Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Barz
Interim Chair (Summer Semester 2024)
Chair of Metaphysics
Office hours:
By appointment
Postal address:
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Personal information
Wolfgang Barz is Interim Chair of Metaphysics in Summer Semester 2024. His teaching and research focuses on epistemology, philosophy of mind, ontology and philosophy of language. Presently, he is working mainly on problems of self-consciousness and self-knowledge. However, he is also interested in the structure of phenomenal concepts, the nature of non-existent objects as well as metaphilosophical questions - especially the question of what makes a topic an object of philosophical research. In the coming years, he is planning a research project on the question of how a direct realistic theory of perception based on a Meinongian conception of non-existent objects could look.
Curriculum vitae
- 2024 -
- LMU Munich, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies, Interim Chair of Metaphysics.
- 2016 - 2021
- Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute of Philosophy. W2-Professor of Theoretical Philosophy.
- 2013 - 2016
- University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Philosophy. DFG-funded temporary position as research associate for the project "Die Autorität der ersten Person".
- 2012 - 2013
- Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Philosophy, Acting Professor of Philosophy and History of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- 2010 - 2012
- Bielefeld University, Philosophy Department. Acting Professor of Philosophy of Mind.
- 2008 - 2009
- Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Philosophy. Research Associate.
- FU Berlin, Institute of Philosophy. Research Associate.
- 2002
- PhD in Philosophy at FU Berlin.
- 1992 - 1997
- FU Berlin. Studied Philosophy, Politics and Psychology.
- 1992 - 1999
- Hochschule der Künste Berlin. Continued art studies.
- 1990 - 1991
- Civilian service.
- 1989 - 1990
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Art studies.
Selected publications
- Waczek, E. & Barz, W.: Colour hallucination: In defense of externalist representationalism. Analysis 82(1), 3-7 (2022).
- Barz, W.: The Distinct Existences Argument Revisited. Synthese 199, 8443–8463 (2021).
- Barz, W.: The Aporetic Structure of Philosophical Problems. Journal of Didactics of Philosophy 3(1), 5-18 (2019).
- Barz, W.: The Puzzle of Transparency and How to Solve It. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 49(7), 916–935 (2019).
- Barz,W.: Are Introspective Beliefs about One’s Own Visual Experiences Immediate? Grazer Philosophische Studien 95(1), 70-97 (2018).
- Barz, W.: Is There Anything to the Authority Thesis? Journal of Philosophical Research 43, 125-143 (2018).
- Barz, W.: Luminosity Guaranteed. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 98(S1), 480–496 (2017).
- Barz, W.: Two-Dimensional Modal Meinongianism. Ratio 29(3), 249–267 (2016).
- Barz, W.: Transparent Introspection of Wishes. Philosophical Studies 172(8), 1993–2023 (2015).
- Barz, W.: Die Transparenz des Geistes. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2012.
Teaching
Prof. Barz's current courses can be found on LSF.
If you wish to write a thesis (BA or MA) under Prof. Barz's supervision, please contact him by e-mail, including a few sentences outlining the planned topic, to arrange an appointment.