Kathrin Koslicki
Kathrin Koslicki (born 1967) is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Her primary research areas are metaphysics, ancient Greek philosophy and philosophy of language. Since 2018 Koslicki is visiting professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.
Kathrin Koslicki | |
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| Born | November 30, 1967 Munich, Germany |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Stony Brook University MIT |
| Thesis | Talk about Stuffs and Things: The Logic of Mass and Count Nouns (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Judith Jarvis Thomson |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Colorado-Boulder Tufts University University of Florida University of New Orleans University of Alberta University of Neuchâtel |
Biography
Koslicki was born and raised in Munich, Germany.[1] She received her BA in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1990 and her PhD in philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.[2]
Koslicki joined the faculty at the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2007.[3] At the University of Colorado-Boulder, Koslicki sat as Chair of both the Graduate Admissions and Climate Committee, and received the Alvin Plantinga fellowship at the University of Notre Dame.[4] Seven years later, she accepted an appointment as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Epistemology and Metaphysics at the University of Alberta.[5] Since 2019 Koslicki is Visiting Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.[6]
Koslicki is best known for her defense of a neo-Aristotelian, structure-based theory of parts and wholes.
Bibliography
- Koslicki, Kathrin (2008). The structure of objects. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-153867-4. OCLC 227006033.
- Koslicki, Kathrin (2018). Form, matter, substance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-255708-7. OCLC 1049974758.
References
- "Welcome to Our Newest Faculty Members" (PDF). colorado.edu. 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Kathrin Koslicki". biological-practice-to-metaphysics.org. 5 January 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Interview with Kathrin Koslicki" (PDF). colorado.edu. Fall 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Faculty Activities 2011-2013" (PDF). colorado.edu. 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Eleven Canada Research Chairs announced for UAlberta". folio.ca. March 28, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- "Professors". usi.ch - Master in Philosophy. 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.