Niki Pfeifer

Dr. Niki Pfeifer, a leading figure in formal epistemology and probability logic, is currently a Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Regensburg. His interdisciplinary work bridges logic, philosophy, and psychology, focusing on reasoning under uncertainty.

• Education: First PhD in Psychology (2006, University of Salzburg, Austria); Second PhD in Philosophy (2012, Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Netherlands); Habilitation in Philosophy (2024, University of Regensburg, awarded 2025 Habilitation Prize).
• Research Areas: His work explores coherence-based probability logic, connexive principles, probabilistic argumentation, and cognitive foundations of reasoning. He investigates how humans interpret conditionals, syllogisms, and counterfactuals under uncertainty.
• Awards:
  • Habilitation Prize 2025 by the University Foundation Pro Habilitatione
  • Key roles in European Science Foundation (ESF) and DFG-funded projects.
• Funding: Projects supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and BMBF.