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Welcome to the website of the Department of Philosophy. 

With over 1000 students, philosophy is one of the largest disciplines in the College of Arts and Humanities.  Two thirds of our students study to become teachers and for that reason form the focus of our department.

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Albus holds the chair of didactics of philosophy. 

Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar is professor of applied ethics with a focus on technology ethics in the digital world. She is co-head of the research project “B06 Ethics and Normativity of Explainable AI” in TRR 318. She is also head of the department.

Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber is professor of practical philosophy with a focus on the philosophy of economics and computer science. She heads the research project Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft is professor of theoretical philosophy.

 

Events

12.03.2026 - 13.03.2026

Con­fer­ence: On the Re­si­li­ence of Reas­on. Phe­nomen­o­logy, Prag­mat­ism, and Neo-Kan­tian­ism in Times of So­cial Crisis

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28.04.2026 - 28.04.2026

On­line-Talks: Flor­is Ver­haart - Jo­hanna Dorothea Lindenaer: Mem­oir­ist, Trans­lat­or, and Re­li­gious Po­lemi­cist + Mar­garet Mat­thews -…

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05.05.2026 - 05.05.2026

On­line-Talks: Elod­ie Pinel - Ver­nacu­lar Theo­logy and Au­thor­ity: Mar­guer­ite Porete, Mech­thild of Mag­de­burg, Hadewijch of An­t­werp + Lila…

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12.05.2026 - 12.05.2026

On­line-Talks: Elżbi­eta Filipow – Wo­men’s Writ­ing of Har­riet Taylor Mill and its Vari­ous Modes of Self-ex­pres­sion + Shamoni Sarkar - Ka­roline…

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19.05.2026 - 19.05.2026

On­line-Talks: Max­im De­min - Philo­sophy, God-Seek­ing, and De­vel­op­ment­al Psy­cho­logy: Stolitsa and Volkovich in Late Im­per­i­al Rus­sia +…

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02.06.2026 - 02.06.2026

On­line-Talks: Jake Nich­olas Brooks - Autonomy Bey­ond Kant: But­ler, Tronto, and In­ter­de­pend­ence + Kaimé Guer­rero Valen­cia - In­ter­ven­ing…

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09.06.2026 - 09.06.2026

On­line-Talks: Mari­anne Na­jm Abou-Jaoude - Be­ne­fi­cent Com­mu­nic­a­tion as Power + Roula Az­ar Douglas – Wo­men’s Di­git­al Voices and the…

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News

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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02.09.2025

Bi­an­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the Ger­man So­ci­ety for Phe­nomen­o­lo­gic­al Re­search from 24 to 27 Septem­ber 25

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02.09.2025

For­um Philo­sophic­um on 18 Septem­ber 2025 at FernUni­versität Ha­gen

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02.09.2025

An­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the GfM from 16 to 19 Septem­ber 2025

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Paderborner Kolloquium zur Philosophie

Das Paderborner Kolloquium zur Philosophie dient zur Vorstellung und Diskussion laufender Forschungsarbeiten zur Philosophie von Professor*innen, Mitarbeiter*innen und Gästen des Faches Philosophie. 

Es wird organisiert von Prof. Dr. Suzana Alpsancar, Prof. Dr. Ruth E. Hagengruber,  Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft und Dr. Henning Peucker.

Die Vorträge finden - soweit nicht anders vermerkt - in der Vorlesungszeit um 16 Uhr c.t. im Hörsaal O2 der Universität Paderborn statt.

 

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

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Team

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

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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Secretariats

Petra Große Holling

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