Dr. Wanja Wiese

Assistant Researcher / lecturer, Theoretical Philosophy Group

Contact Details

E-Mail: wawiese@uni-mainz.de

Postal Address

Philosophisches Seminar
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
D-55099 Mainz

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Proseminar

• (PS) Phänomenales Bewusstsein: Eine Einführung in die Philosophie des Geistes (Dr. Wanja Wiese)

Seminar

• (HS/OS) Überzeugungen, Rationalität und die Ethik des Glaubens (Dr. Wanja Wiese)

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Semester: WiSe 2019/20

 

Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of mind, especially: phenomenal consciousness and mental representation.
• Philosophy of cognitive science, especially: cognitive underpinnings of knowledge and action, philosophical implications of predictive processing.
• Value theory, especially: valences of conscious experiences, conflicts between instrumental and epistemic values.

 

Projects and Activities

• • New open-access journal: Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci).

  • Together with Danaja Rutar (Donders), Tomer D. Ullman (MIT), and Johan Kwisthout (Donders): Workshop on "Developing models of the world" at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, 16th-20th of March 2020.

  • Manager of the Minimal Phenomenal Experience Project.

  • Manager and web admin of the MIND Group.