Alexander Aichele

PD Dr. phil. habil. Alexander Aichele is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy I, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He specializes in Legal Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics, and the History of Philosophy, with a focus on the Enlightenment, German Idealism, and Aristotelian traditions.

• University: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• School: Faculty of Philosophy I
• Department: Department of Philosophy
• Email: alexander.aichele@phil.uni-halle.de

His research spans interdisciplinary intersections of Philosophy, Legal Theory, and Cultural Studies. Key themes include:

• Enlightenment thought and European values
• Kantian and Fichtean political philosophy
• Aristotelian metaphysics and ethics
• Philosophy of technology and causality
• Epistemology of abstract ideas
• Theology and ontological arguments

Recent publications focus on Kant’s theory of judgment, Nietzsche’s ontological realism, and medieval physics in John of Jandun. His work also explores Locke, Leibniz, and Rousseau in the context of free will and epistemology.

Editorial roles include co-founding the Journal of Legal Philosophy (2011) and editing anthologies on Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten and Luis de Molina.