The network brings together researchers from four institutions, the University of Cambridge where the network is hosted, the University of Bonn, the Central European University in Budapest, and the University of California at San Diego. Beyond the individuals mentioned here, we are happy to involve in our meetings a large international group of established and early career researchers as well as research students.
Angela Breitenbach (Principal Investigator) is University Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on Kant and the history of modern philosophy, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics. She has particular interests in questions at the intersections of these areas, and has published on the aesthetics of science and Kantian philosophy of science and biology. She currently holds a Pro Futura Research Fellowship to work on a project entitled 'Ideals of Unity: Regulative Principles and the Norms of Enquiry.'
Lucy Allais is the first Henry E. Allison Endowed Chair in the History of Philosophy at UCSD, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Her work focuses on Kant, with a particular interest in metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, and on contemporary moral and political philosophy. She has made contributions to debates about justice and forgiveness bringing Kantian insights to bear on difficult contemporary questions.
Michael Forster is Humboldt-Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Co-Director (with Markus Gabriel) of the International Centre for Philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. He continues teaching as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. He specialises in German philosophy, and has published widely on the philosophy of Kant, Hegel, Herder and Wittgenstein, with a particular focus on epistemology and the philosophy of language.
Markus Gabriel is Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, and founder and Co-Director (with Michael Forster) of the International Centre for Philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. His research focuses on Kant and the German Idealists, specifically Schelling, Heidegger and Wittgenstein, and he has contributed to recent philosophical debates in metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics.
Clinton Tolley is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at UCSD. His research focuses on Kant and German Idealism, with a particular interest in metaphysics, epistemology and logic. He has worked on Kant and the post-Kantians with a particular interest in their impact on neo-Kantian and early analytic philosophy.
Eric Watkins is Professor in the Philosophy Department at UCSD. His work centres on Kant, German Idealism and Early Modern philosophy. He is has focussed especially on questions about epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of science, and has contributed to our understanding of Kant’s thinking about science.
David Weberman is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the Central European University, Budapest. His research focuses on German philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly aesthetics, the philosophy of law, and moral and political philosophy. He has a special interest in the relation of German philosophy to developments in analytic philosophy.
Angela Breitenbach (Principal Investigator) is University Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on Kant and the history of modern philosophy, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics. She has particular interests in questions at the intersections of these areas, and has published on the aesthetics of science and Kantian philosophy of science and biology. She currently holds a Pro Futura Research Fellowship to work on a project entitled 'Ideals of Unity: Regulative Principles and the Norms of Enquiry.'
Lucy Allais is the first Henry E. Allison Endowed Chair in the History of Philosophy at UCSD, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Her work focuses on Kant, with a particular interest in metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, and on contemporary moral and political philosophy. She has made contributions to debates about justice and forgiveness bringing Kantian insights to bear on difficult contemporary questions.
Michael Forster is Humboldt-Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Co-Director (with Markus Gabriel) of the International Centre for Philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. He continues teaching as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. He specialises in German philosophy, and has published widely on the philosophy of Kant, Hegel, Herder and Wittgenstein, with a particular focus on epistemology and the philosophy of language.
Markus Gabriel is Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, and founder and Co-Director (with Michael Forster) of the International Centre for Philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. His research focuses on Kant and the German Idealists, specifically Schelling, Heidegger and Wittgenstein, and he has contributed to recent philosophical debates in metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics.
Clinton Tolley is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at UCSD. His research focuses on Kant and German Idealism, with a particular interest in metaphysics, epistemology and logic. He has worked on Kant and the post-Kantians with a particular interest in their impact on neo-Kantian and early analytic philosophy.
Eric Watkins is Professor in the Philosophy Department at UCSD. His work centres on Kant, German Idealism and Early Modern philosophy. He is has focussed especially on questions about epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of science, and has contributed to our understanding of Kant’s thinking about science.
David Weberman is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the Central European University, Budapest. His research focuses on German philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly aesthetics, the philosophy of law, and moral and political philosophy. He has a special interest in the relation of German philosophy to developments in analytic philosophy.