Prof. Dr. Axel Hutter
Chair
Chair of Theoretical Philosophy
Office hours:
By appointment
Postal address:
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Personal information
Axel Hutter is Chair of Theoretical Philosophy; he also coordinates the Master program in Theoretical Philosophy. He researches and teaches in the field of modern theoretical philosophy: his systematic interests are in philosophy of language, epistemology, theory of rationality, and metaphysics, while his historical focus is on classical German philosophy and classical analytic philosophy. His research is devoted to constructing a narrative ontology, which conceives of the relationship between meaning (language) and being (world) in a new way, in that it attributes a systematic priority to meaning over being.
Interviews with Prof. Hutter
- with the Munich philosophy journal WIDERSPRUCH (PDF, 120 KB), edition no. 45/2007
- with the independent Philosophy students' journal Cogito (PDF, 223 KB), edition no. 07/2014
Curriculum vitae
- 2006 -
- Ordinarius in Philosophy at LMU Munich (Chair of Theoretical Philosophy)
- 2002 - 2004
- Several overseas appointments (including as Guest Professor in Aarhus and Jerusalem)
- 2002
- Habilitation, Ruhr University Bochum (Habilitation thesis title: Das Interesse der Vernunft. Kants ursprüngliche Einsicht und ihre Entfaltung in den transzendentalphilosophischen Hauptwerken)
- 1998 - 2006
- Research Associate, Hegel Archive, Ruhr University Bochum
- 1995 - 1998
- Habilitation scholarship, DFG
- 1994 - 1998
- Teaching Fellow, FU Berlin
- 1993
- Doctorate in Philosophy, FU Berlin (Dissertation title: Geschichtliche Vernunft. Die Weiterführung der Kantischen Vernunftkritik in der Spätphilosophie Schellings)
- 1990 - 1992
- Doctoral scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 1988
- MA exam and qualification as doctor (MA thesis title: Die Modernität Platons im Lichte der platonischen Moderne)
- 1982 - 1988
- Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 1982 - 1988
- Studied Philosophy, German Studies, Music and Medicine at Free University of Berlin; Philosophy lecturers there included Michael Theunissen and Ernst Tugendhat
Selected publications
- Axel Hutter: Sprachanalyse und Metaphysik. München: Beck Verlag, (comes out on 20th March 2025)
- Axel Hutter: Narrative Ontology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2022.
- Axel Hutter, Geoerg Sans (eds.): Zeit-Sprache-Gott (Münchener philosophische Studien). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2019.
- Axel Hutter: Narrative Ontologie. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017.
- Axel Hutter, Kazimir Drilo (eds.): Spekulation und Vorstellung in Hegels enzyklopädischem System. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
- Axel Hutter, Anders Moe Rasmussen (eds.): Kierkegaard im Kontext des deutschen Idealismus. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2014.
- Axel Hutter, Thomas Buchheim, Friedrich Hermanni, Christoph Schwöbel (eds.): Gottesbeweise als Herausforderung für die moderne Vernunft.Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.
- Axel Hutter, Markus Kartheininger (eds.): Bildung als Mittel und Selbstzweck Korrektive Erinnerung wider die Verengung des Bildungsbegriffs. Freiburg: Alber, 2009 (second edition: 2013).
- Axel Hutter: Das Interesse der Vernunft. Kants ursprüngliche Einsicht und ihre Entfaltung in den transzendentalphilosophischen Hauptwerken. Hamburg: Meiner, 2003.
- Axel Hutter: Geschichtliche Vernunft. Die Weiterführung der Kantischen Vernunftkritik in der Spätphilosophie Schellings. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1996.
Academic distinctions
- Teaching Excellency Award: 2023.
- Teaching Excellency Award: 2019.
- Selected to give the "Justus Hartnack Lecture" in Aarhus (Denmark); previous lecturers include Robert Pippin and John McDowell: November 2006.
Research projects
I am currently undertaking the following research and book projects:
- Wittgenstein. Die Philosophie als Bühne
- Sinn und Sein
- Die Bosheit des Banales
Teaching
An advanced seminar (Oberseminar) is regularly offered which deals with central concepts and questions of theoretical philosophy. Usually, the seminar is based on a text of classical German philosophy or classical analytic philosophy.
Prof. Hutter's current courses can be found on LSF.
If you would like to write a thesis (BA or MA) under Prof. Hutter's supervision, please contact him by e-mail, including a few sentences outlining your planned topic, in order to make an appointment.
Other activities
Axel Hutter is co-editor of the "Collegium Metaphysicum" series, published by Mohr Siebeck (Tübingen), and the "Praktische Philosophie" series, published by Alber (Freiburg).
The latest volumes in the "Collegium Metaphysicum" series:
- Sommer, M.N., Der Herrschaftsbereich der logischen Form. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.
- Halfwassen, J., Grundfragen der Metaphysik. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2024.
- Frisch, T., Freiheit vom Absoluten. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.
The latest volumes in the "Praktische Philosophie" seires:
- Celik, E., Der Wille als Ursache. Freiburg: Alber Verlag, 2024.
- Lee, H.J., Kants Geschmackstheorie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht. Freiburg: Alber Verlag, 2022.
- Palauneck, M., Gescheiterte Tugend. Freiburg: Alber Verlag, 2020.