Beate Krickel

Prof. Dr. Beate Krickel is a Professor for Philosophy of Cognition at the Technische Universität Berlin since 2020. She serves as Dean of the Faculty for Humanities and Educational Sciences (2023–present) and previously held positions at Ruhr-University Bochum (DFG-Research Training Group 'Situated Cognition'), Humboldt University Berlin, and Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster. Her academic training includes a Cognitive Science degree from University Osnabrück, Philosophy studies at Münster, and a PhD in Philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin (2015).

• Research Themes: Metaphysics of science, mechanisms in biology, philosophy of cognition, unconscious mental processes, and extended mind theories.
• Current Projects: Investigating tensions between mechanistic, representational, and computational explanations in cognitive neuroscience (DFG-funded, 2024–2027); analyzing cognitive homology; and critiquing the mutual manipulability account of constitution.
• Scientific Contributions: She argues against reductionism in mechanistic theories, defends mechanistic explanations in neuroscience, and explores the ontological implications of cognitive systems. Her work bridges empirical and philosophical analysis, particularly in unconscious bias and repression.

Awards: Recipient of the 31st Swedish Prize by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (2021), which included a six-month research stay in Uppsala, Sweden. She co-organizes conferences like NeuroExp 2025 and edits the open-access journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences.

Advising: Collaborated with former PhD student Matej Kohár on projects related to mechanistic explanation and situated cognition. Her work often intersects with interdisciplinary teams in neuroscience and psychology.