Philosophiques 30 (2003), J.2 Compatibilism and the Notion of Rendering Something False, Philosophical Studies 117 (2004), J.3 A Note on Particularized Qualities and Bearer-Uniqueness, Ratio 17 (2004), J.4 The Ability to Render Something False, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 104 (2004), J.5 How Not to Define Substance A Comment upon Hoffman and Rosenkrantz, Ratio 18 (2005), J.6 Property Designators, Predicates, and Rigidity, Philosophical Studies 122 (2005), J.7 Mein Leben und ich, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 59 (2005), J.8 By Leibniz s Law, Philosophical Quarterly 56 (2006), J.9 Troubles with Truth-making: Necessitation and Projection, Erkenntnis 64 (2006), J.10 A Certain Kind of Trinity: Dependence, Substance, Explanation, Philosophical Studies 129 (2006), Page 3 / 8

4 J.11 Canonical Property Designators, American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2006), J.12 Truth-making without Truth-makers, Synthese 152 (2006), J.13 Attributing Properties, American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2006), J.14 The Importance of Being Earnest, Philosophical Quarterly 57 (2007), J.15 Mere Possibilities Bolzano s Account of Non-Existing Entities, Journal of the History of Philosophy 45 (2007), J.16 Bolzanos zwei Substanzbegriffe, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 62 (2008), J.17 On What We Can Ensure, Synthese 162 (2008), J.18 Truth-functionality, Review of Symbolic Logic 1 (2008), J.19 Further Remarks on Property Designators and Rigidity, Grazer philosophische Studien 76 (2008), J.20 By A Simple Refutation of the Anscombe Thesis, Linguistics and Philosophy 31 (2008), J.21 Bolzanos Erklärung des Zeitbegriffs, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 91 (2009), J.22 In Defence of Fictional Realism (co-authored by Tatjana von Solodkoff), Philosophical Quarterly 59 (2009), J.23 Inexpressible Properties and Grelling s Antinomy, Philosophical Studies 148 (2010), J.24 Bad Examples?, forthcoming in American Philosophical Quarterly. J.25 A Puzzle About Because, accepted for publication in Logique et Analyse. J.26 Scope and Rigidity, accepted for publication in Philosophers Imprint. J.27 Propositions United, accepted for publication in Dialectica. J.28 Expressivism Concerning Epistemic Modals, accepted for publication in Philosophical Quarterly. iv. Invited Book Chapters C.1 Substanzen als ontologisch unabhängige Entitäten, in: W. Löffler (ed.) (2002): Substanz und Identität, Paderborn: Mentis Verlag, C.2 Nach Leibniz Gesetz ergibt sich Über einen verbreiteten Fehlschluß, in: M. Siebel & M. Textor (eds) (2004): Semantik und Ontologie, Frankfurt a.m.: Ontos-Verlag, C.3 Once More: Bradleyan Regresses, in: H. Hochberg & K. Mulligan (eds) (2004): On Relations and Predicates, Frankfurt a.m.: Ontos-Verlag, Review in: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ( (October 2006). C.4 Substanz und Unabhängigkeit, in: K. Trettin (ed.) (2005): Substanz. Neue Überlegungen zu einer klassischen Kategorie des Seienden, Frankfurt a.m.: Vittorio Klostermann, C.5 Particularised attributes: an Austrian tale, in: M. Textor (ed.) (2006): The Austrian Contribution to Analytic Philosophy, London: Routledge, Review in: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ( (September 2007). C.6 Eigenschaften und ihre Namen, in: A. Rami & H. Wansing (eds) (2007): Referenz und Realität, Paderborn: mentis, C.7 What Might Be and What Might Have Been, co-authored by M. Schulz & A. Steinberg, forthcoming in: S.-J. Conrad & S. Imhof (eds): P.F. Strawson: Ding und Begriff, Frankfurt a.m.: ontos Verlag. Page 4 / 8

