Gereon Wolters#
| Membership Number: | 2782 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.philosophie.uni-konstanz.de/fachbereich/personen/wolters |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1985 - 2008 Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1986 - Offer of a Chair, University of Paderborn (declined)
- 1980 - 1988 Assistant Professor at the University of Constance, Germany
- 1988 - 2009 Professor at the University of Constance, Germany
- 1997 - 1998 Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Pa., USA
- 2006 - Visiting Professor University of Roma 1 (La Sapienza)
- 2008 - 2009 Research Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassenaar NL
- 2009 - 2010 Research Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki FI
- 2011 - Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin D
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy
- History and philosophy of science
- Philosophy under National Socialism
- Science and religion
Honours and Awards
- 2004 Member of the German National Academy of Scince ("Leopoldina"), Halle, Germany
- 2006 - 2015 Head of the Section for Philosophy of Science and Member of the Senate of the "Leopoldina"
- 2009 - 2016 Chair of Class IV (Humanities and Social Sciences) of the "Leopldina"
