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Theoretical Philosophy > Sebastian Lutz
Current Teaching | Curriculum Vitae | Publications

Areas of Specialization

General Philosophy of Science, Philosophical Methodology, History of Philosophy of Science (especially logical empiricism)

Areas of Competence

Logic, Ethics (especially formal methods in ethics), Philosophy of Language

Education

Ph. D., Theoretical Philosophy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, June 18, 2012 (projected).

Visiting Fellow, Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 2007–2008.

Graduate studies, Philosophy (Ph. D. program), University of Western Ontario, Canada (fulfilled requirements for an M. A.), 2005–2008. (The University of Western Ontario does not award an M. A. to graduate students enrolled in a Ph. D. program.)

Diplom [diploma], Physics (ausgezeichnet [excellent]) (Highest grade conferred by the Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg.), Universität Hamburg, Germany, 2004.

Visiting Researcher, Theoretical Physics I, Universität Augsburg, Germany, 2003–2004. (External thesis research for the Universität Hamburg.)

Visiting Student Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, USA, 2001–2002.

Vordiplom [pre-diploma], Physics, Universität Bayreuth, Germany, 2000.

Zwischenprüfung [intermediate exam], Philosophy, Universität Bayreuth, Germany, 2000.

Teaching Experience

Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Model Theory for the Philosophy of Science (graduate seminar), instructor.
Period 4, 2011.

Taalfilosofie [Philosophy of Language], teaching assistant.
Period 3, 2010; period 3, 2011; period 3, 2012 (projected).

Artificial Intelligence Seminar (graduate seminar), instructor.
Periods 1–4, 2010–2011; period 1, 2011; periods 2–4, 2011–2012 (projected).

Artificial Intelligence Seminar (graduate seminar), teaching assistant.
Periods 1–4, 2008–2009; periods 1–4, 2009–2010.

Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Critical Thinking, teaching assistant.
Fall 2006; winter 2007.

Questions of the Day, teaching assistant.
Winter 2006.

Business Ethics, grader with office hours.
Fall 2005.

Other

Guest lecture “The Vienna Circle” in the undergraduate course Kennis en Wetenschap I [Knowledge and Science I], Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 13 and 14 September 2011.

Successfully completed the course Onderwijsgeven voor AiO’s [Teaching for PhD Researchers], Utrecht University, The Netherlands, May–June 2011.

Guest lecture “Rudolf Carnap” in the undergraduate course Geschiedenis van de logica [History of Logic], Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 2 June 2009.

Organized Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars

Semantic and Syntactic Approaches to Science: A Reconsideration. Symposium with Holger Andreas, Otávio Bueno, Hans Halvorson, and Sebastian Lutz (with Holger Andreas, submitted to the PSA conference 2012).

Research Seminar in Philosophy of Physics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 2008 (with Giovanni Valente).

Models and Simulations 2 (conference), Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 11–13 October 2007 (member of the organizing committee).

Idealizations in Science (workshop), Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 10 October 2007 (member of the organizing committee).

Other Professional Services

Referee for the European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

Referee for the 8th Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Conference, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2008.

Member of the philosophy outreach committee during Fall Preview Day, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 12 November 2005.

Scholarships and Awards

Graduate Student Travel Stipend, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2011.

BSPS Conference Bursary, British Society for the Philosophy of Science, 2010.

Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize for the article “Criteria of Empirical Significance: A Success Story,” British Society for the Philosophy of Science, 2009.

Western International Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, 2008–2010 (declined).

Visiting Research Fellowship, Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, 2007–2008.

Nominated for the Graduate Student Teaching Award of the University of Western Ontario, 2007.

Western International Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, 2005–2007.

First Year Graduate School Scholarship, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, 2001–2002.

Fulbright Partial Scholarship, Fulbright Program for Foreign Students, Fulbright Commission, 2001–2002.

Förderpreis [prize for promising researchers], Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte [Society of German natural scientists and medical doctors], 1998.

Languages

German (native), English (fluent), Dutch (advanced), French (basic).

References

Otávio Bueno Department of Philosophy, University of Miami

Thomas Müller Theoretical Philosophy Unit, Utrecht University

Janneke van Lith Theoretical Philosophy Unit, Utrecht University

Albert Visser Theoretical Philosophy Unit, Utrecht University


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