Samuel Schindler

Positions

05-09/2011: DFG-Emmy-Noether research group leader, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
08-12/2010: Visiting Fellow, Center for Philosohpy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA
07/2009-04/2011, Postdoc Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany
Jan-June 2009: University of Birmingham, England, Department of Philosophy, Lecturer (temporary)
Oct-Dec 2008: University of Stockholm, Department of Philosophy, Sweden, postdoctoral research fellow, funded by the Swedish Institute

Formal Education

2005-2008, Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds, UK, Ph.D. title: "The Imaginary Entities that Make Science", supervisor: Prof. Steven French. Funded by a Ph.D. Scholarship for 2006-2007 from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), and by an educational grant from the Newby Trust Ltd. (2007)
2004-2005, M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK, dissertation title: "Imaginary-Constitutives and other Models: A Classificatory Clarification", supervisor: Prof. Steven French, predicate: distinction;
2003-2004, Exchange Student at the McGill University, Montreal, Canada; classes taken in Modern Linguistics and the Philosophy of Science (the latter with Prof. Mario Bunge);
2000-2004, B.Sc. in Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck, Germany, thesis title: "Radikal konstruiert? Die erkenntnistheoretische Position des Radikalen Konstruktivismus: Ideen, Kritik und ihr Bezug zur Kognitionswissenschaft" (download thesis), supervisor: Prof. Achim Stephan, predicate: very good.