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
0941	Erkenntnistheorie (Vertiefung) (Kuenzle) 160-512a	from 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Jan 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
3776	Wissen und Gesellschaft (Kuenzle) 164-501a	from 1 Aug 2024 to 31 Jan 2025	as announced or arranged	Dominique Kuenzle
0609	Critical Thinking - Kurs 1 160-007a	from 17 Sep 2024 to 17 Dec 2024	Tue 14:00-15:45	Dominique Kuenzle
0610	Critical Thinking - Kurs 2 160-007a	from 17 Sep 2024 to 17 Dec 2024	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.