Curriculum Vitæ Johannes Stern Born: Professional address: Private address: December 26, 1980 in Freiburg i. Br., Germany Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, University of Munich, Ludwigstr. 31, D-80539 München, Germany Pöppelstr.10, D-81541 München, Germany Phone (office): + 49(0) 89/2180-5748 Skype: E-mail: johannes.stern johannes.stern@lrz.uni-muenchen.de Areas of Specialization Logic (formal theories of truth and modality, modal logic, provability), Philosophy of Language (topics related to modality) Areas of Competence Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, General Philosophy of Science, Epistemology and Metaphysics, Carnap and Quine. Education 2012 Doctorat ès Lettres (PhD), Philosophy, University of Geneva (with highest distinction). Dissertation: Toward Predicate Approaches to Modality. Supervisors: Fabrice Correia (Neuchâtel) and K.-G. Niebergall (Berlin). Examiners: Leon Horsten (Bristol) and Hannes Leitgeb (Munich). 2007 M.A. (Magister Artium), Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of Munich (with highest distinction). Minor subjects: Philosophy and Sociology. Languages Employment German (mother tongue), French (fluent), English (fluent). Since November 2011 November 2007 - October 2010 October 2004 - October 2007 Research fellow within the DFG project Syntactical Treatments of Interacting Modalities directed by Hannes Leitgeb at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, University of Munich. Candoc SNF, University of student assistant ( studentische Hilfskraft ) in various positions within the Department of Philosophy at the University of Munich.
Visiting 2013 2 Month stay as a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the University of Buenos Aires funded by the DAAD and MinCyT. 2011 Recognised Student at University of Oxford (academic advisor: Volker Halbach). 2005/06 Visiting student at Ecole normale supérieure, Rue d Ulm, Paris. Grants and Awards Paul Bernays Award 2012 awarded by the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SSLPS) for my PhD-thesis. (1000 CHF) Prix Humbert de philosophie 2011 awarded by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Geneva for my paper Counterpart Semantics for Modal Predicate Logic Extended: Individual Constants and λ-abstraction. (1000 CHF) Prospective researcher fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation for a 9 month research stay at Oxford University (January - September 2011). (34125 CHF) 2 month PhD scholarship by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Geneva (November/December 2010). (4000 CHF) Publications Peer-reviewed journals: 1. Axiomatizing Semantic Theories of Truth? (with M. Fischer, V. Halbach and J. Kriener), The Review of Symbolic Logic, forthcoming. (26 pages) 2. Paradoxes of Interaction? (with Martin Fischer), Journal of Philosophical Logic, Online First 2014, DOI 10.1007/s10992-014-9319-5. 3. Modality and Axiomatic Theories of Truth I: Friedman-Sheard, The Review of Symbolic Logic 7(2): 273-298, 2014. 4. Modality and Axiomatic Theories of Truth II: Kripke-Feferman, The Review of Symbolic Logic 7(2): 299-318, 2014. 5. Montague s Theorem and Modal Logic, Erkenntnis 79(3): 551-570, 2014. Book chapters: The Truth about Predicates and Connectives in Anne Reboul (ed.), Mind, Values, and Metaphysics. Philosophical Essays in Honor of Kevin Mulligan Vol. I, pages 63-78, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014. Other: Report: First Paris-Munich Workshop in Formal Philosophy. (with C. Paternotte), The Reasoner, 7(3):33, 2013. Submitted: Necessities and Necessary Truths. Proof-Theoretically. (18 pages)
