Understanding and the Apriori - Emmy Noether Research Group
Our research group is sponsored by the DFG and hosted by the University of Cologne. The group is dedicated to the study of a priori knowledge. We are especially interested in the cognitive capacity of understanding and its role in a priori justification, the relationship between apriority and necessity, and the methodology of philosophy as a distinctive armchair discipline.
For more information about our project and its research goals see Project.
The group brings together Researchers working in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics and phenomenology. We have Cooperations with philosophers, psychologists, linguists and cognitive scientists in Europe, the US and Australia.
We have an ongoing series of workshops, the Emmy Noether Armchair Lab, which meets at least twice per year. We also organize regular conferences, and we run a weekly research seminar in Cologne. For more information see Project Events.
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Latest News
- Moving to Konstanz
- Very good news: Magdalena has accepted a new five-year position as Research Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz! Accordingly, the research group is pulling up its stakes and relocating to the philosophy department in Konstanz. We’ll be officially starting there on June 1. We’re very excited about our new work environment, and [...] Read more – ‘Moving to Konstanz’.
- Auf Wiedersehen to Jacek
- Jacek Brzozowski has wrapped up his two-year project on contingentism in metaphysics, and has returned to his home country of South Africa to take up a tenure-track position in the school of philosophy at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Congratulations, Jacek, and best of luck in your new post! Read more – ‘Auf Wiedersehen to Jacek’.
- Goodbye to Daniele
- Daniele Sgaravatti has finished his post-doctoral fellowship with our research project, and has moved to the University of l’Aquila, Italy to join a research project on knowledge and modality (led by Prof. Simone Gozzano). We’re sorry to see Daniele go, and we’ll miss having him here. But of course we wish him all the best [...] Read more – ‘Goodbye to Daniele’.