WENZEL, Christian

Visiting Professor

PhD (Dr. phil.) in philosophy (University of Wuppertal)
wenzelchristian@yahoo.com
https://sites.google.com/site/wenzelchristian1/

Brief Biography

Prof. Wenzel studied mathematics and philosophy: PhD in algebraic geometry 1990 USA, PhD on Kant’s aesthetics 1999 Germany. He has been visiting scholar at L’École Normale Supérieure, Harvard, Duke, Stanford, Oxford, and Goethe University of Frankfurt, and is currently Distinguished Professor at National Taiwan University.

Research Interests

  1. Kant
  2. Wittgenstein
  3. Phenomenology
  4. Philosophy of mind
  5. Chinese philosophy

Selected Publications

  1. An Introduction to Kant’s Aesthetics: Core Concepts and Problems, with foreword by Henry Allison, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers 2005.
  2. Das Problem der Subjektiven Allgemeingültigkeit des Geschmacksurteils bei Kant, volume 137 in the series Kant-Studien Ergänzungshefte, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, 2000.
  3. ‘The Idea of a Good Life: Lessons from Confucius, Aristotle, Zhuangzi, and the Stoics’, Journal of Chinese Philosophy 50 (April 2023), pp. 3-16.
  4. ‘Can Thoughts be Read from the Brain? Neuroscience contra Wittgenstein’, Synthese (2022) 200:183, pp. 1-19.
  5. ‘Free Will and Zhuangzi’ in Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings, ninth edition, John Perry, Michael Bratman, John Martin Fischer (eds.), Oxford University Press 2021, pp. 460-473.
  6. ‘How Representational is the Mind? Introduction and Overview’, Philosophy East and West 71/1 (January 2021), pp. 13-37.
  7. ‘The Art of Doing Mathematics’, in Creativity and Philosophy, Matthew Kieran and Berys Gaut (eds.), Routledge 2018, pp. 313-330.
  8. ‘Do Negative Judgments of Taste Have a priori Grounds in Kant?’, Kant-Studien 103/4 (December 2012), pp. 472-493.
  9. ‘Isolation and Involvement: Wilhelm von Humboldt, François Jullien, and More’, Philosophy East and West 60/4 October (2010), pp. 458-475.
  10. ‘On Wittgenstein’s Notion of Meaning Blindness: Its Subjective, Objective, and Aesthetic Aspects’, Philosophical Investigations 33/3 (2010), pp. 201-219.
  11. ‘Spielen nach Kant die Kategorien schon bei der Wahrnehmung eine Rolle? Peter Rohs und John McDowell’ (Do the Categories According to Kant Play a Role Already in Perception?), Kant-Studien 96/4 (2005), pp. 407-426.