The Philosophy Colloquium regularly hosts lectures on topics relating to philosophy and the teaching of philosophy.
Organised by: Torsten Hitz

• 11 January 2024 ‘Neutrality and Objectivity in Science’ – Prof. Dr Michael Esfeld (Lausanne)
  
• 11 May 2023 The Adequation Theory of Truth in Thomas Aquinas – Prof. Dr Jörn Müller (Würzburg)
  
• 17 November 2022 The climate debate from the perspective of the philosophy of science – Prof. Dr Hardy Bouillon (Trier)
• 13 May 2022 The epistemological value of poetry – Prof. Dr Gottfried Gabriel (Jena)
  
• 4 February 2022 Proverbs in Aristotle – Prof. Dr Torsten Hitz (Heidelberg)
• 18 November 2021 Between Westernism and Slavophilia: Paths of Russian Philosophy in the 19th Century – Dr Renata von Maydell (Konstanz)
  
• 16 July 2021 Two Challenges for Ordinary-Language Philosophy – Dr Nicole Rathgeb (Zurich)

Further dates to follow.

The fundamental idea behind this research project is to view philosophy teaching as a linguistic process. This places the focus of the research on discursive forms of interaction in the classroom – in particular conversations – as well as on the participants’ linguistic agency. By examining language as a medium, the aim is to make the philosophical learning process more tangible.

Project leader: Prof. Dr Torsten Hitz

Prof. Dr Torsten Hitz: History of Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Education
Prof. Dr Georg Zenkert: Political Philosophy (key areas: ‘Constitution’, ‘Power’), Theory of Individuality and Theories of Education
Assistant Professor Dr Tom Wellmann: In addition to specialist scholarship – particularly in ancient philosophy – and the didactics of the discipline, a key focus of the assistant professorship’s research lies in combining these two areas of work.
Dr Christian Wilhelm: Ethics, Philosophy Education, Political Philosophy