Lecturer

0131 651 3748

5.06 (DSB)

Philosophy of Mind, Free Will, Mental Actions, Consciousness, Implicit/explicit mental processing, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science.

Dr Tillmann Vierkant joined the department on 1st September 2005 as Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind. His PhD, awarded in 2002, investigated philosophical concepts of self in contemporary cognitive sciences. This research was conducted under the supervision of Professor Wilhelm Vossenkuhl and Professor Wolfgang Prinz at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He then undertook a three year post-doctoral research project on the consequences of contemporary cognitive science for practical philosophy as part of the interdisciplinary research project Voluntary Action: Nature and Culture of Willed Actions.

Teaching

Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology

Publications

Articles

• Vierkant, T. (2002). 'Zombie-Mary and the Blue Banana: On the compatibility of the 'knowledge argument' with the argument from modality'. Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness, 8(19).
• Vierkant, T. (2003). Is the self real? An investigation into the philosophical concept of 'self' between cognitive science and social construction. Münster: LIT Verlag.
• Vierkant, T (2005). 'Owning Intentions and Moral Responsibility'. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 8: 507-534.
• Vierkant, T (2007). 'Free Will, Concepts of Selves and Orthonomy'. In: S.Maasen, (ed.) Willing and Doing, Palgrave.
• Vierkant, T (2007). 'Worin besteht die Herausforderung der Kognitions-wissenschaften für den Willensbegriff wirklich?' In: Buchheim, Pietrek (ed) Freiheit auf Basis von Natur, Mentis.
• Vierkant, T (ed.) (2008) Willenshandlungen. Suhrkamp.

Administrative Roles

• Postgraduate Director in Philosophy
• Course Organizer for Mind, Matter and Language