Hi, my name’s Max! I’m a doctoral researcher at the University of Oldenburg’s Department of Philosophy. If you want to know more about me, feel free to take a look at

my education,
my employment,
the things I’ve written,
the presentations I’ve held,
the events I’ve organised,
the courses I’ve taught,
the grants and honours I’ve received, or
my services to the profession.

Most of this information can also be found bundled in my CV (of which you can find the most recent version in English here and in German here).

Inspired by Gilad Feldman, I invite you to check and replicate my work.

The portrait to the left (or above, if you’re on a mobile device), by the way, was painted by the talented Spiceestew.

Areas of Specialization:: Experimental Philosophy, Need-Based Distributive Justice, Causation
Areas of Competence:: Distributive Justice, Philosophy of Science
Areas of Interest:: Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Language
Tools of Choice:: LaTeX, LimeSurvey, oTree, Stata, R, Python

News

23/06/2022: “When heating in winter becomes a luxury” (University of Oldenburg)
24/05/2022: “Wie knappes Heizmaterial gerecht verteilen? Forschende veröffentlichen Studie zu Verteilungsgerechtigkeit” (University of Oldenburg)
20/04/2022: “Lernen, mit der Freiheit umzugehen” (University of Oldenburg)

Old news

27/04/2020: “Sammelband ‘Empirical Research and Normative Theory’ erschienen” (DFG Research Group FOR 2104)
28/10/2019: “Von der Unendlichkeit, Lügnern und dem Hören. Ringvorlesung zu Paradoxien an der Universität Oldenburg” (University of Oldenburg)
25/09/2019: “Neuer Sammelband ‘Philosophie zwischen Sein und Sollen’ erschienen” (DFG Research Group FOR 2104)
18/04/2019: “Besser schreiben im Tandem” (University of Oldenburg)
08/12/2017: “Mind the Gap. Zur Vermittlung normativer Theorie und empirischer Forschung” (Karl-Jaspers-Gesellschaft)
02/07/2015: “Was Begriffe für unser Leben bedeuten. Berliner Philosoph referiert über ‘Zeitbewusstsein und Sinn-Horizonte’” (University of Oldenburg)
25/02/2013: “Abiturient führt die Piraten an” (Weser Kurier)
21/01/2013: “Mohr ist Spitze” (Kreiszeitung)
21/01/2013: “CDU macht das Rennen in Kirchlinteln” (Kreiszeitung)
18/01/2013: “Teurer Wahlkampf” (Weser Kurier)
11/01/2013: “Tempolimit auf der A1 bei Oyten” (Weser Kurier)
11/01/2013: “Mehr Sicherheit auf den Schulwegen” (Weser Kurier)
11/01/2013: “Ärger über marode Radwege” (Weser Kurier)
11/01/2013: “Ein Bürgerbus für Oyten” (Weser Kurier)
10/01/2013: “Bildungschancen als großes Streitthema” (Kreiszeitung)
27/12/2012: “Argumente zur Wahl” (Kreiszeitung)
29/11/2012: “Aufwertung der Pflege” (Kreiszeitung)
20/04/2012: “Drei Piraten küren Direktkandidaten” (Weser Kurier)

Projects

The projects I’m currently working on include:

my cumulative dissertation on need-based distributive justice (supervised by Mark Siebel)
a paper on coherence (jointly with Michael Schippers, Mark Siebel, and Stephan Kornmesser)
an edited volume on paradoxes (to be published with mentis; jointly with Gregor Damschen and Mark Siebel)
an edited volume on experimental philosophy (to be published with Walter de Gruyter; jointly with Stephan Kornmesser)
an introduction to methods of experimental philosophy (to be published with Springer; jointly with Stephan Kornmesser, Mark Alfano, Aurélien Allard, Lucien Baumgartner, Florian Cova, Paul Engelhardt, Eugen Fischer, Henrike Meyer, Kevin Reuter, Justin Sytsma, Kyle Thompson, and Marc Wyszynski)
the next volume of the Oldenburger Jahrbuch für Philosophie (to be published with BIS-Verlag; jointly with Helena Esther Grass)

Collaborators

The great people with whom I had the pleasure to work or with whom I’m currently working include:

Mark Alfano (Macquarie University)
Aurélien Allard (University of Geneva)
Nils Baratella (Hochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences)
Lucien Baumgartner (University of Zurich)
Florian Cova (University of Geneva)
Gregor Damschen (University of Oldenburg)
Adele Diederich (University of Oldenburg)
Paul Engelhardt (University of East Anglia)
Eugen Fischer (University of East Anglia)
Helena Esther Grass (University of Oldenburg)
Stephan Kornmesser (University of Oldenburg)
Frauke Meyer (Jülich Research Centre)
Malte Ingo Meyerhuber (QUOTAC Management)
Kevin Reuter (University of Bern)
Jan Romann (Hochschule Emden/Leer, University of Applied Sciences)
Mark Siebel (University of Oldenburg)
Michael Schippers (University of Oldenburg)
Nils Springhorn (University of Oldenburg)
Stefan Traub (Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg)
Justin Sytsma (Victoria University of Wellington)
Arne Robert Weiss (University of Alicante)
Kyle Thompson (Harvey Mudd College)
Marc Wyszynski (University of Bremen)

Get in Touch

If you want to get in touch, you can reach me at any time via alexander.max.bauer@uni-oldenburg.de.

On the internet, there are also some other places where you can find me, including but not limited to: