I have taught more than 60 courses in philosophy and economics — lectures on philosophy of science and epistemology, seminars on philosophy of economics, political philosophy, philosophy of technology, ethics and the history of philosophy — at Konstanz, Freiburg, University College Freiburg and Heidelberg, in German and in English, from first-year BA to MA level. Syllabi are linked where available.
(a) University of Konstanz, Philosophy Department (language of instruction: German)
History of World Philosophy II (2h/week, lecture) - Summer 2026
Kant, Critique of Pure Reason (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) - Summer 2026
Values in science (2h/week, graduate seminar, language of instruction: English) - Summer 2026
History of the concept of welfare (2h/week, graduate seminar) - Summer 2026
Research colloquium on theoretical philosophy (2h/week), with Thomas Müller – Summer 2026
History of World Philosophy I (2h/week, lecture) – Winter 2025/26
Human values and artificial intelligence (2h/week, graduate seminar, language of instruction: English) – Winter 2025/26
Rationalism (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2025/26
Hume and his impact (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2025/26
Research colloquium on moral philosophy (2h/week), with Jacob Rosenthal – Winter 2025/26
Egalitarianism (2h/week, graduate seminar, language of instruction: English) – Summer 2025
Aristotle and the four types of causality (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2025
Research colloquium on moral philosophy (2h/week), with Jacob Rosenthal – Summer 2025
Kant, Prolegomena (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2022/23
Capability approach (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2022/23
Philosophy of technology (2h/week, undergraduate seminar, language of instruction: English), with Maud van Lier – Winter 2022/23
Philosophy of science (4h/week, lecture) – Summer 2022
Research colloquium (2h/week) – Summer 2022
Metaphysics of science (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2022
Well-being (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2022
(b) University College Freiburg (language of instruction: English)
Theory of Knowledge (2h/week, lecture) – Winter 2019/20
The philosophy of Kant (4h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2019/20
Perspectives on Science (2h/week, lecture) – Summer 2019
Models across disciplines (4h/week, undergraduate seminar), with Simon Büchner – Summer 2019
International Trade (4h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2019
Theory of Knowledge (2h/week, lecture) – Winter 2018/19
History of world philosophy (4h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2018/19
Economic crises - history, causes, and consequences (4h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2018/19
(c) University of Freiburg, Philosophy Department (language of instruction: German)
Heidegger on authenticity (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2019
(d) University of Konstanz, Philosophy Department (language of instruction: German)
Philosophy of science (4h/week, lecture) – Summer 2018
Philosophy of social science (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2018
Research colloquium (2h/week), with Martin Rechenauer – Summer 2018
Heidegger, Being and Time (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2017/18
Values in science (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2017/18
Kant’s political philosophy (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2017/18
Philosophy of complex systems (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2017
Philosophy of technology (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2017
Decision theory (2h/week, lecture plus tutorial) – Winter 2015/16
Philosophy of economics (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2015/16
Scientific realism (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2015
Induction and confirmation (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2015
Laws of nature (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2014/15
Subjectivity and objectivity in economics (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2014/15
Scientific explanation (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2014
Scientific models (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2014
Kant’s philosophy of causality (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2013/14
Hume and his impact (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2013/14
(e) University of Heidelberg, Philosophy Department (language of instruction: German)
Causality II (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2011
Kant, Critique of Practical Reason (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2011
Causality I (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2010/11
Kant, Prolegomena (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2010/11
Popper, Logic of Scientific Discovery (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2010
Marx, Capital (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2009/10
American pragmatism (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2009
Theories of justice (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2009
(f) University of Heidelberg, Economics Department (language of instruction: German)
History of economic thought II (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2011
History of economic thought I (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Winter 2010/11
Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (2h/week, graduate seminar) – Summer 2010
Philosophy of economics (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Winter 2009/10
Liberalism and communitarianism (2h/week, undergraduate seminar) – Summer 2009