Gregor Damschen

Dr. Gregor Damschen is a Senior Lecturer in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Greifswald, and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oldenburg. He earned his PhD at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Magister Artium in philosophy and classical philology at Heidelberg University, with academic appointments at Notre Dame, Lucerne, Bonn, Cologne, Konstanz, and other institutions.

His research spans epistemology, logic, philosophy of religion, philosophy of love, medical ethics, and ancient philosophy. Key interests include Gödel's ontological proof, epistemic paradoxes, Plato's epistemology, and modal-ontological arguments for God's existence. His work analyzes contradictions in positivity assumptions within theological logic.

Gregor Damschen teaches logic and theoretical philosophy while maintaining permanent research associate roles. His publications focus on foundational philosophical problems, particularly tensions between divine attributes and logical consistency. He edited influential volumes on bioethics and dispositional theories, with ongoing work in epistemological frameworks.