Prof. Dr. Dominik Perler

Institut für Philosophie (HU)

Perler

Dominik Perler is professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In 2006, he was granted the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Preis of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Since 2007, he is Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). Dominik Perler‘s research concentrates historically on medieval and early modern philosophy, systematically on issues in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and ontology. Within Topoi, Dominik Perler works on the use of spatial concepts in philosophical and medical explanations of the mind in Antiquity and their medieval and early modern reception.
 

General Information

Area

Groups

 

Research Field

Research Topics

 

Contact

Organisation / Department

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Philosophischen Fakultät I
Institut für Philosophie

Address

Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany

Email

Phone

+49 30 2093-2204

Fax

+49 30 2093-2419
 
 

Activities

workshop

Faculties
Organiser

talk

"Medieval Debates"
part of the Workshop Faculties

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"Ockham on Emotions in the Divided Soul"
part of the Conference Partition of the Soul in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Philosophy

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""Reflections" on Faculties in History of Science and Art"
part of the Workshop Faculties

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"Welcome and Introduction"
part of the Workshop Faculties

 

Career

Awards

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award, DFG (2006)
Fürst Franz Joseph von Liechtenstein Award (with F. Cheneval and Th. Ricklin) (1995)
Vigener Award for the best dissertation in the Humanities, University of Fribourg (1992)

 

Appointments

Carl Schurz Memorial Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010)
Silverman Professor at Tel Aviv University (2009)
Collins Professor at Saint Louis University (2004)
Professor of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (since 2003)
Professor of Philosophy (Ordinarius), University of Basel, Switzerland (1997-2003)
Fellow of All Souls and Lecturer in Philosophy, Oxford University (1996-1997)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (1992-1993)
Visiting Scholar, Cornell University (1991-1992)

 
 

Publications

 
In Topoi

[2012]Partition of the Soul in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Editors: Perler, Dominik. Corcilius, Klaus
2012Die kognitive Struktur von Hoffnung. Zwei mittelalterliche Erklärungsmodelle
Perler, Dominik
2011Transformationen der Gefühle. Philosophische Emotionstheorien 1270-1670
Perler, Dominik
2010Ockham über die Seele und ihre Teile
Perler, Dominik
2010Robert Fludd: Die Welt im Kopf
Perler, Dominik
2010Ideen. Repräsentationalismus in der Frühen Neuzeit
Editors: Haag, Johannes. Perler, Dominik
2009Transformations of the soul : Aristotelian psychology, 1250-1650
Editors: Perler, Dominik
2008Descartes: Emotionen als psycho-physische Zustände
Perler, Dominik
2008Introduction: Transformations of the Soul. Aristotelian Psychology 1250-1650
Perler, Dominik
 
further Publications

(Selection)
2011 Transformationen der Gefühle: Philosophische Emotionstheorien 1270-1670 (Frankfurt a.M. 2011).
2010 Skepticism, in: R. Pasnau (ed.), The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy (Cambridge 2010) 384-396.
Could God Deceive Us? Skeptical Hypotheses in Late Medieval Epistemology, in: H. Lagerlund (ed.), Rethinking the History of Skepticism (Leiden 2010) 171-192.
2008 Transformations of the Soul: Aristotelian Psychology 1250-1650 (Leiden 2008) (editor).
2006 Zweifel und Gewissheit. Skeptische Debatten im Mittelalter (Frankfurt a.M. 2006).
2005 Der Geist der Tiere (Frankfurt a.M. 2005) (co-editor with M. Wild).
2004 Theorien der Intentionalität im Mittelalter (Frankfurt a.M. 2002) (second edition 2004).
2001 Ancient and Medieval Theories of Intentionality (Leiden 2001) (editor).
2000 Occasionalismus. Theorien der Kausalität im arabisch-islamischen und im europäischen Denken (Göttingen 2000) (co-author with U. Rudolph).
1996 Repräsentation bei Descartes (Frankfurt a.M. 1996).
 
 

Curriculum Vitae

  Education
1996 Habilitation, Philosophy, University of Göttingen, “Descartes on Representation”
1991 Dr. phil., University Fribourg, “Concepts of Truth in the 14th Century”
1984 - 1991 Studies of Philosophy and Russian at the Universities of Fribourg, Bern, and Göttingen
  Grants
1993-1995 Scholarship for advanced researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation
1991-1992 Scholarship for prospective researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation
  Fellowships
2010 Fellow, Istituto Svizzero di Roma
2004-2005 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, Berlin
  Memmberships
since 2007 Full Member of BBAW
  Others
2007-2010 President of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy
since 2006 Principal Investigator, Berlin School of Mind and Brain
2006-2008 Head of Department of Philosophy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
   
  A detailed CV with a list of publications can be found at Dominik Perler's personal website at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.