CV Benjamin Schnieder

Curriculum Vitae Dr. habil. Benjamin Schnieder (April 2010)

I. General Information

Nationality: German Date of Birth: 27.12.1974 Marital Status: Unmarried Email: [email protected]

II. Career

i. Current Employment Director of the Emmy-Noether-Research Group Phlox at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. (Responsibility for the supervision of two Phd-students and two Postdocs.) ii. Areas of Specialization Philosophy of Language and Logic, Ontology, Philosophy of Mind and Action, Early History of Analytic Philosophy (in particular Bernard Bolzano). iii. Further Teaching Competence Logic, Epistemology. vi. Education 1994–2000 University of Hamburg (M.A. Student). 2000–2001 University of Oxford, Wadham College (Visiting Research Student). 2001–2002 University of Geneva (Doctoral Student). v. Employments 2003–2007 Assistant Professor (‘wissenschaftlicher Assistent’) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg. vi. Degrees 2000 M.A. in Philosophy (in Hamburg; with distinction); Thesis: Substanz und Adhärenz bei Bernard Bolzano. Additional subjects: Mathematics; Psychology. 2002 PhD in Philosophy (in Geneva; summa cum laude); Thesis: Substanzen und (ihre) Eigenschaften. Supervisors: Prof. Kevin Mulligan, Prof. Wolfgang Künne. 2009 Habilitation in Philosophy (in Hamburg). Written work: Erklärung, Sprache, Sein. (collection of 12 published articles and a commentary). Lecture: Das „weil“ in Platons Euthyphron.

Page 1 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

II. Scholarships, Honours and Awards

1997 Fritz-Prosiegel Award (award for undergraduate students). 1999–2000 Member of the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes). 2000–2001 Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). 2001–2002 PhD Scholarship (as a member of the IRIS-project in Geneva). 2003 PhD thesis honoured with the Award for the Promotion of Analytic Ontology and Metaphysics, awarded by the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP). 2003 PhD thesis honoured with the Award for the Promotion of Sciences and Culture, awarded by the Joachim Jungius-Gesellschaft. 2010 Scholarship as a short-term lecturer (DAAD).

III. Services to the Profession

i. Organized Conferences, Lecture Series, Workshops a. Workshops Semantics and Ontology I: Barcelona (2006). Semantcs and Ontology II: Heidelberg (2007). (Organization & fundraising —DAAD—, in cooperation with Prof. Andreas Kemmerling and Prof. Manuel Pérez Otero.) b. Workshops Reference and Predication I: Hamburg (2006). Reference and Predication II: Turku (2007). (Organization & fundraising—DAAD—, in cooperation with Dr. Jussi Haukioja.) c. Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2006/07). (Organization; financed by the department of philosophy, Hamburg.) d. Second Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2007/08). (Organization; financed by the department of philosophy, Hamburg.) e. Conference ‘Because’ (Geneva 2008). Plenary lectures: Kit Fine, Carrie Jenkins, J.E. Lowe, Rodriguez Perreyra Gonzales, Göran Sundholm, Zóltan Gendler Zsábo. (Organization together with Fabrice Correia.) f. Workshop Current Issues in Language and Metaphysics (Berlin 2008). (Speakers: Stephen Barker, Fabrice Correia, Katalin Farkas, Ofra Magidor, Sven Rosenkranz, Dan López de Sa, Jason Stanley, Elia Zardini. Organization, fundraising.) g. Conference Truth and Abstract Objects – Issues from Bolzano and Frege, Berlin 2009. Speakers included: Hanjo Glock, Wolfgang Künne, Kevin Mulligan, Ian Rumfitt. g. Workshop Phloxshop II—Modality (Berlin 2009). Plenary lectures: Dorothy Edgington, Keith Hossack. Six submitted papers were selected for presentation. h. Properties—From Nominalism to Quasi-Nominalism, Colloquium at GAP.7 (Bremen 2009) (together with Ralf Busse). Speakers: C. Dorr, T. Hofweber, J. Melia. i. In preparation: Phloxshop III – Nothing But the Truth. International workshop, Berlin, August 2010. Speakers include: Julian Dodd, Volker Halbach, Marian David. j. In preparation: Because II. International conference, Berlin, August 2010. Invited speakers: Kit Fine, Stephen Yablo, Paul Audi, Ross Cameron, Chris Daly, Carrie Jenkins.

