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1,232 search results for “continentale philosophy” in the Public website

• Student for a day Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives Event - 20 November 2025

  Study information

• Student for a day Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives Event - 6 November 2025

  Study information

• European/Supra-European: Cultural Encounters in Nietzsche’s Philosophy Research output

  Nietzsche says

• A pursuit of ontological truth in Aristotle's philosophy Research output

  How to interpret the concept of truth is a much debated topic in the history of philosophy. The issues related to truth involve language, reality and their correspondence relations.

• Politics between Philosophy and Polemics: Political Thinking and Thoughtful Politics in the Writing of Karl Popper, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt Research output

  This dissertation offers a reconstruction of the propositional contents of the writings of Karl Popper, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt while bringing these into discussion with their performative meanings, such as polemical forms of reasoning, analogical and metaphorical uses of language, and hidden…

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  Adam Buben University lecturer

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

• Relocation philosophy department News - 18 August 2014

  After years of being housed in the Matthias de Vrieshof 4 building alongside the Witte Singel, the Institute for Philosphy will move to the Reuvensplaats 3-4 in August.

• Introducing Chinese Philosophy. From the Warring States to the 21st Century Research output

  This book presents an introductory survey of the major themes, thinkers and texts, philosophical genres and profound insights of the Chinese philosophical tradition. Its coverage ranges from the foundational history of Chinese thought in the 6th–5th centuries BCE up to the present day.

• identity: reading the Zhuangzi and Levinas as resources for comparative philosophy Research output

  In this dissertation I argue that the proto-daoist text the Zhuangzi and the ethical relation of Levinas are fruitful resources to reconsider the self-other relation in comparative philosophy.

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  Stephen Harris University Lecturer Indian and Comparative Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Carl Schmitt’s Hamlet oder Hekuba and the Question of a Philosophy of History Research output

  The thesis reconstructs Carl Schmitt's 1956 monography on 'Hamlet'. By scanning and unearthing books, essays, think-pieces, articles, personal diaries and private correspondence, this investigation fully addresses the unwritten philosophy of history -partially developed- in Schmitt's late thought. The…

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  Göran Sundholm Professor emeritus Philosophy of Mathematics and of Logic

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Renee van Riessen Visiting Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wouter Kalf University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Nature and History Towards a Hermeneutic Philosophy of Historiography of Science Research output

  Nature and History, Towards a Hermeneutic Philospohy of Historiography of Science

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  Sine Bagatur University Lecturer Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Economics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Douglas Berger Professor Comparative Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Paths Towards Philosophy, Søren Kierkegaard's place in Martin Heidegger's first Freiburg period lecture courses (1919-1923) Research output

  This thesis investigates Søren Kierkegaard’s place in Martin Heidegger’s first Freiburg period lecture courses.

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  Thomas Wells Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marie Louise Krogh University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kebadu Gebremariam Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Humanities

• Nietzsche's Philosophy of Conflict and the Logic of Organisational Struggle Research output

  A comprehensive analysis of Nietzsche's conception of conflict and the way in which relations of struggle condition the organisation of complex systems (with a specific focus on the human psyche and the body politic).

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  Bart Zantvoort Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bastiaan Hoorneman Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yuye Que PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Arnold Ziegelaar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marcel Mooijman PhD candidate

  ICLON

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  Annemie Halsema Professor by Special Appointment Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rozemund Uljée University Lecturer Continental Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

• Politics and economics central in new Philosophy specialisation News - 4 February 2015

  Philosophy has an important contribution to make to society, says Professor of Practical Philosophy Glen Newey. You need people who can think clearly, certainly in positions of power and authority. Newey stresses that “there will always be a place for philosophy”. An introduction to the practically…

• Party, State, Revolution. Critical Reflections on Zizek's Political Philosophy Research output

  Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the left. His central claim holds that “today, it is more crucial than ever to continue to question the very foundations of capitalism as a global system”.

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  Claudia Bouteligier Traject coördinator Honours College Law

  Faculty of Law

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  Maria Zisimopoulou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Machteld van der Vlugt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joris van de Riet Researcher/lecturer

  Faculty of Law

• Glen Newey appointed Professor of Pracical Philosophy News - 25 August 2014

  From 1 September 2014, Glen Newey takes up the post of Professor of Practical Philosophy in Leiden University’s Institute for Philosophy.

• Rethinking Political Obligation. Moral Principles, Communal Ties, Citizenship Research output

  Why obey the state? Dorota Mokrosińska presents a fresh analysis of the most influential theories of political obligation and develops a novel approach to this foundational problem of political philosophy, an intriguing combination of the elements of natural duty and associative theories.

• Ontveld denken - verblijven in een unheimische wereld Research output

  Lange tijd wisten we ons thuis in een wereld die we meenden te hebben. Het bestaan in deze vertrouwde wereld vormde onze existentie, die we op een eigenlijke wijze op ons namen. Thans is de wereld echter niet meer wat hij was, en zijn we ook zelf niet meer wie we waren. ‘De wereld is weg’, zo dichtte…

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  Kevin Zweeris Lecturer

  ICLON

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  Raymond Corbey Professor emeritus Philosophy of Science and Anthropology

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Alban Mik PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

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  Egbert Bos Emeritus professor of Medieval logic and semantics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  James McAllister Professor History and Philosophy of Science

  Faculty of Humanities

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  August Martin PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bastiaan Rijpkema Scientific Director / Professor of Jurisprudence

  Faculty of Law

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  Henk Blezer University Lecturer Buddhist Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• Board visit: the Institute for Philosophy wants to continue to grow through new collaborations News - 7 July 2025

  The university is home to many pearls of research institutes that do not make the news every day. The Executive Board visited one such pearl, the Institute of Philosophy, on Tuesday 1 July. It resulted in an inspired conversation.

• Ontology and Subjectivity in Gilles Deleuze and Dōgen Kigen Research project

  This research cross-culturally examines the particular ways both the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925 – 1995) and the Japanese Zen Buddhist master Dōgen Kigen (1200 – 1253) considered ontology and one's conception of subjectivity as concretely interwoven with the existential question of life…

• Normativity and its sources: Agency, interaction and conflict in a globalizing world Research project

  Are there general principles or values that should govern our actions as moral agents and/or as political subjects?