Michael Sollberger Curriculum Vitae Epistemology and Philosophy of Science University of Lausanne Department of Philosophy CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland (+41)-21-692-2923 michael.sollberger.2@unil.ch http://www.unil.ch/philo/page43604.html EDUCATION Since Nov. 2006 PhD student and assistant in Philosophy of Perception and Mind at the University of Lausanne with Prof. Michael Esfeld Thesis title: Direct Realism and the Argument from Illusion 2005 Exchange student in philosophy at University of Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV. Academic stay with the European exchange program Socrates- Erasmus (summer term) 2001-2006 MA bilingual studies (German/French) in philosophy at the University of Fribourg. Major subject: modern and contemporary philosophy, first minor subject: philosophy of men and human sciences, second minor subject: neurobiology 1998-2001 Second education: Maturity Type B (Latin): School for adults at the AKAD in Zürich-Oerlikon. I obtained my federal maturity in Neuchâtel in autumn 2001. Mark: 5.6 very good (best Swiss German Maturity of the year) 1991-1995 First education: Apprenticeship as an architectural draftsman in Bülach. I obtained my certificate of qualification in August 1995 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Areas of specialization Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology Areas of Teaching Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology and Neurobiology Areas of competence Logic, Metaphysics GRANTS AND AWARDS 2008-2011 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Grant for a three-year research project on direct realism in the philosophy of perception 2008 Award of the First European Graduate School for the best presentation, November 14 th PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2009 Eine metatheoretisch motivierte Interpretation der Ewigen Wiederkunft Nietzsches, Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie, Vol. 56, No. 1 (forthcoming) 1
2008 Naïve Realism and the Problem of Causation, Disputatio, Vol. III, No. 25, 1-19 2007 The Causal Argument against Disjunctivism, Facta Philosophica, Vol. 9, No. 1/2, 245-267 Papers in Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings: 2008 Lebenswelt und naiver Realismus, in Gethmann, C.F. (ed.): Lebenswelt und Wissenschaft, XXI. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Sektionsbeiträge, CD-Rom. 2006 Representationalism and tactile vision, in Esfeld, M. (ed.): John Heil. Symposium on his ontological point of view, Ontos-Verlag, Frankfurt, 213-230 2005 Commentary on Jaegwon Kim, Laws, Causation, and Explanation in the Special Sciences, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Vol. 27, 339-344 Invited and Commissioned Articles: 2006 with Michael Esfeld: Repräsentationaler oder direkter Realismus? Stellungnahme, Information Philosophie, Heft 3 (August 2006), 32-43 2005 What We Can Conceive Of, F.R.E.G.E, Vol. 1 (October 2005), 21-27 Book Review: 2008 with Michael Esfeld: Recent German books in the philosophy of mind, Dialectica, Vol. 62, Issue 1, 128-135 PRESENTATIONS Refereed Conference Presentations: July 2009 November 2008 September 2008 August 2008 June 2008 June 2008 Synaesthesia and the Relevance of Phenomenal Structures for Perception, The Varieties of Experience Graduate Conference, University of Glasgow, Scotland The misleading nature of perceptual consciousness, First European Graduate School: Rationality, Consciousness, and the Architecture of Mind, University of Bochum, Germany Lebenswelt und naiver Realismus, XXI. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Naïve Realism and Causation, Sixth European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland th Disjunctivism, Illusions and Cognitive Science, 16 Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Utrecht University, Netherlands Disjunctivism, Illusory Experiences and Visual Cognition, Open Minds 2008: a graduate conference in all areas of philosophy, University of Manchester, England Invited Presentations: 2
June 2009 March 2009 September 2008 April 2008 September 2007 June 2007 February 2006 June 2005 The Representative Theory of Perception and the Importance of Structural Similarity, Workshop with Tyler Burge, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Synesthesia, Phenomenal Properties and Representationalism, Second European Graduate School: Philosophy of Perception, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Unusual Experiences and their significance for transparency and the metaphysics of perception, Pro*Doc Candoc Colloquium 2008, Ovronnaz, Switzerland Commentary on Peter McLaughlin s Functions and Norms, Workshop on Causation in Biomedical Sciences II, Les Avants, Switzerland Commentary on