Philosophy
Project: Exploring Cognition, Intelligence, and Consciousness in Nonhumans: Is Nonhuman Mentality Transforming Biology?
Supervisors: Gregor Schiemann / Volker Remmert
Contact
grohmann@uni-wuppertal.de
+49-202-439-5811
Glanzstoffhaus
Kasinostraße 19-21
42103 Wuppertal
6th Floor, Room 06.15
Project Summary
My PhD project investigates the arguments and claims put forth by researchers of nonhuman mentality (NM). NM encompasses different areas of the study of cognition, intelligence, and consciousness in nonhuman living beings, such as nonhuman animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria. This research and its implications are often controversial and heavily debated within science but surprisingly popular in other academic fields such as the humanities, and among the wider public. By analysing the NM debate, my project explores whether NM research is in the process of transforming biology and related areas of science.
Short Biography/CV
- Since 2023: PhD candidate in Philosophy of Science, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- 2019 – 2022: M.A. Logic and Philosophy of Science, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 2015 – 2019: B.Sc. Mathematics, University of Stuttgart (w/o degree completion)
- 2013 – 2019: B.A. Philosophy, University of Stuttgart
I am interested in plant biology and its philosophy, as well as general philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, logic, and philosophy of language.
