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Dr. Tim Kraft is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Regensburg, where he has been working since October 2011 at the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy. Previously, he served as a research assistant at the Department of Philosophy, University of Göttingen from 2008-2011.
Dr. Kraft received his Magister Artium in 2004 from the University of Göttingen with the thesis 'Is modesty a linguistic-philosophical virtue?' under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Carl and Prof. Dr. Felix Mühlhölzer. He earned his doctorate in April 2011 with the dissertation 'The Normativity of Linguistic Meaning. A Defense,' supervised by Prof. Dr. Felix Mühlhölzer and Prof. Dr. Christian Beyer. His doctoral work was supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (2005-2008).
Dr. Kraft's research focuses on epistemology, philosophy of language, and Wittgenstein studies, with particular expertise in skepticism, logic, and metaphilosophy. His work demonstrates a consistent engagement with foundational questions about knowledge, meaning, and skeptical scenarios. He has developed the 'ignorance view' of skeptical arguments as an alternative to the traditional 'error view,' arguing that skeptical scenarios illustrate possibilities of massive ignorance rather than massive falsity. His research on Wittgenstein's Tractatus challenges tree-reading interpretations in favor of sequential reading, and he has made significant contributions to debates about knowledge closure and epistemological disjunctivism.
His publication record shows a clear trajectory from his doctoral work on linguistic meaning normativity toward increasingly sophisticated analyses of skepticism, knowledge, and perception. Recent work has expanded into empirical investigations of gender representation in philosophy education, demonstrating his willingness to bridge theoretical philosophy with practical concerns. His articles reveal a methodological commitment to precision in argumentation and conceptual clarity.
- Doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (2005-2008)
Dr. Kraft has taught numerous courses at both the University of Regensburg and University of Göttingen, covering topics including philosophical argumentation, social epistemology, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, philosophical philosophy, Hume's Enquiry, semantic externalism, skepticism, doxastic freedom, modern logic, Berkeley's Principles, rule-following, the value of truth, introduction to philosophy of language, Descartes' Meditations, analytical philosophy, philosophical knowledge, non-classical logic, logical-semantic propaedeutics, Russell's Problems of Philosophy, analytic-apriori-necessary distinctions, Heidegger's Being and Time, and skepticism. His teaching reflects the breadth of his research interests while maintaining focus on core philosophical methodology and argumentation skills. He has supervised various seminar types including proseminars, Hauptseminars, block seminars, and exercise courses.
