Stephan Hartmann (born 1 March 1968) is a German philosopher and Professor of

Philosophy of Science Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

, known for his contributions to

formal epistemology Formal epistemology uses formal methods from decision theory, logic, probability theory and computability theory to model and reason about issues of epistemological interest. Work in this area spans several academic fields, including philosophy, c ...

Biography

Hartmann was born in

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. He studied physics and philosophy at

Justus Liebig University University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German speaking world, German-speaking w ...

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, Germany and received his bachelor's degree in 1989. He received his PhD in philosophy from the same university in 1995. He was a visiting scholar at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

from 1991 to 1992. He became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Konstanz in 1996 and taught there for two years before becoming an assistant professor of philosophy in 1998. Hartmann was a fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

from 2000 to 2001. Back in Germany in 2002 at the University of Konstanz he headed the research group Philosophy, Probability and Modelling together with Luc Bovens. From 2004 to 2006 he led the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) at the

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public university, public research university in London, England, and a member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the University ...

, and became Professor in LSE's Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. In 2007 he became Professor of Philosophy at the

Tilburg University Tilburg University is a Catholic research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg, Netherlands. Tilburg has a student population of about 19,1 ...

, The Netherlands, where he founded and led the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS). In 2012 Hartmann became Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion at LMU Munich, where he also is co-director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP). Hartmann is President of the European Philosophy of Science Association (2013–17) and President of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy (2014-2017). Since 2016, he is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and since 2019, he is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.stephanhartmann.org
Accessed May 26, 2019

Publications

* 2003. ''Bayesian Epistemology'' (with Luc Bovens). Oxford: Oxford University Press. * 2006
Models in Science
(with Roman Frigg). In E. Zalta (ed.): The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. * 2011. ''Probabilities in Physics'' (ed. with Claus Beisbart). Oxford: Oxford University Press. * 2011. ''Explanation, Prediction, and Confirmation'' (ed. with Dennis Dieks, Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, Thomas Uebel and Marcel Weber). Berlin: Springer. (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective series). * 2019. ''Bayesian Philosophy of Science'' (with Jan Sprenger). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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External links

Personal webpage

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2013
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartmann, Stephan 1968 births Living people 20th-century German philosophers German male writers Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 21st-century German philosophers Academic staff of Tilburg University Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Academic staff of the University of Konstanz Academics of the London School of Economics University of Giessen alumni