Axel Seemann

Axel Seemann works in the philosophy of mind and is particularly interested in the mind's social dimension, on which he has written numerous articles and a monograph. More recently he has become interested in loneliness as a prominent social phenomenon of our time. He worked as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group and used to be a television journalist in Berlin.

Education

• Ph.D. London School of Economics
• MSc London School of Economics
• MA Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Teaching Interests

Metaphysics and Epistemology; Philosophy of Mind; Social Philosophy

Research Interests

Philosophy of Mind; Social Philosophy; Philosophy of Language

Awards and Honors

• 2011, Visiting Research Fellowship, King's College London
• 2009, Valente Research Fellowship, Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences
• 2009, Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Hertfordshire
• 2009, Conference Grant, National Science Foundation
• 2004, Research Grant, The Boston Consulting Group
• 1999, Visiting Scholarship, UC Berkeley
• 1998, Graduate Studentship, British Academy
• 1996, Graduate Studentship, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung

Publications

Journal Articles

• Seemann, A. (2022). The Public Character of Visual Objects: Shape Perception, Joint Attention, and Standpoint-Transcendence. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.
• Seemann, A. (2022). The Psychological Structure of Loneliness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (19) 3
• Seemann, A. (2021). An Externalist Theory of Social Understanding: Interaction, Psychological Models, and the Frame Problem. Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
• Seemann, A. (2019). Reminiscing Together. Synthese, (196) 12 4813-4828. Forthcoming.
• Seemann, A. (2011). Joint Motor Action and Cross-Creature Embodiment. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, (2) 2 279-301.
• Seemann, A. (2011). The Role of Joint Experience in Historical Narratives. Journal of the Philosophy of History, (5) 2 201-229.
• Seemann, A. (2010). The Other Person in Joint Attention: A Relational Approach. Journal of Consciousness Studies, (17) 5-6 161-182.
• Seemann, A. (2009). Why We Did It: An Anscombian Approach to Collective Action Explanation. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, (17) 5 637 - 655.
• Seemann, A. (2009). Joint Agency: Intersubjectivity, Sense of Control, and the Feeling of Trust. Inquiry, (52) 2 500-515.
• Seemann, A. (2008). Person Perception. Philosophical Explorations, (11) 3 245 - 262.
• Seemann, A. (2007). Collective Knowledge and the 'We'-Perspective. Social Epistemology, (21) 3 217 - 230.
• Seemann, A. (2007). Strategy: Rationality, Intuition, and Accountability. Philosophy of Management, (6) 1 123 - 134.
• Seemann, A. (2007). Rational Trust: Interview with Onora O'Neill. Philosophy of Management, (6) 2 3-8.
• Seemann, A. (2004). Lifeworld, Discourse, and Realism: on Juergen Habermas's theory of truth. Philosophy and Social Criticism, (30) 4 503 - 514.

Books

• Seemann, A. (2019). The Shared World: Perceptual Common Knowledge, Demonstrative Communication, and Social Space. MIT Press
• Seemann, A. (2012). Joint Attention: New Developments in Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and Social Neuroscience. 350. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Book Chapters

• Seemann, A. (2023). Eine Modelltheoretische Erklärung der Einsamkeit [A Model-Theoretic Account of Loneliness] In L. Arlt, N. Becker, S. Mann & T. Wirtz, (Eds.) Einsamkeit in Gesellschaft. Transcript Verlag Forthcoming.
• Seemann, A. (2013). Joint Attention and Social Cognition In Byron Kaldis, (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. London: Sage Forthcoming.
• Seemann, A. (2013). Social Cognition, Social Reality, and Social Science In Byron Kaldis, (Eds.) Mind & Society. Dordrecht: Springer Synthese Series Forthcoming.
• Seemann, A. (2012). Joint Attention: Towards a Relational Account In Axel Seemann, (Eds.) Joint Attention: New Developments. 183 - 202. Cambridge MA: MIT Press Forthcoming.
• Seemann, A. (2011). The Evaluative Dimension of Self-Awareness In Keith Lehrer, Anita Konzelmann-Ziv, Hans-Bernhard Schmid, (Eds.) Self-Evaluation: Affective and Social Grounds of Intentionality. 45 - 58. Frankfurt: Ontos Forthcoming.
• Frederick, R. E., Seemann, A. (2008). Rationality In Robert W. Kolb, (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications