Dr. Katharina Anna Sodoma

Personal information

Katharina Anna Sodoma is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at LMU Munich. Before coming to Munich, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Duisburg-Essen working on a project on interpersonal understanding and affective empathy. She completed her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Vienna in April 2020 with a dissertation on moral relativism and the possibility of moral progress.

Research interests

Katharina’s research focuses on topics at the intersection of ethics and political philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. She is currently working on the role of affective empathy in social and political contexts. In addition, she is interested in feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, and the history of analytic philosophy.

Selected publications

1. Sodoma, K.A.: Why Severe Moral Transgressions are Often Difficult to Understand. Philosophical Explorations 27 (2), 144-156 (2024).
2. Sodoma, K.A.: Testimony of Oppression and the Limits of Empathy. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 27, 185-202 (2024).
3. Sodoma, K.A.: The Significance of Meta-Emotions for Reflecting on Ourselves and Others. Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions 1 (2): 169-84 (2023).
4. Sodoma, K.A. & Sharp, D.: Democratic Empathy and Affective Polarization. Social Philosophy Today 39: 71-87 (2023).
5. Sodoma, K.A. (2022): Emotional Gaslighting and Affective Empathy. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 30 (3): 320-38 (2022).