Christoph Schamberger
I am a Research and Teaching Fellow (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. I teach particularly logic, argumentation, and theoretical philosophy, ocassionally also practical philosophy and history of philosophy. My research interests include philosophical logic, argumentation theory, philosophy of language, social epistemology, and political philosophy. I am happy to supervise B.A. and M.A. theses on any of these topics.
Biography
| Since 2022 | Research and Teaching Fellow (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Department of Philosophy |
| 2021-2022 | Research and Teaching Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the University of Erfurt, Department of Philosophy |
| 2018–2019 | Research and Teaching Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy (Philosophical Anthropology) |
| 2014–2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher within the research group „Deep Disagreements” funded by the Volkswagen Foundation at Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy |
| 2015–2016 | Visiting Professor at Free University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy |
| 2014–2015 | Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London, Department of Philosophy |
| 2012–2013 | Research and Teaching Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy (Philosophy of Science and Nature) |
| 2012 | Ph.D. in Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy | Thesis: „Logik der Umgangssprache” („Logic of ordinary language”) |
| 2006–2011 | Research and Teaching Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the University of Passau, Department of Philosophy |
| 1998–2006 | Studies in Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology at the University of Vienna and Free University of Berlin | Dissertation: „Religiöse Erfahrung als Rechtfertigung des Glaubens” („Religious experience as justification of faith”) |
Publications
Books
Logik der Umgangssprache (Logic of ordinary language), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016.
Logik der Philosophie. Einführung in die Logik und Argumentationstheorie (Logic of philosophy. Introduction to logic and argumentation theory), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1st edition 2012, 2nd edition 2018, 3rd edition 2024 (with Jörg Hardy).
Articles
Demokratie und Wahrheit (Democracy and Truth), in: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 111, 2025, pp. 26–43. https://doi.org/10.25162/arsp-2024-0017
The metaethical dilemma of epistemic democracy, in: Economics & Philosophy 39, 2023, pp. 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267121000328
Grice and Kant on Maxims and Categories, in: Philosophia 50, 2022, pp. 703–717 (with Lars Bülow). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-021-00398-4
Der Kettenschluss – eine Verteidigung (The Hypothetical Syllogism – A Defense), in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 74, 2020, pp. 532–554. https://doi.org/10.3196/004433020830955941
Précis zu Logik der Umgangssprache (Précis of Logic of ordinary language), in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 71, 2017, pp. 105–109. https://doi.org/10.3196/004433017820875918
Repliken (Replies), in: Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 71, 2017, pp. 123–127. https://doi.org/10.3196/004433017820875774
Logische Folgerung in umgangssprachlichen Argumenten – eine filterlogische Definition (Logical consequence in ordinary language arguments – A filter-logical definition), in: Methodus 8, 2016, pp. 7–32 (with Jörg Hardy). https://doi.org/10.5771/0718-2775-2016-8-7
Gibt es eine universale philosophische Methode? (Is there a universal philosophical method?), in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 63, 2015, pp. 644–669 (with Jörg Hardy). https://doi.org/10.1515/dzph-2015-0046
Die Logik indikativischer wenn-Sätze. Eine philosophisch-linguistische Studie zum konditionalen und konzessiven Gebrauch des Subjunktors wenn (The logic of indicative if-sentences. A philosophical-linguistic study on the conditional and concessive use of if), in: Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik 41, 2013, pp. 277–298 (with Lars Bülow). https://doi.org/10.1515/zgl-2013-0015
Logische Folgerung in umgangssprachlichen Argumenten – eine filterlogische Definition (Logical consequence in ordinary language arguments – A filter-logical definition), in: Alfred Dunshirn, Elisabeth Nemeth und Gerhard Unterthurner (eds.): Crossing Borders – Grenzen (über)denken – Thinking (across) Boundaries, Wien 2012, pp. 477–486.
Further Publications
Seminarbegleitende Online-Diskussionen (Online discussions in seminars), in: LehrGut. Blog für philosophische Hochschullehre, 09.12.2024.
Zeit der Zuschauer (The time of the bystanders), in: prae|faktisch, 28.08.2018.
Was leistet die Begriffsanalyse? (What does conceptual analysis accomplish?), with statements by Gottfried Gabriel, Joachim Horvath und Frieder Vogelmann, in: Information Philosophie 2/2017, pp. 36–44.
Was soll ich spenden? (What should I give?), Review of Peter Singer: Leben retten, in: Information Philosophie 5/2011, pp. 104–107, reprented in: Angewandte Philosophie 1, 2014, pp. 148–152. https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737002707.148
Mit Schülern auf Sokrates’ Spuren (With pupils on Socrates’ trail), in: Thomas Mohrs (ed.): Zurück auf dem Marktplatz. Die Philosophie im Zentrum des Lebens, Passau 2008, pp. 221–223.
Review of Winfried Löffler: Einführung in die Religionsphilosophie, in: Jahrbuch für Religionsphilosophie 7, 2008, pp. 216–219.