Stefan Rinner
45141 Essen
Functions
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Wiss. Mitarbeiterinnen/Mitarbeiter, Philosophie
Current lectures
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WiSe 2025
Past lectures (max. 10)
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SoSe 2025
- E3 - GeiWi_Philo - Einführung in die Analytische Philosophie des Geistes - Cr. 3-3
- SE Sozialontologie (MA Theorie des Sozialen)/gleichz. SE zur Kulturphilosophie: Was sind soziale Gruppen?
- E3 - GeiWi_Philo - Sozialontologie: Was sind soziale Gruppen? - Cr. 3-3
- SE Philosophie des Geistes: Einführung in die Analytische Philosophie des Geistes
- Vortrag zu abwertender Sprache im Rahmen des Wissenschaftssommers
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WiSe 2024
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SoSe 2024
Publications
Monographs
Frege's Puzzle: Why Propositions Aren't the Objects of Our Propositional Attitudes, Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, Routledge (forthcoming).
The Social Meaning of Slurs and Slang Terms, Cambridge University Press (under contract).
Edited Volumes
The Darkside of Language: Linguistic Derogation and Its Prevention, Special Issue of Topoi.
Papers
2025
'Conversational Scorekeeping' (with Lars Dänzer and Eugenia Kulakova), Philosophy Compass (2025)
'Crane on Putnam on Intentionality', Australasian Philosophical Review (2025)
'Brains in Vats and Semantic Externalism: A New Response to the Skeptical Argument', Synthese (2025)
'Scorekeeping in a Therapeutic Language Game', Philosophy (2025) (Essay Prize of the Royal Institute of Philosophy) (open access)
2024
'False Friends in Political Dogwhistles', Inquiry (2024) (open access)
'Accommodating Hatred' in Harmful Speech and Contestation (ed. Mihaela Popa-Wyatt), Palgrave MacMillan (2024)
'The Relational Analysis of Belief Ascriptions and Schiffer's Puzzle', Erkenntnis (2024) (open access)
'Attitude Ascriptions: A New Old Problem for Russell's Theory of Descriptions', Synthese (2024) (open access)
2023
'Direct Reference and the Goldbach Puzzle', Theoria (2023) (open access)
'How to Do Things with Slurs – oder wie anhand von Sprache abgewertet wird' (with Alexander Hieke) in Theoretisches Philosophieren und Lebensweltorientierung -- ein Wegweiser für Hochschule und Schule (eds. Bussmann, B./Mayr, P.), Metzler Verlag (2023) (open access)
2022
'Slurs and Freedom of Speech', Journal of Applied Philosophy (2022) (open access)
'Oswald Revisited: The Effect of Focus and Context' (with Eugenia Kulakova), Synthese (2022) (open access)
'Wirken durch Anpassung: Eine sprachphilosophische Erklärung der Wirksamkeit systemischer Fragen', Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 76 (2): 288-296 (2022).
2021
'Slurs under Quotation' (with Alexander Hieke), Philosophical Studies (2021) (open access)
''Recanati on 'That'-clauses'', Res Philosophica 98 (4): 619-626 (2021).
'A Puzzle about Logical Analysis', Philosophia (2021) (open access)
2020
'The Multiple Relation Theory and Schiffer's Puzzle', Synthese (2020) (open access)
'Naive Russellians and Schiffer's Puzzle', Erkenntnis (2020) (open access)
2019
'Kripkes kausale Theorie der Bezugnahme', Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 73 (2): 209-221 (2019).
2016
'Brains in Vats and Semantic Externalism: New Hope for the Skeptic', European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 12 (2): 73-88 (2016).
Public Philosophy
- Participation in the VW Foundation’s Science Slam with the lecture “Die dunkle Seite der Sprache – Die Sprachphilosophie von Hassreden und politischen Reden”
- Lecture on the philosophy of language of hate speech and political speeches as part of the Essener Wissenschaftssommers on 18 June, 2025 in the Glass Pavilion of the University of Duisburg-Essen
- Contribution to the podcast 7 Days 1 Song by Christoph Borries
- Post on the American Philosophical Association (APA) blog titled “How Much Freedom of Speech is Too Much?” (April 2025)
- Interview in the Salzburger Nachrichten of 16 April 2025 on the misuse of language in politics
- Article in the online edition of Philosophie Magazin entitled “Wie viel Redefreiheit ist zu viel – Eine sprachphilosophische Einordnung”
- Article in Rheinische Post (March 26, 2025) with the title “Stell dir vor, es ist Vorlesung und keiner geht hin” (published online on April 1, 2025)
- Interview as part of the podcast Stimme wirkt, episode 430: Freie Rede verboten? Was darf heute noch gesagt werden?
- Participation in the competition for academics on the topic “Bildung in NRW – Notstand oder Hoffnungsträger”
- Lecture as part of the Sonntagsakademie of Radio Grüne Welle on the topic “Echt Geschlechtergerecht?! – Über Rollenbilder, Machtgefälle und Gestaltungsoptionen”
- Workshop and lecture as part of the Philosophietage of the Hochschule Brixen 2024
- Interview as part of the NDR podcast Tee mit Warum, Episode 6: Wie sprichst du?
- Obituary of Saul Kripke, Philosophy Now 153
Education
04/2023-02/2024
Certificate Self-management, leadership, and teaching skills, LMU Munich
04/2020-02/2024
University Teaching Certificate of Bavaria, LMU Munich
04/2010-11/2016
PhD in Philosophy (Dr. Phil.), University of Salzburg
Thesis: Frege's Puzzle or Why Propositions Aren't the Objects of Our Attitudes
10/2007-04/2010
Diploma Studies in Philosophy (Mag. Phil.), University of Salzburg
Thesis: Conditional Definitions and the Criterion of Conservativeness
Career
| Since 10/2024 |
PI of the Project ''The Therapeutic Game'' (Fritz-Thyssen Support of Projects, 2+1 years), University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Since 04/2024 |
Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat a.Z., 3+3 years), University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 04/2023-03/2024 |
Interim Assistant Professor, LMU Munich |
| 04/2021-03/2023 |
Interim Professor, University of Hamburg |
| 08/2017-03/2021 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, MCMP (LMU Munich) |
| 03/2017-03/2021 |
Research Assistant, University of Salzburg |