Research

The research focus of our department is on practical philosophy (general and applied ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, social philosophy and philosophy of culture). In addition, we deal with aesthetics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, ontology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophical anthropology and philosophy of religion. We cooperate with the university's research focus Cultural Encounters - Cultural Conflicts  as well as the research centres Migration & Globalisation, Social Theory, and Medical Humanities among others.