Yes to Plurality!

“The end of the common world has come when it is seen only under one aspect and is permitted to present itself in only one perspective.”

Hannah Arendt, in: The Human Condition

 

The Department of Philosophy is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to creating and maintaining a work environment in which the diversity of our faculty and students is valued. We stand for an open exchange of information and ideas and for fostering respectful and appreciative interactions with one another. Therefore, diversity, tolerance, and justice are not only topics to be dealt with theoretically - within seminars - but are considered to be the most important values in our everyday life at the university. The same goes for the visibility of underrepresented groups or individuals, which is not only to be recognized philosophically, but also practically. 

This attitude is intended to be mirrored in our course programme as well, in order to offer a broad range of topics, authors and methods. Following the spirit of Enlightenment, we consider it our philosophical duty to remain critical and self-reflective, whether during our lectures or chance encounters in the corridor. Every student is entitled to learn and work in a professional and fair environment, where equal chances are provided and discrimination is prohibited. This includes for example discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and other social or personal circumstances. 

Finally, our students can be sure to count on us having sympathetic ear and understanding for all issues, about which they come to speak with us. 

In addition to staff members, there are also designated points of contact and departments. In cases of discrimination, bullying, stalking, sexual harassment and violence, as well as in cases of exploitation of situations of dependency and abuse of power, students may also contact the Consultant for Diversity (Laura Maring) or the central (Dr Annika Hegemann) or decentralised Equal Opportunities Officer (Sarah-Christina Henze for Cultural Studies). An overview of possible points of contact can also be found here: www.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/gleichstellung/gleichstellungsbeauftragte/Beratung_und_Beschwerde/3_Anlaufstellen_Diskriminierung_UPB_01.pdf (Hyperlink einfügen). Clicking on the relevant point of contact will take you to their contact details.

 

Veranstaltungen

Auf dieser Seite finden Sie alle Veranstaltungen des Faches Philosophie, darunter auch die Vorträge des Paderborner Kolloquiums zur Philosophie. Das Kolloquium dient der Vorstellung und Diskussion aktueller Forschungsarbeiten von Professor*innen, wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter*innen sowie Gästen des Faches Philosophie.

Events

12.11.2026 - 12.11.2026

Vor­trag: Dr. Wessel Re­ijers (Pader­born, Spheres: a New Philo­sophy of De­cent­ral­iz­a­tion

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14.11.2026 - 14.11.2026

Hy­bride Ta­gung: De­mokratie unter Druck - Ak­tuelle Ge­fähr­dun­gen polit­ischer Ba­sics im Philo­sophieun­ter­richt

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19.11.2026 - 19.11.2026

Vor­trag: Dav­id Joch­heim (Pader­born), Mul­ti­me­diale Philo­sophiev­er­mittlung. Philo­sophier­en durch didakt­ische Stagecasts

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26.11.2026 - 26.11.2026

Vor­trag: Prof. Dr. Den­nis Lehmkuhl (Bonn), Die Manuskripte Al­bert Ein­steins und der Un­ter­schied zwis­chen buch­stäb­lichen und sorgfälti­gen…

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03.12.2026 - 03.12.2026

Vor­trag: Dr. Ingo Wit­ten­berg (Pader­born), Ver­gleich­barkeit norm­at­iver Ord­nun­gen – ein rekon­strukt­iver Zugang am Beis­piel der…

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07.12.2026 - 07.12.2026

Talk: Madeleine-Soph­ie Schmitz, Lou An­dreas-Sa­lomé on Sub­jectiv­ity: Gendered Me­di­ation of Es­sence, Self­hood, and Free­dom

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10.12.2026 - 10.12.2026

Vor­trag: Dr. Joel Bock (Pader­born), Tech­nics, En­tropy, and the An­thro­po­cene: A Stie­g­leri­an Cri­tique of the Present

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14.12.2026 - 14.12.2026

Talk: Jil Muller, Ma­ter­nal Bod­ies and Gen­er­at­ive Flu­ids in Oliva Sabuco

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14.01.2027 - 14.01.2027

Vor­trag: Prof. Dr. Maja So­boleva (Mar­burg), Die Ar­gu­ment­a­tionsstruk­tur von Kants "Kritik der rein­en Ver­nun­ft": eine Rekon­struk­tion

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News

13.07.2026

Vom Klassen­raum in den Hör­saal – Der Tag der Philo­soph­ie an der Uni­versität

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18.06.2026

Work­shop: ... Nev­er Neut­ral: Prac­tices, Con­cepts and Meth­ods of Eval­u­at­ing Tech­no­logy Over the Last 50 Years

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28.04.2026

Ring­vor­le­sung: Ver­flochtene Zukün­fte: Di­git­al­is­ier­ung und Nach­haltigkeit

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20.01.2026

Lec­ture on 21 Janu­ary 2026 at HT­WK Leipzig

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16.01.2026

CultCryo Work­shop in Pader­born, Janu­ary 7th-9th 2026

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18.12.2025

Cul­tures of the Cryo­sphere: Work­shop in Pader­born from 7 to 9 Janu­ary

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18.12.2025

Cul­tures of the Cryo­sphere: Two Cryo-Lec­tures in Pader­born 8 Janu­ary 2026

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07.12.2025

New pub­lic­a­tion on "Ex­plain­ab­il­ity and AI Gov­ernance"

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29.10.2025

Call for Ab­stracts – Work­shop Deutsches Mu­seum München

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29.10.2025

Call for Ab­stracts - Work­shop on Ex­per­i­ence, Mean­ing, and AI

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29.10.2025

New pub­lic­a­tion: Al­gorithmic Know­ledge Cul­tures, Oc­to­ber 2025

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02.09.2025

SICP Sym­posi­um on 30. Septem­ber 2025

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Head of de­part­ment

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Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar

Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

Head of Section Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

Write email +49 5251 60-2432

Team

Our team  is made up of people who work together intensively to research and find solutions.

Professuren auf einen Blick

Philosophie ist mit seinen nahezu tausend Studierenden eines der großen Fächer in der Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften. Zwei Drittel studieren im Lehramt und bilden damit den Schwerpunkt.

Die Leitung der Fachdidaktik liegt bei Prof. Dr. Vanessa Albus.

Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar leitet die Fachgruppe „Philosophie und Ethik wissenschaftlich-technischer Kulturen“ am Heinz Nixdorf Institut (HNI). Derzeit ist die Fachgruppe an drei internationalen und interdisziplinären Drittmittelprojekten beteiligt: dem ERC-Synergy Grant „Cultures of the Cryosphere. Infrastructures, Politics, and Futures of Artificial Cooling“, dem DFG-geförderten SFB/TRR 318 „Constructing Explainability“ sowie dem am HNI angesiedelten und von der Westfalen Stiftung geförderten Projekt „Secure, Resilient and Intelligent Unmanned aircraft Systems“ (SeRIUS).

Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber ist Professorin für Praktische Philosophie mit dem Schwerpunkt Philosophie der Ökonomie und Informatik. Sie ist Gründerin und Direktorin des Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Seit 2025 ist sie Präsidentin der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft ist Professor für Theoretische Philosophie. Zurzeit hat er auch die Fachleitung inne.

Fields of work and pro­fess­or­ships

Di­dactics of Philo­sophy - Prof Dr Vanessa Al­bus

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Philo­sophy and Eth­ics of techno-sci­entif­ic Cul­tures - Prof. Dr Su­z­ana Alpsan­car

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Prac­tic­al Philo­sophy - Prof Dr Ruth Ha­gen­gruber

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The­or­et­ic­al Philo­sophy - Prof Dr Se­basti­an Luft

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