Page 2 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

ii. Refereeing Work Occasional Referee for American Philosophical Quarterly, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Dialectica, Disputatio, Erkenntnis, Grazer philosophische Studien, Logique et Analyse, Mind, Nôus, Philosophical Studies, Synthese.

IV. Publications

i. Monographs M.1 Substanz und Adhärenz – Bolzanos Ontologie des Wirklichen (Beiträge zur Bolzano- Forschung Vol. 13), Sankt Augustin: Academia-Verlag, 2002. Review in: – Philosophiques 33 (2006), 306–9. M.2 Substanzen und (ihre) Eigenschaften, Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. Reviews in: – Grazer Philosophische Studien 70 (2005), 215–23. – Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 60 (2006), 153–57. – Metaphysica 7 (2006), 183–86.

ii. Edited Volumes E.1 Truth and Abstract Objects: Themes From Early Analytic Philosophy (in preparation). Co-editor Moritz Schulz. Special issue of Grazer philosophische Studien (scheduled for 2010). Authors include: David Wiggins, Ian Rumfitt, Peter Simons, Kevin Mulligan, Manuel Garcia-Carpintero, Mark Textor, Hanjo Glock, John Hyman, and others. E.2 Grounding and Explanation (in preparation). Co-editor Fabrice Correia. Authors include: Gideon Rosen, Kit Fine, J.E. Lowe, Kevin Mulligan, Kathrin Koslicki, Jonathan Schaffer, Robert Williams, Michael Della Rocca, and others. E.3 Dependence (in preparation). Co-editors Miguel Hoeltje & Alex Steinberg. Commissioned volume in the series Basic Philosophical Concepts, München: Philosophia Verlag. Authors include: Carrie Jenkins, Jonathan Lowe, Fabrice Correia, Ross Cameron, and others.

iii. Articles in Refereed Journals J.1 ‘Bolzano sur la structure des propositions, les propriétés et les adhérences’, Philosophiques 30 (2003), 83–103. J.2 ‘Compatibilism and the Notion of Rendering Something False’, Philosophical Studies 117 (2004), 409–28. J.3 ‘A Note on Particularized Qualities and Bearer-Uniqueness’, Ratio 17 (2004), 218–28. J.4 ‘The Ability to Render Something False’, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 104 (2004), 295–303. J.5 ‘How Not to Define Substance – A Comment upon Hoffman and Rosenkrantz’, Ratio 18 (2005), 107–17. J.6 ‘Property Designators, Predicates, and Rigidity’, Philosophical Studies 122 (2005), 227–41. J.7 ‘Mein Leben und ich’, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 59 (2005), 489–511. J.8 ‘By Leibniz’s Law’, Philosophical Quarterly 56 (2006), 39–54. J.9 ‘Troubles with Truth-making: Necessitation and Projection’, Erkenntnis 64 (2006), 61– 74. J.10 ‘A Certain Kind of Trinity: Dependence, Substance, Explanation’, Philosophical Studies 129 (2006), 393–419.