David Papineau s Teleosemantics and Mental Causation, Conference on Mental Causation and Externalism, Les Avants, Switzerland The causal argument and disjunctivism, Workshop Themes from Mike Martin, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Representationalism and tactile vision, Symposium on John Heil s ontological point of view, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Commentary on Jaegwon Kim s Laws, Causation, and Explanation in the Special Sciences, Workshop on Causation in Biomedical Sciences I, Puidoux, Switzerland TEACHING 2008-2009 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL) Subject Epistemology and History of Sciences (School of Humanities & social science, SHS course): year students (together with Christian Sachse, Vincent Lam and Alain Zysset) - Supervision of master projects in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and (neuro-) biology for fourth year students (together with Prof. Michael Esfeld, Vincent Lam, Christian Sachse and Alain Zysset) Spring 2009 University of Lausanne Bachelor and master seminar, together with Christian Sachse (MER, University of Lausanne), interdisciplinary (philosophy, psychology and neurosciences), bilingual (French/English), in collaboration with the Brain Mind Institute (EPFL, Prof. Michael Herzog): Philosophy of mind and neurosciences: What is the nature of perceptual consciousness? 2007-2008 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL) Subject Epistemology and History of Sciences (School of Humanities & social science, SHS course): year students (together with Christian Sachse and Vincent Lam) - Supervision of master projects in philosophy of science and biology for fourth year students (together with Prof. Michael Esfeld, Vincent Lam and Christian Sachse) 2006-2007 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) 3
Epistemology and History of Sciences (SHS course): year students (together with Christian Sachse and Vincent Lam) - Supervision of master projects in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology for fourth year students (together with Prof. Michael Esfeld, Vincent Lam and Christian Sachse) 2002-2004 Logic tutor for Prof. Giovanni Sommaruga, University of Fribourg. Responsible for the execution of a weekly logic tutorial both in French and German for undergraduate students during 4 semesters OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2004-2006 Part-time assistant of Professor Gianfranco Soldati, University of Fribourg. Supporting the evaluation process of research projects submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) which concern philosophy as their main research field GRADUATE SCHOOLS 2009 Second European Graduate School: Philosophy of Perception, with Michael Tye and Tim Crane, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, March 24-28 2008 First European Graduate School: Rationality, Consciousness, and the Architecture of Mind, with José L. Bermudez and Peter Carruthers, University of Bochum, Germany, November 10-14 ACADEMIC REFEREEING - Praxis (online postgraduate journal of philosophy): Referee ORGANISATION March 2009 Organisation of the Second European Graduate School on the philosophy of perception, University of Lausanne, funded by the CUSO (Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale) and the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Philosophie, The Swiss Graduate Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Deutsche Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie, European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, American Philosophical Association, Australian Association for Philosophy FURTHER PARTICIPATIONS IN WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIUMS (SELECTION) May 2008 International workshop on Philosophy of Perception, University of Basel March 2008 International workshop on Philosophy of Mind, University of Lausanne & EPFL 4
Nov. 2007 June 2007 Nov. 2006 Nov. 2005 Nov. 2003 International workshop on Structural Realism, University of Lausanne International workshop on Phenomenology and Intentionality, University of Fribourg International workshop on Phenomenology and Agency, University of Fribourg International Symposium on Philosophy of Color Vision Science, University of Fribourg International workshop on Ontology of Colors, University of Fribourg LANGUAGE SKILLS Swiss German German French English Latin mother tongue perfect fluent good fair (reading) FURTHER INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES - Tennis - Running - Hiking LIST OF REFEREES - Professor Michael Esfeld, Philosophy, University of Lausanne - Professor Gianfranco Soldati, Philosophy, University of Fribourg - Professor Giovanni Sommaruga, Logic and Philosophy, University of Fribourg 5