Research Areas
AOS
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Formal Semantics, Epistemology
AOC
Ethic, Buddhist Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Logic, Metaphysics
Employment
2015-2024
Assistant Professor (7-year fixed-term), University of Vienna, Austria
2015-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, FWF project The Fragmented Mind (PI: Marian David), University of Graz
2013-2017
Assistant Professor (4-year fixed-term), University of Graz
2012-2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University
Funded by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Education
2008-2012
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Arché, University of St Andrews
Dissertation: Perspective in Context. Relative Truth, Knowledge, and the First Person (link)
2001-2007
M.A. (Magister Artium) in Philosophy, Political Science & Comparative Literature, Humboldt-Universität & Freie Universität Berlin
2002-2003
B.A. in Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Books
2025
Unstructured Content. Editor, with Peter van Elswyk, Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini, and Andy Egan. Oxford University Press
2021
The Fragmented Mind. Editor, with Cristina Borgoni & Andrea Onofri. Oxford University Press
Publications
2023
Unstructured Content: Introduction. (With Peter van Elswyk, Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini, and Andy Egan)
In: Unstructured Content. (eds. Peter van Elswyk, Dirk Kindermann, Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini, and Andy Egan)
2023
Against 'Hate Speech'.
Journal of Applied Philosophy, 40(5), 813–35 (penultimate draft) (link)
2021
No Way to WAM.
Inquiry, 65 (7), 775-88. (penultimate draft) (link)
2021
On the Availability of Presuppositions in Conversation.
In: The Fragmented Mind. (eds. Cristina Borgoni, Dirk Kindermann, Andrea Onofri) (penultimate draft)
2021
The Fragmented Mind. An Introduction. (with Andrea Onofri)
In: The Fragmented Mind. (eds. Cristina Borgoni, Dirk Kindermann, Andrea Onofri) (penultimate draft)
2021
Knowledge Embdedded.
Synthese, 198, 4035-4055. (penultimate draft) (link)
2020
Pragmatik in Geschmacksfragen? Ein Kommentar zu Julia Zakkous Faultless Disagreement.
Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 74(2), 284-90 (penultimate draft)
2019
De Se Relativism.
With Andy Egan. In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Relativism. Martin Kusch (ed.), Routledge (penultimate draft)
2019
Coordinating Perspectives: De Se and Taste Attitudes in Communication.
Inquiry, 62(8), 912-55. (penultimate draft)
2017
The Problem of Semantic Error for Epistemic Contextualism.
With Patrick Greenough. In Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Contextualism. Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa (ed.), Routledge (penultimate draft)
2016
Knowledge, Pragmatics, and Error
Grazer Philosophische Studien 93. Special issue on `Context-Relativity in Semantics' (ed. C. Gauker), 429-57 (penultimate draft)
2016
Varieties of Centering and De Se Communication.
In About Oneself: De Se Thought and Communication. M. García-Carpintero & S. Torre (eds.), Oxford University Press, pp. 307-40 (penultimate draft)
2015
Wahrheit [Truth].
In Handbuch Sprachphilosophie. N. Kompa (ed.), Metzler Verlag (penultimate draft)
2015
Wahrheitsrelativismus [Relativism about Truth].
In Handbuch Sprachphilosophie. N. Kompa (ed.), Metzler Verlag (penultimate draft)
2013
Relativism, Sceptical Paradox, and Semantic Blindness.
Philosophical Studies 162 (3), 585-603 (penultimate draft)
Selected Talks
2022
Unter Berufung auf freie Meinungsüßerung: Diskriminierung vs soziale Gerechtigkeit
  • Universität Hamburg, Ringvorlesung
Against "Hate Speech"
  • TU Dresden Institutskolloquium
2021
Against "Hate Speech"
  • Wiener Forum für Analytische Philosophie
  • Hate Speech Workshop, Karlsruhe
  • CEU Vienna Colloquium
  • Philosophy of Language Workshop HU Berlin
2020
Moore’s Paradox and De Se Attitudes
  • Vienna Philosophy of Language Group
2019
Freedom of Speech & Discrimination
  • RIRC Conference (Rajarata University, Sri Lanka)
Moore's Paradox and De Se Communication
  • De Se Workshop (Tokyo University)
  • Yonsei University, Seoul
Beliefs and Questions: The Case for Fragmentation
  • University of Kyoto
  • Yonsei University, Seoul
Rede, Freiheit und soziale Gerechtigkeit
  • "Philosophie in Serie" (Graz)
2017
No Way to WAM
  • ECAP9 (München)
On the Availability of Presuppositions in Conversation
  • SMCL Workshop (Hamburg)
  • LOGOS (Barcelona)
  • UNAM (Mexico City)
Comments on J. Zakkou's Tasty Contextualism
  • G27 Workshop (HU Berlin)
Knowledge & Embedded Implicatures
  • Sprachphilosophie-Berlin Gruppe
  • Vienna-Budapest Early Career Workshop (Wien)
2016
Fragmented Contexts
  • Situations, Information, and Semantic Content Workshop (München)
Embedding Knowledge
  • Leuven Epistemology Group
Context and Mental Fragmentation
  • Zürich Early Career Postdoc Workshop
  • The New York Philosophy of Language Workshop
Knowledge, Pragmatics, and Error
  • BELUX Workshop, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2015
Structured vs Unstructured Content
  • GAP9, University of Osnabrück/li>
Context, Conversation, and Mental Fragmentation
  • University of Hamburg
  • MCMP Munich
  • Context-Relativity in Semantics Conference, University of Salzburg
What makes a relativist theory relativist (in 2015)?
  • `The Emergence of Relativism' Project, University of Vienna
2014
Structured vs Unstructured Content
  • LOGOS, Barcelona: Semantic Content and Conversational Dynamics Workshop
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
What is Semantic Blindness?
  • European Epistemology Network Meeting, Madrid
2013
Neutralism about De Se Communication
  • University of Maribor, Slovenia
Content, Communication, and the Aims of Semantic Theory
  • Investigating Semantics Conference, Bochum, Germany
Predicates of Personal Taste
  • NYU, Linguistics Graduate Seminar (Prof. Chris Barker)
2012
Varieties of Centering and the Common Ground
  • The New York Philosophy of Language Workshop
  • LOGOS Workshop Centered Content and Communication, Barcelona
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2011
Centered Content in Communication
  • LOGOS Workshop Semantic Content and Context Dependence, Barcelona
De se and Taste Attitudes in Communication
  • Semantics and Philosophy in Europe 4, Bochum
Relativism and Knowledge Ascriptions
  • 34th Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, Austria
  • Perspectives, Contexts and Relative Truth Conference, Bonn
Centered Assertion, Relativism, and the De se
  • Meaning, Context, and Implicit Content Conference, Cerisy, France
2010
Perspective in Context
  • UC Berkeley, Wolheim Society
Relativism, Semantic Blindness, and Sceptical Paradox
  • Australian Association of Philosophy 2010 Conference, Sydney
  • University of Miami 7th Graduate Conference in Epistemology
Research Projects
2014-2018
The Fragmented Mind, University of Graz (Researcher & Co-Applicant): project website
2012-2013
Subjectivity in Thought and Language (funded by DAAD), Rutgers University (Researcher)
2008-2012
Contextualism & Relativism (funded by AHRC), Arché, St Andrews (Project Student)
2009-2012
Foundations of Logical Consequence (funded by AHRC), Arché, St Andrews (Affiliated Project Student)