Page 3 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

J.11 ‘Canonical Property Designators’, American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2006), 119– 32. J.12 ‘Truth-making without Truth-makers’, Synthese 152 (2006), 21–47. J.13 ‘Attributing Properties’, American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2006), 315–28. J.14 ‘The Importance of “Being Earnest”’, Philosophical Quarterly 57 (2007), 40–55. J.15 ‘Mere Possibilities – Bolzano’s Account of Non-Existing Entities’, Journal of the History of Philosophy 45 (2007), 525–50. J.16 ‘Bolzanos zwei Substanzbegriffe’, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 62 (2008), 97–107. J.17 ‘On What We Can Ensure’, Synthese 162 (2008), 101–15. J.18 ‘Truth-functionality’, Review of Symbolic Logic 1 (2008), 64–72. J.19 ‘Further Remarks on Property Designators and Rigidity’, Grazer philosophische Studien 76 (2008), 199–208. J.20 ‘“By” – A Simple Refutation of the Anscombe Thesis’, Linguistics and Philosophy 31 (2008), 649–69. J.21 ‘Bolzanos Erklärung des Zeitbegriffs’, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 91 (2009), 42–69. J.22 ‘In Defence of Fictional Realism’ (co-authored by Tatjana von Solodkoff), Philosophical Quarterly 59 (2009), 138–49. J.23 ‘Inexpressible Properties and Grelling’s Antinomy’, Philosophical Studies 148 (2010), 369–85. J.24 ‘Bad Examples?’, forthcoming in American Philosophical Quarterly. J.25 ‘A Puzzle About “Because”’, accepted for publication in Logique et Analyse. J.26 ‘Scope and Rigidity’, accepted for publication in Philosophers’ Imprint. J.27 ‘Propositions United’, accepted for publication in Dialectica. J.28 ‘Expressivism Concerning Epistemic Modals’, accepted for publication in Philosophi- cal Quarterly. iv. Invited Book Chapters C.1 ‘Substanzen als ontologisch unabhängige Entitäten’, in: W. Löffler (ed.) (2002): Substanz und Identität, Paderborn: Mentis Verlag, 11–40. C.2 ‘“Nach Leibniz’ Gesetz ergibt sich” – Über einen verbreiteten Fehlschluß’, in: M. Siebel & M. Textor (eds) (2004): Semantik und Ontologie, Frankfurt a.M.: Ontos-Verlag, 223– 48. C.3 ‘Once More: Bradleyan Regresses’, in: H. Hochberg & K. Mulligan (eds) (2004): On Relations and Predicates, Frankfurt a.M.: Ontos-Verlag, 219–56. Review in: – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (http://ndpr.nd.edu/) (October 2006). C.4 ‘Substanz und Unabhängigkeit’, in: K. Trettin (ed.) (2005): Substanz. Neue Überlegungen zu einer klassischen Kategorie des Seienden, Frankfurt a.M.: Vittorio Klostermann, 53–79. C.5 ‘Particularised attributes: an Austrian tale’, in: M. Textor (ed.) (2006): The Austrian Contribution to Analytic Philosophy, London: Routledge, 130–58. Review in: – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (http://ndpr.nd.edu/) (September 2007). C.6 ‘Eigenschaften und ihre Namen’, in: A. Rami & H. Wansing (eds) (2007): Referenz und Realität, Paderborn: mentis, 179–208. C.7 ‘What Might Be and What Might Have Been’, co-authored by M. Schulz & A. Steinberg, forthcoming in: S.-J. Conrad & S. Imhof (eds): P.F. Strawson: Ding und Begriff, Frankfurt a.M.: ontos Verlag.

Page 4 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

v. Articles in Conference Proceedings P.1 ‘Davidson über die Autorität der ersten Person’, in: U. Meixner & P. Simons (eds) (1999): Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age (Papers of the 22nd International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, 222–29. P.2 ‘Truth-makers: On the Sound Origins of a Confused Idea’, in: R. Bluhm & C. Nimtz (eds) (2004): Selected Papers Contributed to the Sections of GAP.5, Paderborn: mentis, 512–25. P.3 ‘Compatibilism: Why You Cannot Render It False’, in: F. Mão de Ferro (ed.) (2005): A Explicação da Interpretação Humana, Lisbon: Edições Colibri, 237–49. P.4 ‘Bolzano zur Zeit’, in: F. Stadler & M. Stöltzner (eds) (2005): Time and History (Papers of the 28th International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, 272–75. P.5 ‘Reduction, Sets, and Properties’, in: Alexander Hieke & Hannes Leitgeb (eds) (2008): Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences (Papers of the 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium), Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS, 307–9.

vi. Various Smaller Pieces V.1 ‘Existenzaussagen’, in: M. Textor (ed.) (2004): Neue Theorien der Referenz, Mentis Verlag, 141–68. Translation of ch. 10 (‘Existential Statements’) of: Gareth Evans: The Varieties of Reference, Oxford: Clarendon Press (1982). V.2 ‘Bemerkungen zu starren Bezeichnern’, in: M. Textor (ed.): Neue Theorien der Referenz, Mentis Verlag (2004), 31–37. Translation of section IV of: Kaplan, David (1989): Demonstratives, in: J. Almog, et. al. (1989): Themes from Kaplan, 481–563. V.3 Book review of Fabrice Correia’s Existential Dependence and Cognate Notions, Dialectica 61 (2007), 589–94. V.4 ‘Bolzano’s Mereology’, encyclopaedic entry, forthcoming in H. Burckhardt (ed.): Handbook of Mereology. V.5 ‘Substanz und Akzidens’, encyclopaedic entry, forthcoming in S. Jordan & C. Nimtz (eds): Lexikon Philosophie. Hundert Grundbegriffe. Reclam Verlag. V.6 ‘Omnipotence and Contradiction’, The Reasoner 3.2, 5–6.

