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André Fuhrmann (born 30 April 1958 in Essen, Germany) is a Professor of Philosophy and Logic at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
== Early life and education ==
Fuhrmann studied at the University of Marburg and at the University of St Andrews, where he 1984 earned the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) 1984. He went to the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University and got his Ph.D. in 1988. Fuhrmanns Ph.D. thesis was on Relevance logic and Modal logic.
From 1989 to 2002 Fuhrmann worked at the University of Konstanz as a post-doc and research fellow (Heisenberg-Fellow). During that time he had several visiting positions at Indiana University in Bloomington, Columbia University, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Fuhrmann had the position of a full professor of philosophy (titular) at the São Judas Tadeu University in São Paulo (Brazil) from 2002 to 2006.
He was appointed a professor with a Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (main area: logic) at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main in 2006. Moreover, he was additionally appointmented as Professor of Linguistics in 2009.<ref></ref>
== Research areas ==
André Fuhrmanns has made contributions in Analytic philosophy, Relevance logic and Modal logic.
Fuhrmann is best known for his research on "belief revision" or "theory change", located in the field of Formal Epistemology with applications for Artificial intelligence and Cognitive science.
Fuhrmann also takes an interest in freshwater diatoms. Together with H. Lange-Bertalot he discovered, sampled and described new species in Brazil.<ref></ref>
== Awards and recognition ==
*Heinz-Meier-Leibnitz-Prize for work in Cognitive Science (1993)
== Selected works ==
*1989: Reflective modalities and theory change. Synthese 81:115–134.
*1991: Tropes and laws. Philosophical Studies, 63:57–82.
*1991: Theory contraction through base contraction. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 20:256–281.
*1991: Models for relevant modal logics. Studia Logica, 49:301–315, 1991.
*1994: On S. Studia Logica, 53:75–91; with E. D. Mares.
*1994: Undercutting and the Ramsey test for conditionals. Synthese, 101:157–169; with I. Levi.
*1994: A survey of multiple contractions. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 3:39–76; with S. O. Hansson.
*1995: A relevant theory of conditionals. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 24:645–665; with E. D. Mares.
*1997: Solid belief. Theoria, 63:90–104.
*1997: An Essay on Contraction. Studies in Logic, Language and Information, Stanford.
*1999: When hyperpropositions meet ... Journal of Philosophical Logic, 28:559–74.
*2002: Explanatory exclusion and causal relevance. Facta Philosophica, 4:287–300; with W.P. Mendonça.
*2002: Russell's way out of the paradox of propositions. History and Philosophy of Logic, 23:197–213.
*2005: Existenz und Notwendigkeit – Kurt Gödels axiomatische Theologie. In: W. Spohn (Hrsg.): Logik in der Philosophie. Synchron, Heidelberg 2005, S.349–374.
*2006: Is pragmatist truth irrelevant to inquiry? In: Knowledge and Inquiry, hg. v. E. Olsson, Cambridge; 82–118.
*2013: Knowability as potential knowledge. Synthese. ([https://ift.tt/2K5mZpG online] [PDF])
*2015: Blogging Gödel: His Ontological Argument In The Public Eye. In: Godel's Ontological Argument. History, Modifications, and Controversies, ed. K. Swietorzecka, Warsaw ´ (Semper), 2015; pp. 203–226. ([https://ift.tt/2F4P4tH online] [PDF])
*2017: Deontic Modals: Why Abandon The Default Approach. In: Erkenntnis 83 (2017), pp. 1351-1365. ([https://ift.tt/2K4SPCL online] [PDF])
== References ==
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== External links ==
*André Fuhrmann page on Goethe University Frankfurt
*Personal website of André Fuhrmann (inkl. scriptures)
*Fuhrmanns personal website on his diatom research
== Early life and education ==
Fuhrmann studied at the University of Marburg and at the University of St Andrews, where he 1984 earned the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) 1984. He went to the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University and got his Ph.D. in 1988. Fuhrmanns Ph.D. thesis was on Relevance logic and Modal logic.
From 1989 to 2002 Fuhrmann worked at the University of Konstanz as a post-doc and research fellow (Heisenberg-Fellow). During that time he had several visiting positions at Indiana University in Bloomington, Columbia University, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Fuhrmann had the position of a full professor of philosophy (titular) at the São Judas Tadeu University in São Paulo (Brazil) from 2002 to 2006.
He was appointed a professor with a Chair of Theoretical Philosophy (main area: logic) at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main in 2006. Moreover, he was additionally appointmented as Professor of Linguistics in 2009.<ref></ref>
== Research areas ==
André Fuhrmanns has made contributions in Analytic philosophy, Relevance logic and Modal logic.
Fuhrmann is best known for his research on "belief revision" or "theory change", located in the field of Formal Epistemology with applications for Artificial intelligence and Cognitive science.
Fuhrmann also takes an interest in freshwater diatoms. Together with H. Lange-Bertalot he discovered, sampled and described new species in Brazil.<ref></ref>
== Awards and recognition ==
*Heinz-Meier-Leibnitz-Prize for work in Cognitive Science (1993)
== Selected works ==
*1989: Reflective modalities and theory change. Synthese 81:115–134.
*1991: Tropes and laws. Philosophical Studies, 63:57–82.
*1991: Theory contraction through base contraction. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 20:256–281.
*1991: Models for relevant modal logics. Studia Logica, 49:301–315, 1991.
*1994: On S. Studia Logica, 53:75–91; with E. D. Mares.
*1994: Undercutting and the Ramsey test for conditionals. Synthese, 101:157–169; with I. Levi.
*1994: A survey of multiple contractions. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, 3:39–76; with S. O. Hansson.
*1995: A relevant theory of conditionals. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 24:645–665; with E. D. Mares.
*1997: Solid belief. Theoria, 63:90–104.
*1997: An Essay on Contraction. Studies in Logic, Language and Information, Stanford.
*1999: When hyperpropositions meet ... Journal of Philosophical Logic, 28:559–74.
*2002: Explanatory exclusion and causal relevance. Facta Philosophica, 4:287–300; with W.P. Mendonça.
*2002: Russell's way out of the paradox of propositions. History and Philosophy of Logic, 23:197–213.
*2005: Existenz und Notwendigkeit – Kurt Gödels axiomatische Theologie. In: W. Spohn (Hrsg.): Logik in der Philosophie. Synchron, Heidelberg 2005, S.349–374.
*2006: Is pragmatist truth irrelevant to inquiry? In: Knowledge and Inquiry, hg. v. E. Olsson, Cambridge; 82–118.
*2013: Knowability as potential knowledge. Synthese. ([https://ift.tt/2K5mZpG online] [PDF])
*2015: Blogging Gödel: His Ontological Argument In The Public Eye. In: Godel's Ontological Argument. History, Modifications, and Controversies, ed. K. Swietorzecka, Warsaw ´ (Semper), 2015; pp. 203–226. ([https://ift.tt/2F4P4tH online] [PDF])
*2017: Deontic Modals: Why Abandon The Default Approach. In: Erkenntnis 83 (2017), pp. 1351-1365. ([https://ift.tt/2K4SPCL online] [PDF])
== References ==
<references />
== External links ==
*André Fuhrmann page on Goethe University Frankfurt
*Personal website of André Fuhrmann (inkl. scriptures)
*Fuhrmanns personal website on his diatom research
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