5 v. Articles in Conference Proceedings P.1 Davidson über die Autorität der ersten Person, in: U. Meixner & P. Simons (eds) (1999): Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age (Papers of the 22 nd International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, P.2 Truth-makers: On the Sound Origins of a Confused Idea, in: R. Bluhm & C. Nimtz (eds) (2004): Selected Papers Contributed to the Sections of GAP.5, Paderborn: mentis, P.3 Compatibilism: Why You Cannot Render It False, in: F. Mão de Ferro (ed.) (2005): A Explicação da Interpretação Humana, Lisbon: Edições Colibri, P.4 Bolzano zur Zeit, in: F. Stadler & M. Stöltzner (eds) (2005): Time and History (Papers of the 28 th International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, P.5 Reduction, Sets, and Properties, in: Alexander Hieke & Hannes Leitgeb (eds) (2008): Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences (Papers of the 31 st International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, vi. Various Smaller Pieces V.1 Existenzaussagen, in: M. Textor (ed.) (2004): Neue Theorien der Referenz, Mentis Verlag, Translation of ch. 10 ( Existential Statements ) of: Gareth Evans: The Varieties of Reference, Oxford: Clarendon Press (1982). V.2 Bemerkungen zu starren Bezeichnern, in: M. Textor (ed.): Neue Theorien der Referenz, Mentis Verlag (2004), Translation of section IV of: Kaplan, David (1989): Demonstratives, in: J. Almog, et. al. (1989): Themes from Kaplan, V.3 Book review of Fabrice Correia s Existential Dependence and Cognate Notions, Dialectica 61 (2007), V.4 Bolzano s Mereology, encyclopaedic entry, forthcoming in H. Burckhardt (ed.): Handbook of Mereology. V.5 Substanz und Akzidens, encyclopaedic entry, forthcoming in S. Jordan & C. Nimtz (eds): Lexikon Philosophie. Hundert Grundbegriffe. Reclam Verlag. V.6 Omnipotence and Contradiction, The Reasoner 3.2, 5 6. V. Teaching i. Undergraduate Level a. Seminar John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic Hamburg 2003/04 b. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2004 c. Seminar On Conditionals Hamburg 2004/05 d. Seminar What s in a name? On Names and Other Singular Terms Hamburg 2005 e. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2005/06 f. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Hamburg 2006 g. Seminar Introduction to Ontology Hamburg 2006/07 h. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2007 Page 5 / 8

6 i. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Berlin 2008 j. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Epistemology Berlin 2008/09 k. Seminar Plato, Euthyphro Berlin 2009 ii. Graduate Level a. Seminar The Compatibility of Freedom and Determinism Hamburg 2003 b. Seminar Analytic Ontology: Properties Hamburg 2003/04 c. Seminar Problems of Quantification Hamburg 2004 d. Seminar On Logical Form (together with M. Hoeltje) Hamburg 2004/05 e. Seminar Truth and Action Hamburg 2005 f. Seminar Bolzano, Theory of Science (together with W. Künne) Hamburg 2005/06 g. Seminar Philosophy of Action Hamburg 2006 h. Seminar On Explanation Hamburg 2006/07 i. Seminar Free Will: Advanced Introduction Hamburg 2007 j. Seminar Modality Berlin 2009 k. Seminar Dependence (with M. Hoeltje & A. Steinberg) Berlin 2010 iii. Upcoming Courses (Announced) a. Lecture & Seminar Grounding and Explanation (as a Visiting Scholar, University of Buenos Aires 2010) b. Lecture Explanation (Historical and Systematic Issues) (Humboldt-Universität, Winter 2010) c. Graduate Seminar Schopenhauer, Über die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde (Humboldt-Universität, Winter 2010) VI. Lectures and Talks i. Upcoming Talks a. Bolzano on Causation, invited talk at the conference Philosophy and Mathematics on the Work of Bernard Bolzano, Prague b. On the Asymmetry of Because, invited talk for the 2010 ANU Fundamentality conference (Canberra, Australia). c. Bergiffliche Erklärungen, invited departmental talk in Bielefeld d. On Knowing What We Say, invited talk for the conference Saying What We Believe, Berlin e. TBA, invited talk in a series of lectures in Konstanz Page 6 / 8

7 ii. Invited Talks at Conferences and Workshops a. Substance and Independence, 2 nd Barcelona-Hamburg Meeting (Barcelona, Spain 2000). b. Aussagen, Besagen, Nachsagen: Bolzano über Propositionen, Eigenschaften und eine non-standard Semantik, Conference Bolzano Atelier (Geneva, Swiss 2001). c. Talking About Properties, Workshop Nominalizations and Abstract Objects, (Stirling, UK 2003). d. Truth-making without Truth-makers, 5 th Italo-German Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (Trieste, Italy 2003). e. Mein Leben und ich eine ontologische Menage à deux, Conference Ontologie und Institutionen (Dresden, Germany 2004). f. Ontologische Abhängigkeit, Workshop on Strawson s Individuals (Bern, Swiss 2006). g. On What We Can Ensure, Bled Conference on Freedom and Determinism (Bled, Slovenia 2006). h. Substance and Dependence, 29 th International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2006). i. Understanding understanding, Profile Intermedia 9 (Bremen, Germany 2006). j. Properties and Paradox, Speaker in a symposium on Object and Property, eidos metaphysics conference (Geneva 2008). k. Remarks on the Unity of the Proposition, Workshop on Bradley s regress (Geneva 2008). l. A Logic of Because, Conference on Dependence (Colorado, USA 2009). m. A Logic of Because, Workshop on Methodological Issues in Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics (Ghent, Belgium 2009). n. Reasoning with Because, Workshop Vagueness and Metaphysics (Barcelona, 2009). o. A logic for Because, Workshop Methodology and Metaphysics (Köln, 2009). p. Properties Without Paradox?, Invited Speaker, Conference on properties (Buenos Aires 2009). q. Bolzanos Konzeption der Substanzen, Conference Substance (Göttingen 2009). r. Expressivism Concerning Epistemic Modals, International Workshop A Matter of Attitude (Göttingen 2010). iii. Invited Commentaries and Invited Departmental Talks a. Laws and Law-statements Comments on a Paper by Joan Pages, 1 st Barcelona- Hamburg Meeting (Hamburg, Germany 1999). b. Bolzano über die Beschaffenheiten, part of a series of lectures on Bernard Bolzano, Österreichisches Kulturforum Prag (Prague, Chech Republic 2003). c. Mere Possibilities, Akademie der Wissenschaften (Prague, Chech Republic 2003). d. Comments on Mario de Caro on Free Will, 6 th Italo-German Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (Heidelberg, Germany 2004). e. Eigenschaften und ihre Namen, part of a series of lectures on Language and Reality (Dresden, Germany 2005). f. Tropes and Ontological Dependence, IHPS, Paris (2006). g. Grenzen des Ausdrucks? Eigenschaften, Prädikate, Grelling, Ludwig-Maximiliams- Universität München (2006). h. Grenzen der Sprache?, University of Konstanz (2007). i. Existentielle Abhängigkeiten, University of Düsseldorf (2007). Page 7 / 8

8 j. Möglich ist das! Expressivismus bezüglich epistemischer Modalitäten, University of Hamburg (2008). k. Barbiere, Wörter, Eigenschaften Über Grellings Vermächtnis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2008). l. Freiheit durch Introspektion?, Universität Regensburg (2008). m. Busses Eigenschaften, comments on Ralf Busses Properties in Nature, workshop G27 (Heidelberg 2010). iv. Further Talks (*: Submission was blind reviewed) a. * Davidson über die Autorität der ersten Person, 22 nd International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 1999). b. * Compatibilism: Why You Cannot Render it False, Mind and Action III (Lisbon, Portugal 2001). c. * A Note on Particular Qualities and Bearer-Uniqueness, ECAP 4 (Lund, Sweden 2002). d. * Talking about Properties, 3 rd Barcelona Workshop on Reference (Spain 2003). e. * The Ability to Render Something False, Aristotelian Society Meeting (Graduate Session) (Belfast, Ireland 2003). f. * Truth-makers: On the Sound Origins of a Confused Idea, GAP 5 (Bielefeld, Germany 2003). g. * Bolzano zur Zeit, 28 th International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2005). h. * By Leibniz s Law, ECAP 5 (Lisbon, Portugal 2005). i. Designating and Expressing Properties, Workshop Reference and Predication (Hamburg, Germany 2006). j. * An Inexpressible Property, GAP 6 (Berlin, Germany 2006). k. General Terms and Rigidity (Comments on José Martinez & Genoveva Marti), Workshop Semantics and Ontology (Barcelona, Spain 2006). l. Kleines philosophisches Farbenrätsel, Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2006). m. * Stress With Meaning?, 5 th Barcelona Workshop on Reference (Spain 2007). n. Peirce and the Causal Theory of Proper Names (Comments on Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen), 2 nd Finnish-German Workshop (Turku, Finland, 2007). o. In Defence of Fictional Realism, Spanish-German Workshop (Heidelberg 2007). p. Drei Geister für Scrooge, University of Hamburg (2007). q. * Reference and Antinomy, IHSPT Arché Workshop Abstract Objects (Paris 2008). r. * Truth-functionality, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association (Aberdeen 2008). s. * Inexpressibility and Paradox, eidos metaphysics conference (Geneva 2008). t. * Reduction, Sets, and Properties, 31 st Wittgenstein Symposium (Kirchberg 2008). u. Properties and Russell s Paradox, Workshop Current Issues in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics (Berlin 2008). v. Das weil in Platons Euthyphron, Habilitationsvortrag (Hamburg, 2009). w. * A Logic of Because, SPE conference (London, 2009). x. * Properties and Paradox, GAP 7 (Bremen, 2009). y. Zur Logik von Erklärungen, Bochum z. Begriffliche Erklärungen, Jena z. Begriffliche Erklärungen, Tübingen Page 8 / 8