Christian Pfeiffer
Biography
Before coming to Toronto, Christian Pfeiffer was employed as a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (roughly, assistant professor) and member of the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University and held a position as a visiting professor at the Humboldt University Berlin.
Christian Pfeiffer鈥檚 research interests are in ancient philosophy, in particular Aristotle. He is also interested in contemporary metaphysics. Current research projects include a monograph on Aristotle鈥檚 Metaphysics H as well as series of articles connected to topics in Aristotle鈥檚 Physics and Metaphysics.
Read more about Christian, his work and his interest in Philosophy in this interview.
Education
- MA, Humboldt University Berlin
- Dr. phil., Humboldt University Berlin
Teaching Interests
Teaching in 2024-25
PHLB31: Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Research Interests
Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics
Publications
- Aristotle鈥檚 Theory of Bodies. Oxford University Press, 2018.
- 鈥淢etaphysik H鈥, in: C. Rapp (ed.), Aristoteles: Metaphysik. Die Substanzb眉cher Zeta, Eta, Theta (Klassiker Auslegen),Akademie Verlag, expected date: 2018.
- 鈥淛oseph Geyser on Negative Judgments鈥, in: G. Hartung, C.G. King, C. Rapp (eds.), Aristotelian Studies in the 19th Century (New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy), Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, expected date: 2018.
- 鈥淎ristotle on Thinking the Infinite鈥 (with Mirjam Kotwick), in Mnemosyne 72 (2018), 1-29
- 鈥淎ristotle and the Thesis of Mereological Potentialism鈥, in: Philosophical Inquiry, 42, 3-4 (2018).
- 鈥淎ristotle on Being in the Same Place鈥, in: T. Buchheim and D. Mei脽ner (eds.), K枚rper. S么ma und Corpus in der antiken Philosophie und Literatur, Meiner. 2016.
- 鈥淕rasping Aristotle鈥檚 Intellect鈥 (with Pavel Gregori膰), in: Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale XXVI (2015), 13-32
- 鈥淭he Perfection of Bodies: Aristotle鈥檚 De Caelo I.1鈥 (with G谩bor Betegh and Francesca Pedriali), Rhizomata1 (2013), 30-62.
- 鈥淧hilosophie des Geistes鈥, in: Aristoteles-Handbuch. Leben-Werk-Wirkung, C. Rapp und K. Corcilius, J.B. Metzler, 2011.