Hannes Leitgeb#
| Membership Number: | 3708 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/people/faculty/hannes_leitgeb/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present: Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, Director and Founder of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich.
- 2009: Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Düsseldorf
- 2007 - 2010: Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 2005 - 2007: Reader, Departments of Philosophy and Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 2004 - 2005: Visiting scholar, Department of Philosophy and CSLI, Stanford University
- 2002 - 2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Logic
- Philosophy of language
- Philosophy of science
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Cognitive science
- History of logical positivism
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Elected member of the L'Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences in France
- 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (EUR 3,500,000), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2007 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (EUR 45,000), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2007 Philip Leverhulme Prize (POUND 70,000), Leverhulme Trust, UK
