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HARALD A. WILTSCHE
Philosopher


I am a philosopher working at the intersection between philosophy of science, epistemology and phenomenology. What interests me is how bodily, socially and historically situated subjects gain knowledge about the world by relying on means as diverse as thought experiments, models or scientific instruments.

I am Professor of Philosophy at Linköping University, Sweden, recurring visiting scholar at IAS, Princeton, NJ, and P.I. of the FWF-funded research project "Intentionality and Symbolic Construction". Prior to that I was Assistant Professor at the University of Graz, Austria, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, USA, and Post Doc researcher at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Recent Papers:


"Husserl, the Mathematization of Nature, and the Informational Reconstruction of Quantum Theory" (with Philip Goyal and Philipp Berghofer; currently under review)

"Physics With a Human Face: Husserl and Weyl on Realism, Idealism and the Nature of the Coordinate System", in: Jacobs, H. (ed): The Husserlian Mind, London & New York: Routledge (forthcoming).


"The Forever War. Understanding, Science Fiction, and Thought Experiments", in: Synthese.

"A Match Made on Earth. On the Applicability of Mathematics in Physics", in: Berghofer, P. & Wiltsche, H.A. (eds.): Phenomenological Approaches to Physics, Cham: Springer, 157-77 (Synthese Library; together with Arezoo Islami).

"Phenomenological Approaches to Physics. Mapping the Field", in: Berghofer, P. & Wiltsche, H.A. (eds.): Phenomenological Approaches to Physics, Cham: Springer, 1-47 (Synthese Library; together with Philipp Bergghofer).

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Upcoming Events/News:

I will be recurring visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies between now and June 2022. Take a look at my IAS webpage here.

The volume "Phenomenological Approaches to Physics" which I have edited with Philipp Berghofer has finally appeared.

Our third "Phenomenological Approaches to Physics" conference in Linköping, Sweden, had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope that the conference will take place as planned in 2021.

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