Work in preparation How Belieflike Can a Modal Operator Be? A Negative Result., in preparation. A new Norm for Truth, in preparation. Toward Predicate Approaches to Modality, monograph based on my doctoral dissertation, in preparation. Talks September 2014 A New Norm for Truth, Colloquium Logicum 2014, Neubiberg. 2. December 2013 Truth and Modal Logic, SGSLPS Workshop Logic and Truth, 26. September 2013 Axiomatizing Semantic Theories of Truth?, Buenos Aires Workshop on the Philosophy of Logic, Buenos Aires. 24. May 2013 Necessities and Necessary Truths. A Proof-Theoretic Addendum., Truth and Paradox, Munich. 13. March 2013 Necessities and Necessary Truths from a Proof-Theoretic Perspective, The Truth to Be Told Again, Amsterdam. 19. September 2012 Modality and Axiomatic Theories of Truth, GAP8, Konstanz. 4.-6. May 2012 Paradoxes of Interacting Modal Predicates, SOPHA 2012, Paris. 5. April 2012 Modality and Axiomatic Theories of Truth: Friedman-Sheard, Workshop on Theories of Syntax and Diagonalization, MCMP, Munich. 15. September 2011 Interaktion und Inkonsistenz: Eine systematische Untersuchung interagierender modaler Prädikate. (with Martin Fischer), DGPHIL 2011, Munich. 30. June 2010 A Syntactical Approach to Truth, Necessity, and Knowledge, PALMYR IX, Amsterdam. 4. June 2010 Comments on Falsification and Logic by Andreas Pietz, BCN-GVA workshop, 26. Mai 2010 Zur syntaktischen Behandlung von Modalitäten, Kolloquium des Seminars für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Munich. 2. September 2009 Numbers, Propositions, and Properties on the Cheap? (with Fabrice Correia), SOPHA 2009, 8. May 2009 Comments on Common Knowledge in Interaction Structures by Krzystof Apt, Andreas Witzel, and Jonathan Zvesper, Palmyr VII, 6. September 2008 Where Google is of No Help: About About, Pro*Doc Candoc Colloquium at Ovronnaz. 26. August 2008 How to Lambda a QML. An Extension of a Completeness Theorem by Kracht and Kutz, European Congress of Analytic Philosophy 6, Krakow..
2. May 2008 How to Lambda a QML, Cycle de Conférence de PhilEAs, University of 21. December 2007 Does Quantified Modal Logic Make Sense? Some Remarks on Quine s Arguments, 3 rd eidos Meeting at the University of Teaching Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Fall 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Spring 2009 Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Fall 2006 Fall 2004 BA Seminar Propositional Attitudes, University of Munich. MA seminar Provability and its Logic, University of Munich. BA seminar Epistemic logic, University of Munich (with Martin Fischer). BA seminar (part) Introduction à la philosophie d esprit., University of Teaching assistant ( Tutor ) on Philosophy of Science III: Metatheory of Empirical Science, University of Munich. Teaching assistant ( Tutor ) on Philosophy of Science I: Introduction to Philosophy of Science, University of Munich. Acquisition of funds 2011-14 Syntactical Treatments of Interacting Modalities, research project funded by the German research foundation (DFG), directed by H. Leitgeb (budget 414 450 EUR), coauthor of the project application (with Martin Fischer and Hannes Leitgeb). 2008 Successful funding applications for the eidos Metaphysics Conference (final budget over 60 000CHF) from various sources (SNF, Société Académique, Fondation Marie Gretler, CUSO, Commission Administrative of the University of Geneva, and the faculty of humanities of the University of Geneva). (with Fabrice Correia, Amanda Garcia and Jessica Leech) Services to the Profession Member of the editorial committee of dialectica (2008-2011). Referee for Abstracta, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, dialectica, Erkenntnis, Mind, Philosophia Scientiae, Studia Logica The Review of Symbolic Logic and Topoi. Workshops and Conferences Organization (with Martin Fischer) of a one day workshop Predicate Approaches to Modality (Invited speakers: Volker Halbach, Leon Horsten, Karl-Georg Niebergall and Philip Welch), MCMP, Munich, 12. September 2014.
Organization (with Denis Bonnay, Paul Egré and Cédric Paternotte) of the Paris-Munich Workshop, MCMP, Munich, 8/9. February 2013. Organization (with Martin Fischer) of a one day workshop Theories of Syntax and Diagonalization (Speakers: Albert Visser, Cezary Cieslinski, Jeff Ketland and Volker Halbach), MCMP, Munich, April 2012. Organization (with Fabrice Correia, Amanda Garcia and Jessica Leech) of the eidos Metaphysics Conference, Geneva, July 2008 (http://www.philosophie.ch/eidos/events2008/eidosmc.shtml).