Biography
Katharina Bauer is associate professor of practical philosophy at Erasmus School of Philosophy. She obtained a doctorate in philosophy (summa cum laude) for a dissertation about the phenomenon of the gift: Einander zu erkennen geben (Karl Alber Verlag 2012). In 2016 she has completed her habilitation thesis about theories of practical necessity at Ruhr-Universität Bochum as a research scholar of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)”, ("Was ich tun muss. Praktische Notwendigkeit und persönliche Grenzen", Mohr Siebeck 2021). She was Visiting Researcher at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M. (Feodor-Lynen Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). From 2021 to 2022 she was Visiting Professor at Freie Universität Berlin.
In her work she is connecting different traditions – from Kant to poststructuralism –, and building bridges between academic philosophy, other disciplines, and civic society. Against the background of her research on fundamental ethical ideals (such as dignity; authenticity; autonomy), she investigates the impact of current societal, technological, and ecological challenges on the self-constitution of moral agents (self-optimization; post- and transhumanism; hope in times of crisis; 'technomoral resilience').
She is a member of the Young Erasmus Academy, and Chair of the Dutch Association of Ethicists.
Areas of PhD Supervision: 1. Moral Philosophy 2. Theories of personal practical identity 3. Ethics of human enhancement 4. French phenomenology 5. Philosophy and literature
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Work
- Katharina Bauer (2024) - The power of hope? Powerlessness and strong democratic hope - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 27 (6), 887-905 - doi: 10.1080/13698230.2024.2344381 - [link]
- Antonio Pele, Stephen Riley & Katharina Bauer (2023) - Medicine, Dissent and the “Chloroquinization” of Truth: Brazil and Pandemic - International Critical Thought, 13 (4), 586-603 - doi: 10.1080/21598282.2023.2280836 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer & Julia Hermann (2022) - Technomoral Resilience as a Goal of Moral Education - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 27 (1), 57-72 - doi: 10.1007/s10677-022-10353-1 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer, Ipek Celik Rappas, Martin Rademacher & James Kapalo (2022) - Dignified Spaces in European Cities: A Co-Teaching Experiment - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2022) - De brede moraal en het narratieve denken - Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte - doi: 10.5117/ANTW2022.1.006.BAUE
- Katharina Bauer (2022) - "Do not make yourself a worm.": Reconsidering dignity as a duty towards oneself - Studies in Law Politics and Society, 88, 23-40
- Katharina Bauer & Maren Wehrle (2021) - Brief aus den Niederlanden - Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Philosophie, 69 (3), 452-464 - doi: 10.1515/dzph-2021-0038 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer, Julia Hermann & Christian Baatz (2021) - Coronavirus and climate change: what can the former teach us about the latter? - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2020) - Will the Corona Crisis Make Us Better? Activating (Fragile) Hope for Justice - Law, Culture and the Humanities, 1-17
- Katharina Bauer (2020) - Interexplikationen – Entfaltungen einer Phänomenologie der interdonation. - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2019) - Keeping it real. Is it possible to be truly authentic? - RSA Journal, 3 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2019) - Selbst-Authentifizierung. Ein verantwortliches Selbstverhaeltnis - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2018) - Cognitive Self-Enhancement as a Duty to Oneself: A Kantian Perspective - Southern Journal of Philosophy, 56 (1), 36-58 - doi: 10.1111/sjp.12267 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer (2018) - Über die Brückenfunktion der Kunst bei Ernst Cassirer
- Katharina Bauer (2018) - „Wer sich aber zum Wurm macht …“ – Würde als Selbstverpflichtung - Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Philosophie, 66, 607-625 - doi: 10.1515/dzph-2018-0043 - [link]
- Katharina Bauer, S Varga & C Mieth (2017) - Dimensions of Practical Necessity. An Introduction
- Katharina Bauer, S Varga & C Mieth (2017) - Dimensions of Practical Necessity. "Here I stand. I can do no other"
- Katharina Bauer (2017) - Selbst-Vergessen. Über den Umgang mit demenzbedingten Erfahrungen des Selbstverlusts
- Katharina Bauer (2019) - Human dignity in bioethical debates. In defence of a contentious concept (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2019) - Do not make yourself worm. A duty to oneself to respect one's own dignity (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2019) - Self-authentication. An elaborated ideal of authenticity (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Katharina Bauer (2019) - The gift, situatedness, and freedom (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Katharina Bauer (2019) - Make yourself better! Education and enhancement (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2018) - Personal Necessities in Human-Machine-Interaction (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2018) - Meaning what we say? - A comment on Sabina Lovibond's feminist ethics (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2017) - “Wer sich aber zum Wurm macht… – Über das Phänomen der Selbstentwürdigung” (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2016) - Imperatives of Self-Optimization (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Katharina Bauer (2015) - Personal Authenticity – Challenge for or Condition of Responsibility? (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte
- Start date approval
- June 2025
- End date approval
- June 2028
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
- Description
- member editorial team
Centrum voor Ethiek en Gezondheid
- Start date approval
- June 2025
- End date approval
- June 2028
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Ethics Committee
OZSW
- Start date approval
- June 2025
- End date approval
- June 2028
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Chair Chamber Practical Philosophy
Graduation Project
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-MST-GP001
Second Degree Thesis
- Level
- Bachelor 3
- Year Level
- Bachelor 3
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-DD3198
Moral Philosophy
- Year Level
- Bachelor 1, Bachelor 1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-PF1011
Premaster Bachelor Thesis
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-PRE100
Master Thesis Philosophy
- Level
- Master 1
- Year Level
- Master 1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-AFS4200
MA Central
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-MA000