Akiko Frischhut
Nationality: Geman
E-mail: akiko.frischhut@gmail.com
Degrees: Magisto Artium (Erlangen-Nuremberg), MLitt in Philosophy (Glasgow)
Current Degree Course: PhD joint at Glasgow and Geneva
Supervisor: Dr Fiona Macpherson and Dr Fabrice Correia
Thesis Topic
Metaphysical Aspects of the Specious Present
Other Research Interests
Philosophy of Time, Personal Identity, Relativism, Mind-Body Problem, Perception
Presentations
September 2007, “The Ontology of Experiences”, Annual Suisse PhD Meeting ( Prodoc Candidates), Ovronnaz
March 2007, “The Persistence of Persons”, Phileas Series of Talks, Geneva
February 2007, “Tensed Crosstemporal Relations”, Prodoc Metaphysics Conference, Geneva
May 2006, “Is reality relative to the Self?”, 10th Annual Swiss Graduate Conference, Bern
Teaching Experience
02/2007 - 05/2008 Tutored second year course: Russel and Ayer and Introduction to Formal Logic, University of Glasgow
08/2005 - 03/2006 Tutoried second year course: “Logisch-semantische Propädeutik” , University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
11/2005 - 07/2006 Lecturer: Medieval Philosophy, Volkshochschule Nuremberg (Adult Education Center, Germany)
Languages
German (first language)
English (fluent)
French (conversational)
Further Information
I am a Research Assistant on the Properties and Relations Project at the Univesrity of Geneva and a member of the
EIDOS Centre of Metaphysics at the University of Geneva.
I sucessfully attended the Geneva Summer School on the Philosophy of Physics 2008.