Prof. Dr. Stephan Hartmann

Chair, Co-director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Chair of Philosophy of Science, MCMP

Office address:

Ludwigstraße 31

Room 134

80539 München

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Office hours:

Tuesdays 4 - 5 p.m.

Postal address:

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1

80539 München

Personal information

Stephan Hartmann is Chair of Philosophy of Science, Co-director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at LMU. Moreover, he is an external member of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. He researches and teaches on questions in general philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, formal epistemology and formal philosophy of science, social epistemology, and (Bayesian) cognitive science. His current research interests include the philosophy of open quantum systems, the philosophy and psychology of reasoning and argumentation, and models of deliberation.

Curriculum vitae

2023 -
Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies, LMU Munich
2023 -
External member of the Department of Psychology, LMU Munich
2012 -
Chair of Philosophy of Science and Co-director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), LMU Munich
2012 -
Associate member, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, LMU Munich
2012 -
Member, Munich Center for Neurosciences, LMU Munich
2012 -
Member, Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich
2010 - 2011
Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lund University, Sweden
2007 - 2012
Professor of Philosophy of Science and Epistemology and Founding Director of the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TILPS), Tilburg University, Netherlands
2003 - 2007
Teaching posts at the Department of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London School of Economics, UK (2006-07: Professor, 2005-06: Reader, 2003-05: Lecturer)
2006
Visiting Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine, USA
2004 - 2006
Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS), London School of Economics, UK
2000 - 2001
Visiting Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA
1998 - 2003
Assistant Professor in the subject of Philosophy, University of Konstanz
1995
PhD in Philosophy, University of Gießen
1987 - 1991
Studied Physics and Philosophy at the University of Gießen, earning an MSc (Physics) and MA (Philosophy)

Selected publications

  1. Sprenger, J. & Hartmann, S.: Bayesian Philosophy of Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
  2. Eva, B. & Hartmann, S.: Bayesian Argumentation and the Value of Logical Validity. Psychological Review 125 (5): 806–821 (2018).
  3. Stern, R. & Hartmann, S.: Two Sides of Modus Ponens. The Journal of Philosophy 115 (11): 605–621 (2018).
  4. Colombo, M. & Hartmann, S.: Bayesian Cognitive Science, Unification and Explanation. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 68 (2): 451–484 (2017).
  5. Dawid, R., Hartmann, S. & Sprenger, J.: The No Alternatives Argument. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 66 (1): 213–234 (2015).
  6. Frigg, R. & Hartmann, S.: Models in Science, in: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2020).
  7. Dizadji-Bahmani, F., Frigg, R. & Hartmann, S.: Who’s Afraid of Nagelian Reduction?, Erkenntnis 73 (3): 393–412 (2010).
  8. Bovens, L. & Hartmann, S.: Bayesian Epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  9. Beisbart, C., Bovens, L. & Hartmann, S.: A Utilitarian Assessment of Alternative Decision Rules in the Council of Ministers. European Union Politics 6 (4): 395–419 (2005).
  10. Hartmann, S.: The World as a Process: Simulations in the Natural and Social Sciences, in: R. Hegselmann et al. (eds.), Modelling and Simulation in the Social Sciences from the Philosophy of Science Point of View. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996, pp. 77–100.

Academic distinctions

  • 2023 Corresponding Member, Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences
  • 2021 - 2024 Henriette Herz Scout, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2020 Member, Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi)
  • 2019 Member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 2016 Member, Leopoldina
  • 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
  • 2008 - Honorary Visiting Professor, Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science, University of Sydney, Australia

Research projects

Current externally funded research projects:

Teaching

Prof. Hartmann's current courses can be found on LSF.

If you wish to write a thesis under Prof. Hartmann's supervision, please contact him by email, including a few sentences outlining the planned topic, in order to arrange an appointment.

Further activities

  • 2024 - 2028 Member of the Research Committee, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 2023 - Member, Advisory Board, Open Science Center, LMU Munich
  • 2023 Panel member, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal
  • 2023 Panel member, National Science Center of Poland (NCN)
  • 2021 - Panel member, Research Council of Norway (RCN)
  • 2018 - Member, ESF College of Expert Reviewers
  • 2015 Panel member, European Research Council (ERC)
  • 2014 - Member, International Advisory Board, Berlin School of Mind and Brain
  • 2014 - 2017 President, European Society for Analytical Philosophy (ESAP)
  • 2013 - 2017 President, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)
  • 2012 - 2016 Scientific Board Member, Munich Center for Neurosciences, LMU Munich
  • 2011 - 2012 Member, Wetenschappelijke Adviescollege Geesteswetenschappen (NWO)
  • 2010 - 2014 Member, Governing Board, Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
  • 2009 - 2018 Member, Advisory Board, Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science (SCFS)
  • 2007 - 2009 Vice-President, European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)

Editorial Boards: Epistemic Studies (de Gruyter, since 2001), European Journal for Philosophy of Science (2009-2017), European Studies in Philosophy of Science (since 2013), Minds and Machines (since 2009), Philosophy Compass (since 2006), Philosophisches Jahrbuch (since 2015), Philosophy of Physics (since 2021), Philosophy of Science (since 2010), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (since 2011), Theory and Decision Library A (since 2012).