Publications & Talks

My publications and talks reflect my work across ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of religion, and social and political philosophy, with a particular focus on identity, agency, public discourse and applied ethical questions.

Selected Publications

Voices of Faith. A Non-Cognitive Approach to Understanding Religious Utterances and Their Role in Persons’ Lives.
Monograph, 2026, forthcoming in the University of Münster series.

“Finding Deeper Common Ground. Why Acknowledging Identity and Human Experience is Key to Meaningful Discourse.” In: Derpmann, Simon; Manchisi, Armando; Tskhadadze, Tamar (eds.): Pluralismus in demokratischen Gesellschaften (Deutsch-Georgische Jahrbücher 3). Paderborn: Brill / Mentis, 2025, pp. 111–123.

“Indirect Consequentialism and Moral Psychology” (with Simon Derpmann, Konstantin Schnieder and Ricarda Geese). In: Derpmann, Simon; Schweikard, David P. (eds.): Philip Pettit: Five Themes from His Work, Vol. 1. Cham: Springer, 2016, pp. 81–90.

“Well-ordered Science in a not well-ordered society” (with Dennis Bätge, Wolfgang D. Gerr, Andreas Gotthelf, Bianca Hüsing and Reinhardt Liesert). In: Kaiser, Marie I.; Seide, Ansgar (eds.): Philip Kitcher: Pragmatic Naturalism, Vol. 15. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013, pp. 78–90.

Work in Progress & Submitted

“Die unbenannte Triage. Knappheit, Schutzpflicht und professionelle Verantwortung in der Sozialen Arbeit.” Submitted to Neue Praxis.

“Lost in Translation: How the Combined Use of Generative AI and Scoring Systems Can Compound Issues of Case Clarity and Cause Epistemic Injustice in Clinical Social Work.” Abstract submitted for the special issue Generative AI and the Future of Clinical Social Work Practice in the Clinical Social Work Journal.

“The Use of AI in Clinical Counselling with Children and Adolescents. A Narrative Review.” With Anne-Christin Kunstleben. Abstract submitted for the special issue Generative AI and the Future of Clinical Social Work Practice in the Clinical Social Work Journal.

Selected Talks

“Faith Misframed: The Cognitive Mistake in Democratic Dialogue.” Münster–Zürich Colloquium, University of Münster, 11 May 2025.

“Identity, Fallibility, and Transcendence.” Munich Colloquium for Philosophy of Religion, 27 October 2023.

“Finding Deeper Common Ground. Why Acknowledging Identity and Human Experience is Key to Meaningful Discourse.” International and Interdisciplinary Graduate School Democracy, Human Rights, and Religion, Tbilisi, 19 September 2023.

“Why Who We Are Matters for What We Believe.” Interdisciplinary Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics, University of Münster, 20 June 2023.

“Praying or Claiming? – A Non-Cognitivist Approach to Religious Utterances.” Institute Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Münster, 7 June 2023.

“Ich bin was ich tu – Biographische Zusammenhänge zwischen Identität und Handlung.” Colloquium in Applied Ethics, Zurich, 1 November 2021.