V. Teaching

i. Undergraduate Level a. Seminar John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic Hamburg 2003/04 b. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2004 c. Seminar On Conditionals Hamburg 2004/05 d. Seminar ‘What’s in a name?’ – On Names and Other Singular Terms Hamburg 2005 e. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2005/06 f. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Hamburg 2006 g. Seminar Introduction to Ontology Hamburg 2006/07 h. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Logic Hamburg 2007

Page 5 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

i. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to the Philosophy of Language Berlin 2008 j. Lecture & Tutorials Introduction to Epistemology Berlin 2008/09 k. Seminar Plato, Euthyphro Berlin 2009 ii. Graduate Level a. Seminar The Compatibility of Freedom and Determinism Hamburg 2003 b. Seminar Analytic Ontology: Properties Hamburg 2003/04 c. Seminar Problems of Quantification Hamburg 2004 d. Seminar On Logical Form (together with M. Hoeltje) Hamburg 2004/05 e. Seminar Truth and Action Hamburg 2005 f. Seminar Bolzano, Theory of Science (together with W. Künne) Hamburg 2005/06 g. Seminar Philosophy of Action Hamburg 2006 h. Seminar On Explanation Hamburg 2006/07 i. Seminar Free Will: Advanced Introduction Hamburg 2007 j. Seminar Modality Berlin 2009 k. Seminar Dependence (with M. Hoeltje & A. Steinberg) Berlin 2010

iii. Upcoming Courses (Announced) a. Lecture & Seminar Grounding and Explanation (as a Visiting Scholar, University of Buenos Aires 2010) b. Lecture Explanation (Historical and Systematic Issues) (Humboldt-Universität, Winter 2010) c. Graduate Seminar Schopenhauer, Über die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde (Humboldt-Universität, Winter 2010)

VI. Lectures and Talks

i. Upcoming Talks a. ‘Bolzano on Causation’, invited talk at the conference Philosophy and Mathematics on the Work of Bernard Bolzano, Prague 2010. b. ‘On the Asymmetry of “Because”’, invited talk for the 2010 ANU Fundamentality conference (Canberra, Australia). c. ‘Bergiffliche Erklärungen’, invited departmental talk in Bielefeld 2010. d. ‘On Knowing What We Say’, invited talk for the conference Saying What We Believe, Berlin 2010. e. TBA, invited talk in a series of lectures in Konstanz 2010.

Page 6 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

ii. Invited Talks at Conferences and Workshops a. ‘Substance and Independence’, 2nd Barcelona-Hamburg Meeting (Barcelona, Spain 2000). b. ‘Aussagen, Besagen, Nachsagen: Bolzano über Propositionen, Eigenschaften und eine non-standard Semantik’, Conference Bolzano Atelier (Geneva, Swiss 2001). c. ‘Talking About Properties’, Workshop Nominalizations and Abstract Objects, (Stirling, UK 2003). d. ‘Truth-making without Truth-makers’, 5th Italo-German Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (Trieste, Italy 2003). e. ‘Mein Leben und ich – eine ontologische Menage à deux’, Conference Ontologie und Institutionen (Dresden, Germany 2004). f. ‘Ontologische Abhängigkeit’, Workshop on Strawson’s Individuals (Bern, Swiss 2006). g. ‘On What We Can Ensure’, Bled Conference on Freedom and Determinism (Bled, Slovenia 2006). h. ‘Substance and Dependence’, 29th International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2006). i. ‘Understanding understanding’, Profile Intermedia 9 (Bremen, Germany 2006). j. ‘Properties and Paradox’, Speaker in a symposium on Object and Property, eidos metaphysics conference (Geneva 2008). k. ‘Remarks on the Unity of the Proposition’, Workshop on Bradley’s regress (Geneva 2008). l. ‘A Logic of “Because”’, Conference on Dependence (Colorado, USA 2009). m. ‘A Logic of “Because”’, Workshop on Methodological Issues in Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics (Ghent, Belgium 2009). n. „Reasoning with ‘Because’“, Workshop Vagueness and Metaphysics (Barcelona, 2009). o. „A logic for ‘Because’“, Workshop Methodology and Metaphysics (Köln, 2009). p. ‘Properties Without Paradox?’, Invited Speaker, Conference on properties (Buenos Aires 2009). q. ‘Bolzanos Konzeption der Substanzen’, Conference Substance (Göttingen 2009). r. ‘Expressivism Concerning Epistemic Modals’, International Workshop A Matter of Attitude (Göttingen 2010). iii. Invited Commentaries and Invited Departmental Talks a. ‘Laws and Law-statements – Comments on a Paper by Joan Pages’, 1st Barcelona- Hamburg Meeting (Hamburg, Germany 1999). b. ‘Bolzano über die Beschaffenheiten’, part of a series of lectures on Bernard Bolzano, Österreichisches Kulturforum Prag (Prague, Chech Republic 2003). c. ‘Mere Possibilities’, Akademie der Wissenschaften (Prague, Chech Republic 2003). d. ‘Comments on Mario de Caro on Free Will’, 6th Italo-German Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (Heidelberg, Germany 2004). e. ‘Eigenschaften und ihre Namen’, part of a series of lectures on Language and Reality (Dresden, Germany 2005). f. ‘Tropes and Ontological Dependence’, IHPS, Paris (2006). g. ‘Grenzen des Ausdrucks? Eigenschaften, Prädikate, Grelling’, Ludwig-Maximiliams- Universität München (2006). h. ‘Grenzen der Sprache?’, University of Konstanz (2007). i. ‘Existentielle Abhängigkeiten’, University of Düsseldorf (2007).

