Karl Hepfer

Karl Hepfer is a part-time lecturer (Private Lecturer) at the Philosophy Seminar under the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Erfurt since 2005, with prior teaching experience at the University of Education/University of Erfurt since 1997. He studied philosophy, economics, English, German, and art history across renowned institutions including Göttingen, Heidelberg, Basel, and Edinburgh.

Research Interests:

• Practical Philosophy (Hume, Kant, and contemporary ethics)
• Epistemological structures of conspiracy theories
• History of philosophy (17th–18th centuries, British empiricism)
• Intersections of imagination, knowledge, and virtuality

Notable Publications: Hepfer has edited and authored monographs such as David Hume, An Inquiry into the Foundations of Morals, Motivation and Evaluation: A Study of the Practical Philosophy of Hume and Kant, and Conspiracy Theories_3rd Edition, focusing on ethical, epistemological, and cultural critiques.