Stephan Hartmann

Stephan Hartmann is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion at LMU Munich, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, and Co-Director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP). His primary research and teaching areas are philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, formal epistemology, social epistemology and (Bayesian) cognitive science. He published numerous articles and the books Bayesian Epistemology (with Luc Bovens, OUP 2003) and Bayesian Philosophy of Science (with Jan Sprenger, OUP 2019). His current research interests include the philosophy and psychology of reasoning and argumentation, the philosophy of physics (esp. the philosophy of open quantum systems) and formal social epistemology (esp. models of deliberation).

Education

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1996 — 1998)
• University of Konstanz (1994 — 1996)
• PhD; Diploma and Master Justus Liebig University Giessen (1987 — 1995)
• University of Washington (1991 — 1992)

Companies

• Professor of Philosophy of Science LMU Munich (2012)
• Professor Tilburg University (2007 — 2012)
• Director, Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science Tilburg University (2007 — 2012)
• Professor London School of Economics (2003 — 2007)
• Assistant Professor University of Konstanz (1998 — 2003)
• PhD student University of Washington (1991 — 1992)

Research Interests

Stephan Hartmann's research interests are in philosophy of science (scientific reasoning, confirmation theory, reduction and emergence), philosophy of physics (probabilities in physics), formal epistemology (Bayesian epistemology and philosophy of science), and social epistemology (models of deliberation, norm emergence, and pluralistic ignorance). He is very much in favour of Mathematical or Formal Philosophy, i.e., the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy. For more information, visit his webpage.

Recent Publications

• Eva, Benjamin; Hartmann, Stephan (2018)
• Bayesian Argumentation and the Value of Logical Validity
• In: Psychological Review, Vol. 125, No. 5: pp. 806-821
• Liefke, Kristina; Hartmann, Stephan (2018)
• Intertheoretic Reduction, Confirmation, and Montague's Syntax-Semantics Relation
• In: Journal of Logic Language and Information, Vol. 27, No. 4: pp. 313-341
• Eva, Benjamin; Hartmann, Stephan (2018)
• When no reason for is a reason against
• In: Analysis, Vol. 78, No. 3: pp. 426-431
• Stern, Reuben; Hartmann, Stephan (2018)
• Two Sides Of Modus Ponens
• In: Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 115, No. 11: pp. 605-621
• Eva, Benjamin; Hartmann, Stephan (2017)
• When No Reason For Is A Reason Against
• In: Analysis (full text available)
• Tesic, Marko; Eva, Benjamin; Hartmann, Stephan (2017)
• Confirmation by Explanation: A Bayesian Justification of IBE
• (full text available)