• Research Interests
• Teaching
• Publications
• Administrative Roles

Dr. Tillmann Vierkant joined the department on 1st September 2005 as Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind. His PhD, awarded in 2002 , investigated philosophical concepts of self in contemporary cognitive sciences. This research was conducted under the supervision of Professor Wilhelm Vossenkuhl and Professor Wolfgang Prinz at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He then undertook a three year post-doctoral research project on the consequences of contemporary cognitive science for practical philosophy as part of the interdisciplinary research project Voluntary Action: Nature and Culture of Willed Actions.

Research Interests

Philosophy of Mind, Free Will, Mental Actions, Consciousness, Implicit/explicit mental processing, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Teaching

Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology

Publications

Articles

• Vierkant, T. (2002). 'Zombie-Mary and the Blue Banana: On the compatibility of the 'knowledge argument' with the argument from
  modality'. Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness, 8(19).
  
• Vierkant, T. (2003). Is the self real? An investigation into the
  philosophical concept of 'self' between cognitive science and social
  construction. Münster: LIT Verlag.
• Vierkant, T (2005). 'Owning Intentions and Moral Responsibility'. Ethical
  Theory and Moral Practice 8: 507-534.
• Vierkant, T (2007). 'Free Will, Concepts of Selves and Orthonomy'. In: S.Maasen, (ed.) Willing and Doing, Palgrave.
• Vierkant, T (2007). 'Worin besteht die Herausforderung der Kognitions-wissenschaften für den Willensbegriff wirklich?' In: Buchheim, Pietrek (ed) Freiheit auf Basis von Natur, Mentis
• Vierkant, T (ed.) (2008) Willenshandlungen. Suhrkamp
  

 

Administrative Roles

Senior Tutor; Deputy Head of Department

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