Page 7 / 8 CV Benjamin Schnieder

j. ‘Möglich ist das! Expressivismus bezüglich epistemischer Modalitäten’, University of Hamburg (2008). k. ‘Barbiere, Wörter, Eigenschaften – Über Grellings Vermächtnis’, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2008). l. ‘Freiheit durch Introspektion?’, Universität Regensburg (2008). m. ‘Busses Eigenschaften’, comments on Ralf Busses Properties in Nature, workshop G27 (Heidelberg 2010). iv. Further Talks (*: Submission was blind reviewed) a. * ‘Davidson über die Autorität der ersten Person’, 22nd International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 1999). b. * ‘Compatibilism: Why You Cannot Render it False’, Mind and Action III (Lisbon, Portugal 2001). c. * ‘A Note on Particular Qualities and Bearer-Uniqueness’, ECAP 4 (Lund, Sweden 2002). d. * ‘Talking about Properties’, 3rd Barcelona Workshop on Reference (Spain 2003). e. * ‘The Ability to Render Something False’, Aristotelian Society Meeting (Graduate Session) (Belfast, Ireland 2003). f. * ‘Truth-makers: On the Sound Origins of a Confused Idea’, GAP 5 (Bielefeld, Germany 2003). g. * ‘Bolzano zur Zeit’, 28th International Wittgenstein Symposion (Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria 2005). h. * ‘By Leibniz’s Law’, ECAP 5 (Lisbon, Portugal 2005). i. ‘Designating and Expressing Properties’, Workshop Reference and Predication (Hamburg, Germany 2006). j. * ‘An Inexpressible Property’, GAP 6 (Berlin, Germany 2006). k. ‘General Terms and Rigidity’ (Comments on José Martinez & Genoveva Marti), Workshop Semantics and Ontology (Barcelona, Spain 2006). l. ‘Kleines philosophisches Farbenrätsel’, Series of Lectures Language and World (Hamburg 2006). m. * ‘Stress With Meaning?’, 5th Barcelona Workshop on Reference (Spain 2007). n. ‘Peirce and the Causal Theory of Proper Names (Comments on Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen)’, 2nd Finnish-German Workshop (Turku, Finland, 2007). o. ‘In Defence of Fictional Realism’, Spanish-German Workshop (Heidelberg 2007). p. ‘Drei Geister für Scrooge’, University of Hamburg (2007). q. * ‘Reference and Antinomy’, IHSPT–Arché Workshop Abstract Objects (Paris 2008). r. * ‘Truth-functionality’, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association (Aberdeen 2008). s. * ‘Inexpressibility and Paradox’, eidos metaphysics conference (Geneva 2008). t. * ‘Reduction, Sets, and Properties’, 31st Wittgenstein Symposium (Kirchberg 2008). u. ‘Properties and Russell’s Paradox’, Workshop Current Issues in the Philosophy of Language and Metaphysics (Berlin 2008). v. ‘Das “weil” in Platons Euthyphron’, Habilitationsvortrag (Hamburg, 2009). w. * ‘A Logic of “Because”’, SPE conference (London, 2009). x. * ‘Properties and Paradox’ , GAP 7 (Bremen, 2009). y. ‘Zur Logik von Erklärungen’, Bochum 2009. z. ‘Begriffliche Erklärungen’, Jena 2010. z. ‘Begriffliche Erklärungen’, Tübingen 2010.

Page 8 / 8