Nora Angleys, M.A.

Personal information

Studies in Interpreting and Translation Studies at the University of Heidelberg (B.A. and M.A.). Master’s degree in Philosophy and Theoretical Philosophy at LMU. Currently pursuing a PhD under Prof. Thomas Buchheim as part of the DFG Schelling Research Project.

PhD project

In her doctoral dissertation, Nora Angleys addresses the question of the (in)adequate treatment, across various approaches, of the persistent reappearance of religious discourse in philosophical contexts (= the heterotopia of religious discourse).

Schelling’s approach to this phenomenon: a critical genealogy of religious discourse and of religion as a whole. Such a genealogy allows religious discourse to be made not only philosophically compatible with the holding of reasonable beliefs but even philosophically fruitful. From this genealogical analysis arises a specific perspective on religious discourse: the tautegorical reading, which understands religious expression as a type of processual truth whose origin lies within a broader—though not necessary—developmental context of human consciousness.

Nora Angleys further develops the tautegorical reading in combination with 20th-century discourse theories: tautegory as a discursive instrument supplements and expands merely historical interpretations by providing a deeper understanding of historical, processual phenomena, because it situates puzzling beliefs within a broader developmental context of human consciousness.

Research interests

In her philosophy studies, Nora Angleys focused primarily on phenomenology in general and on analyses of the imaginary in particular. Within the project on Schelling’s late philosophy, her work centers on the question of the creative contribution of human consciousness in specific discourses such as the discourse on religion, especially mythology. In this context, she investigates the extent to which Schelling’s latest philosophy is compatible with, or can be seen as anticipating, modern discourse and cultural philosophy.

Selected publications

• „Die Gültigkeit des religiösen Diskurses – tautegorische Lesart” in: Buchheim, T. et al. (Hg.) Schellings Berliner Spätphilosophie und die »Empfindlichkeit des philosophischen Bewusstseins«, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (im Erscheinen).
• Angleys, N. & Engel, F. „Schellings »Vermächtnisbrief« von 1854“ In: Buchheim, T. et al. (Hg.) Schellings Berliner Spätphilosophie und die »Empfindlichkeit des philosophischen Bewusstseins«, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (im Erscheinen).
• „Schelling’s Literary Estate“. Kabiri vol. 5, Spring 2024 (im Erscheinen).
• „Die Besonderheiten des mythologischen Prozesses in den Berliner Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Offenbarung “, in: C. Danz (Hg.) (2025), Schellings Berliner Philosophie der Offenbarung, frommann-holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt (im Druck).