PD Dr. Tobias Henschen
My main research interests include general philosophy of science, philosophy of economics and the philosophy of Kant and Heidegger. In general philosophy of science and philosophy of economics, I'm primarily interested in causality. My research in philosophy of economics also focuses on objectivity and the role of values in macroeconomics. In this five-minute video, I provide an outline of my most recent research on macroeconomics. What I find most fascinating about Kant's philosophy is the architectonic of his work (how is everything linked up?). My 2009 dissertation is concerned with Heidegger's philosophy of science and language.
Contact
PD Dr. Tobias Henschen
Alte Universität, 1.OG, R. 01 071
Bertoldstr. 17
79098 Freiburg, Germany
Tel. +49 761 203-67617
tobias.henschen@ucf.uni-freiburg.de
Office hours
Monday 4.00 - 5.00 p.m.
(no office hours on October 28)
Brief academic CV
- From October 2018–March 2020: Substitute Professor Epistemology and Theory of Science, University College Freiburg
- June 2017: Habilitation at the University of Konstanz
- 2013–2018: Assistant professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at the Philosophy Department of the University of Konstanz
- 2011–2013: Postdoctoral research fellow at the Philosophy Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2009–2011: Postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the Philosophy Department of the University of Heidelberg
- 2009: PhD Philosophy (University of Heidelberg)
- 2002–2004: Graduate student / visiting scholar (Georgetown University / Columbia University)
- 2001: MA Philosophy and Economics (University of Heidelberg)
- 2000: Licence Sciences Économiques (Université de Toulouse 1)
Books
- Causality, inference and objectivity in macroeconomics (Habilitationsschrift, 226 pages). Publication in preparation.
- Gebrauch oder Herstellung? Heidegger über Eigentlichkeit, Wahrheit und phänomenologische Methode (monograph). Paderborn: Mentis, 2010.
Selected Papers
- "Marx on Alienation and Employee Capital Participation", to appear in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.
- "The in-principle inconclusiveness of causal evidence in macroeconomics", European Journal for Philosophy of Science 8 (2018): 709-733.
- "What is macroeconomic causality?", Journal of Economic Methodology 25 (2018/1): 1-25.
- "Ceteris paribus conditions and the interventionist account of causality", Synthese 192 (2015/10) 3297-3311.
- "Kant on causal laws and powers", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 48 (2014/4), 20-29.
- "Kant’s Pragmatism", British Journal for the History of Philosophy 21 (2013/1): 165-176.
- "Dreyfus and Haugeland on Heidegger and Authenticity", Human Studies 35 (2012/1): 95-113.
- "Heideggers Korrektion des göttlichen Worts", Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 51 (2009/3): 289-308.
- "Sein und Kunst. Heidegger über Kunstwerke und die angemessene Intention von Dingen". In Hügli et al. (eds.), Existenz und Sinn. Heidelberg: Winter, 2009.
Research Project
"The philosophy of the analysis of complex, adaptive, and bifurcating economic systems", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 04/2020-03/2023.