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Stephan Krämer is a philosopher at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, where he serves as Head of the Emmy Noether Group 'Relevance'. His academic career includes positions as Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (2017-2018), DFG-funded researcher on 'The Logic and Metaphysics of Grounding' (2014-2017), and Research Assistant under Prof. Benjamin Schnieder (2011-2014).
- PhD in Philosophy from the University of Leeds (2007-2011)
- MA by Research in Philosophy from the University of Leeds (2006-2007)
- Studied Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Hamburg (2003-2007)
Dr. Krämer's research centers on philosophical logic, metaphysics (particularly grounding), formal epistemology (especially relevance), and philosophy of language. His work employs truthmaker semantics as a unifying framework across these areas, developing hyperintensional approaches to grounding, relevance, and logical consequence. He investigates how truthmakers determine the content of propositions and how these structures relate to metaphysical dependence.
His publication record shows a clear trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated applications of truthmaker semantics across philosophical domains. Recent work explores hyperintensional notions of completeness, belief revision, and grounding equivalence, while maintaining a consistent methodological approach rooted in fine-grained semantic structures. The research demonstrates strong connections between formal semantics and traditional metaphysical questions.
- Wolfgang-Stegmüller-Preis 2012 for his doctoral dissertation
Dr. Krämer currently leads the DFG-funded Emmy Noether project 'Relevance' (2018-2023, 1.19 million euros), following his previous DFG-funded project 'The Logic and Metaphysics of Grounding' (2014-2018). He serves as Equal Opportunities Officer at the Institute of Philosophy and maintains active collaborations with prominent philosophers including Benjamin Schnieder and Stefan Roski. His research group focuses on developing formal frameworks for understanding relevance relations across philosophical domains.
Based in the Philosopher's Tower at the University of Hamburg, Dr. Krämer contributes to both the German and international philosophical communities through his specialized research on hyperintensional frameworks and their applications to fundamental philosophical problems.
