CV - David Löwenstein

Academic Positions

since 02/2021
Permanent Research and Teaching Fellow ("Akademischer Rat auf Lebenszeit") in the Department of Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
04/2020 - 09/2020
Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Studies "Human Abilities" by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin
early 2019
Assistant Professorship ("Juniorprofessur", for 3+3 years, with tenure track) in the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at TU Dortmund University (declined in favor of an improved offer from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
03/2018 - 01/2021
Assistant Professor ("Juniorprofessur", for 4+2 years, with tenure track) in the Department of Philosophy at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (ended in favor of the permanent position in Düsseldorf)
04/2017 - 02/2018
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") in the Department of Philosophy at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, associated with the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy, Prof. Wolfgang Barz
10/2016 - 03/2017
Stand-in Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (succeeding Prof. Holm Tetens) in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin (same offer in 2015 declined in favor of the position in Münster)
10/2015 - 09/2016
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben") in the Department of Philosophy at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
10/2014 - 04/2015
Parental Leave
10/2009 - 09/2015
Research and Teaching Fellow ("Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter") in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin, associated with the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy, Prof. Holm Tetens
10/2008 - 08/2009
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
10/2005 - 08/2007
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin

Awards

2022
Communicator Award – Science Award of the Donors' Association, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, for the public philosophy project "denXte", together with Dr. Amrei Bahr, Julia Frese, David Niemann, Christoph Sapp and Prof. Markus Schrenk; own contribution: creation, coordination and co-hosting of "mitgedacht – der denXte-Podcast zu Euren philosophischen Fragen" (roughly: thinking together - the podcast about your philosophical questions)
2020
Teaching Award by the "Akademie für Lehrentwicklung" at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena for the design of the class "Logik und Argumentationslehre" (Introduction to Logic and Argument Analysis)

Education

08/2014
PhD in philosophy from Freie Universität Berlin
overall grade "summa cum laude"
Dissertation "The Concept of Competence. A Rylean Responsibilist Account of Know-how", Supervisors Prof. Holm Tetens and Prof. Tobias Rosefeldt, submitted 05/2014
05/2009
Master's Degree from Freie Universität Berlin
overall grade “sehr gut” (1.0)
MA Thesis “Consequences of Deflationism. A Study of Robert Brandom's Anaphoric Theory of Truth and Reference”, Supervisors Prof. Holm Tetens and Prof. Georg Bertram, submitted 02/2009
09/2007 - 06/2008
Visiting Graduate Student at Stanford University, USA
10/2003 - 05/2009
Studies in Philosophy (Major), Political Science and Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin
03/2002
Highest German Secondary School Degree (Abitur) at Max-von-Laue Gymnasium in Koblenz, overall grade “gut” (1.7)

Fellowships

09/2007 - 06/2008
Travel Grant by the German-American Fulbright Commission for Visiting Studies at Stanford University
09/2007 - 06/2008
Foreign Exchange Fellowship by Stanford University for Autumn, Winter and Spring terms
01/2006 - 06/2009
Fellowship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)