Dominique Kuenzle

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Research

Philosophy of Language: focus on pragmatist accounts of linguistic meaning in terms of language use (Wittgenstein, Brandom)
Epistemology: focus on metaepistemological questions regarding epistemology’s aims and criteria of success
Feminist philosophy: focus on feminist epistemology and philosophy of language in the analytic tradition
Existentialism: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir
Critical thinking: argumentative and conceptual competences, methods in philosophy

2021	Interview in "Sternstunde Philosophie" (Swiss public broadcaster SRF), discussion of whether questions of social justice are usefully framed in terms of sensitivity (in German)
2020	Interview in "Sternstunde Philosophie" (Swiss public broadcaster SRF), discussion of some worrying stats concerning men and the role of masculine norms and identities (in German)
2018	Interview in "Sternstunde Philosophie" (Swiss public broadcaster SRF), discussion of the ethics and legality of prostitution (in German).
2011	Appointed as Privatdozent in philosophy, Venia Legendi for philosophy at the University of Zurich
2010	Habilitation with the thesis "Refurbishing the Epistemic Realm: A New Meta-Epistemology"
Since 2010	Teacher for philosophy, 2010–2016 at the Kantonsschule Heerbrugg, 2016– at the Kantonsschule Wil (SG)
2004 – 2010	Research assistant at the chair for theoretical philosophy (Prof. Dr. Peter Schulthess), University of Zurich
1999 – 2005	Phd at the University of Sheffield (UK) "Referring Performances - Towards an Account of Singular Term Use" supervised by Christopher Hookway und Jennifer Saul
2001 – 2002	Research fellow at the University of Pittsburgh (supervised by Robert Brandom)
1993 – 1999	Studies (lic. phil.) in philosophy, history and German literature with the thesis "Rorty und Davidson über Wahrheit", supervised by P. Schulthess

V-Nr	Course	Start / End	Date	Lecturers
2127	Erkenntnistheorie (Vertiefung) (Kuenzle) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-512c	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
0598	Erkenntnistheorie (Vertiefung) (Kuenzle) 06ST160-512j	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
2243	Wissen und Gesellschaft (Kuenzle) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST164-501b	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
0084	Allgemeine Ethik (Vertiefung) (Kuenzle) 06ST160-508f	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
2800	Wissen und Gesellschaft (Kuenzle) 06ST164-501e	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
4396	Vertrauen 06SE160m508a	from 18 Feb 2025 to 27 May 2025	Tue 16:15-18:00	Dominique Kuenzle

2008
- Edited Scientific Work
  - Edited by: Kuenzle, Dominique; Brun, Georg; Doguoglu, Ulvi (2008). Aldershot: Ashgate. Epistemology and emotions.