Dr. Daniel Minkin
Interim Professor for Philosophy of Science (50 %)
Contact:
Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal
room: S.10.01
Email: minkin[at]uni-wuppertal.de
Consultation hours:
To schedule a digital or non-digital consultation, please email me.
Research interests:
General Philosophy of Science, Ontology, Metaphilosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Critical theory
Works recently published, accepted for publication, and under review:
For complete list of publications and further informations: see here.
Books:
- Minkin, Daniel (in preparation): Theoretische Philosophie. Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung. [Theoretical Philosophy. An application-oriented introduction], to be published by UTB in 2024.
- Minkin, Daniel (in preparation): Verschwörungstheorien. Eine interdisziplinäre Einführung [Conspiracy Theories. An Interdisciplinary Introduction], to be published by SpringerNature in 2024.
- Lewin, Michael/Minkin, Daniel (eds.) (in preparation): Handbuch Metaphilosophie, to be published 2026 by Metzler.
- Minkin, Daniel (2021): Rationalität philosophischer Forschung. Grundlagen einer metaphilosophischen Positionierung [Rationality of Philosophical Research. Foundations of a Metaphilosophical Positioning]. Paderborn: Mentis.
Articles:
- Minkin, Daniel (in preparation): Verschwörungstheorien und Wissenschaftsleugnung. Einige Lehren aus der Wissenschaftstheorie [Conspiracy Theories and Science Denial. Some Teachings from Philosophy of Science], appears 2023 in: Christian, Alexander/Gawel, Ina (eds.): Wissenschaftsleugnung — Fallstudien, philosophische Analysen und Vorschläge zur Wissenschaftskommunikation. Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Schmidt, Elvira/Minkin, Daniel (in preparation): Beutelsbacher Konsens und Esoterische Paramedizin: Gesundheitsförderung aus philosophischer und biologiedidaktischer Perspektive [Beutelsbacher Konsens and esoteric paramedicine: Health promotion from a philosophical and biological-didactic perspective], appears 2024 in: Martins, Ansgar/Kranemann, Philipp W. (eds.): Esoterik und politische Bildung. Frankfurt: Wochenschau Verlag.
- Minkin, Daniel (in preparation): Rationalität zwischen Lehnstuhl und Labor. Wissen und epistemische Rechtfertigung aus erkenntnistheoretischer und experimenteller Perspektiv. [Rationality between arm chair and laboratory. Knowledge and epistemic justification from an epistemological and experimental perspective], appears 2023 in: Cultura & Psyche.
- Minkin, Daniel (2022a): Philosophie der Verschwörungstheorien. Eine kommentierte Übersicht über die philosophische Debatte [Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories. An Annotated Overview of the Philosophical Debate]. In: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 76 (3). pp. 404-436.
- Minkin, Daniel (2022b): Über die Schwierigkeit der Philosophie mit den Verschwörungstheorien [On the Difficulty of Philosophy with Conspiracy Theories]. In: Information Philosophie 2022 (2). pp. 44-56.
- Minkin, Daniel (under review): Kant als metaphilosophischer Skeptizist? [Kant as a Metaphilosophical Skeptic?]
- Minkin, Daniel (under review): Conspiracy Theories, Artificial Intelligence, and Misinformation.
- Minkin, Daniel (under review): The Generalist-Repressivist Research Program in the Research on Conspiracy Theories. German Failures and Tasmanian Teachings.
Upcoming Talks:
- July 2023: ‘Experts: An application-oriented approach’, at the Philosophy of Science Network-Meeting, Munich, Germany
- June 5, 2023: „Sind wir uns einig? Was die Philosophie in Bedrängnis bringt (oder bringen könnte)“ [‘Are we in agreement? What brings (or could bring) philosophy into difficulties’], at the „Philosophisches Kolloquium”, Wuppertal, Germany
- May 25, 2023: ‘Conspiracy Theories, Experts, and Intimidation’, at the Workshop on Epistemic Intimidation, Wuppertal, Germany
Interviews:
Short CV
Since 4/2022: Interim Professor for Philosophy of Science (50 %), University of Wuppertal
Since 11/2022: Researcher, High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart
5/2019 – 3/2022: Postdoctoral researcher and research assistant, Philipps University Marburg
- Habilitation thesis (working title): ‘Epistemology of Justification. Theory – Method – Application‘
11/2018 – 9/2021: Lecturer (‘Lehrbeauftragter’), Philipps University Marburg
5/2016 – 4/2019: PhD student and research assistant, Philipps University Marburg
- PhD thesis: ‘Rationality of Philosophical Research. Foundations of a Metaphilosophical Positioning’
5/2016 – 9/2016: Lecturer (‘Lehrbeauftragter’), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
10/2013 – 3/2014: Lecturer (‘Lehrbeauftragter’), Justus Liebig University Gießen
05/2013 – 5/2016: Predoctoral researcher and research assistant, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
03/2016 – 12/2018: PhD, Philipps University Marburg (completed)
- Main subjects: metaphilosophy, philosophy of science, epistemology
- PhD thesis on: ‘Rationality of Philosophical Research. Foundations of a Metaphilosophical Positioning’, supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Becker, Prof. Dr. M. Vogel, Grade: ‘summa cum laude’
10/2013 – 03/2016: BSc, Justus Liebig University Gießen and Philipps University Marburg (not completed)
- Major: Physics
10/2008 – 3/2013: State Examination, Justus Liebig University Gießen and Goethe University Frankfurt (completed)
- Major: Philosophy, German literature and language
- Minor: Psychology, sociology, political science and pedagogy
- Thesis in philosophy on: ‘From Causation to Exemplification. Donald Davidson’s and Jaegwon Kim’s Conceptions of Events in an Evaluative Comparison’ (in German), supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Vogel, Prof. Dr. A. Becker, grade: ‘1.0’ (excellent)
8/2003 – 6/2007: High School
