Saarland University [email protected] Department of Philosophy +49 681 302 3688 (Office) Campus Saarbrücken Stephan Padel +49 681 302 4745 (Fax) Building C5.2, Office 213 CURRICULUM VITAE 66123 Saarbrücken (Germany) Website (Link) Education 08/2012 M.A. (with distinction), Philosophy and Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, Thesis Ti- tle: Metaethical Aspects of David Hume’s Moral Philosophy, Supervisor: Markus Stepani- ans 07/2010 B.A., Philosophy and Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, Thesis Title: Die moralische Bedeutung des Konzepts der positionalen Objektivität, Supervisor: Wilfried Hinsch 06/2006 Abitur, Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Aachen (Germany) Employment 10/2013–present Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Graduate Assistant), Saarland University, Chair for Analytic Philosophy (Holger Sturm) 11/2012–present Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Graduate Assistant), Saarland University, Chair for Practical Philosophy (Ulla Wessels and Christoph Fehige) 01/2009–09/2012 Studentische Hilfskraft (Student Research Assistant), RWTH Aachen University, Department of Philosophy 09/2006–01/2009 Freelancing Journalist for the Aachener Zeitung Scholarships and Grants 10/2012–11/2012 Full Ph.D.-Scholarship (RWTH Scholarship for Doctoral Students), RWTH Aachen University (Resigned for Assistantship at Saarland University) 03/2012–08/2012 Full Master Student Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes e.V. (German National Merit Foundation) Research Interests My current research mainly focusses on metaethics, action theory and related topics. In my Ph.D.- Thesis (supervised by Ulla Wessels and Christoph Fehige), I investigate the phenomenon of moral disagreement from a metaethical point of view. Assuming that a clear understanding of the phe- nomenon itself is prerequisite for assessing a metaethical theory’s resources to explain moral dis- agreements, the first step is finding resp. developing a plausible definition of moral disagreement.I then move on to assess different metaethical attempts to account for moral disagreements. My further interests particularly include normative ethics, history of ethics, philosophy of lan- guage, and philosophy of mind. I also have a very deep interest in the philosophy of David Hume and its influence on contemporary analytic philosophy. Stephan Padel Curriculum Vitae | 1/3 Publications • »Im Vorbeigehen«, in: Bossart, Yves (ed.): Sehen soweit das Denken reicht. Eine Begegnung von Philosophie und Fotographie. Zurich: Offizin, 2012 • Over 100 journalistic articles in the Aachener Zeitung, 2006-2009 Talks • »Hybrid Expressivism and Normative Disagreements«, Workshop Normativity and Meaning, Saarbrücken, 05/2014 • »Philosophische Probleme in Science-Fiction-Filmen«, Saarland University, Open House Day, 06/2013 • »David Hume und das Motivationsproblem«, RWTH Aachen University, Research Collo- quium of the Chair for Practical Philosophy, 02/2013 Paper Presentations (Selection) • »The Negation Problem Unleashed: :(Expressivists Can Explain Moral Disagreements)«, Hum- boldt University of Berlin, Research Colloquium of the Chair for Practical Philosophy (Thomas Schmidt), 01/2014 • »The Negation Problem Unleashed: :(Expressivists Can Explain Moral Disagreements)«, Saar- land University, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Winter 2013, 11/2013 • »What Is a (Moral) Disagreement?«, University of Göttingen, Research Colloquium of the Chair for Practical Philosophy (Holmer Steinfath), 10/2013 • »Expressivism and Moral Disagreements«, Saarland University, Workshop in Practical Philoso- phy: Summer 2013, 06/2013 • »Is Hume a Noncognitivist in the Motivation Argument? A Comment on Rachel Cohon«, Saarland University, Workshop in Practical Philosophy: Winter 2013, 11/2012 Conference Organization • Together with Susanne Mantel, I organized a 3-day workshop on Normativity and Meaning with Michael Ridge (Edinburgh), which took place on May 14-16, 2014 in Saarbrücken. Teaching (Saarland University) • B.A. Seminar: »Theorien der Kunstinterpretation« (Theories of Art Interpretation), Summer Term 2015 • B.A. Seminar: »Humes Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals« (Hume’s Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals), Summer Term 2015 Stephan Padel Curriculum Vitae | 2/3 • B.A. Seminar: »Semantik und Pragmatik: Grundpositionen in der Sprachphilosophie« (Semantics and Pragmatics: Basic Positions in the Philosophy of Language), Winter Term 2014 • B.A. Seminar: »Kants Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten« (Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals), Winter Term 2014 • B.A. Seminar: »Personale Identität und Ethik« (Personal Identity and Ethics), Summer Term 2014 • B.A. Seminar: »Moralische Meinungsverschiedenheiten« (Moral Disagreements), Summer Term 2014 • M.A. Seminar: »Probleme des metaethischen Expressivismus« (Problems of Metaethical Expres- sivism), jointly taught with Oliver Petersen, Winter Term 2013 • B.A. Seminar: »Gründe, Wünsche und Moral« (Reasons, Desires, and Morality), Winter Term 2013 • B.A. Seminar: »Humes Praktische Philosophie« (Hume’s Practical Philosophy), Summer Term 2013 • B.A. Seminar: »Tierethik« (Animal Ethics), jointly taught with Christian Wendelborn, Summer Term 2013 Academic Services • 2 x Instructor for the »Intellectual Tool Philosophy« of the Schweizerische Studienstiftung (Swiss Study Foundation) with Yves Bossart, Susanne Boshammer, and Hans-Johann Glock, Balsthal (Switzerland), 03/2013 and 02/2014 • Member of the Student Body of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, RWTH Aachen Univer- sity, 2009–2012 • Co-Founder of the Philosophical Discussion Meeting »Philosophischer Streit Club«, RWTH Aachen University, 2009 Honors and Awards • »Springorum-Denkmünze« (Springorum Commemorative Coin) for Outstanding Academic Achieve- ments in the University’s Master’s Program, Awarded by proRWTH! – Freunde und Förderer der RWTH Aachen e.V. (Friends and Patrons of RWTH Aachen University), 06/2013 • 2 x Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, RWTH Aachen University, 2011 and 2012 Memberships • Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie e.V. (German Society for Analytic Philosophy) • Hume Society • Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes e.V. (German National Merit Foundation) Last Updated: December 4, 2014 Stephan Padel Curriculum Vitae | 3/3.