Tobias Keiling
Associate Professor
Co-Director
Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European PhilosophyLink opens in a new window
Convenor
MA in Continental PhilosophyLink opens in a new window
Research Interests
At the centre of my research is "continental" philosophy, particularly Heidegger, Husserl, and Gadamer. I study these authors from two angles. In a historical perspective, I want to understand how 20th century philosophy develops, criticizes, and adapts earlier European philosophy. With a view to issues in metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics, I ask what the tradition I work on can contribute to ongoing debates.
Career
2022- 91福利 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
2019-2022 Bonn Lecturer, Institut f眉r Philosophie
2013-2016 Freiburg Post-Doc, Philosophisches Seminar/SFB 1015
Degrees
2013 Dr. Phil. University of Freiburg, Germany
2013 PhD. Boston College, USA
2009 Magister Artium University of Freiburg (Philosophy, Public Law, Sociology)
Select Publications and Projects
NEW Monograph on Gadamer's hermeneutics
Edited volume
Twelve chapters on Heidegger's magnum opus by leading scholars. Includes my chapter "".
Edited and introduced
A brilliant essay by Czech phenomenologist Jan Pato膷ka on how we live on in the life of others. 2nd edition 2026. Most recently reviewed in .
Heideggerswritings.org
With and , I run , the most extensive and up-to-date online bibliography of Heidegger's writings and letters.
Sloths: a cultural history
An academic guilty pleasure and my most successful book: a cultural history of the sloth, co-authored with anglicism Heidi Liedke. Featured in German radio and newspapers.
Edited Volume
Chapters give an overview of phenomenological theories of agency from Husserl to the present. Includes my chapter "".
Enabling thinking
My take on Heidegger's philosophy of technology: "".
With Roberta Dreon (Venice), I received a joint research grant from the university alliance (125.000鈧�).
PhD supervision
鈥楾he Possibility of Plant Minds鈥� (cotutelle Venice University) 2025-
鈥楬eidegger鈥檚 Intuition Thesis in Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics鈥� 2022-
鈥楾owards an Understanding of Othering鈥� 2022-2026.
Dictionary Work
I wrote long articles on phenomenological accounts of and the concept of for the Encyclopedia of Phenomenology. I also authored entries in the and for Oxford Bibliographies on the and Heidegger.
Intellectual History
With Ian Alexander Moore, I co-authored a little on B眉hlerh枚he, the luxury spa resort where Heidegger lectured on Trakl and technology after WW II. You can read it for free in and translation.
Phenomenology and Ontology in the Later Heidegger
Chapter in the .
More Heidegger
贰辫辞肠丑茅 2023
, in: Heidegger and the Human (ed. Jeff Malpas/Ingo Farin, Albany: SUNY 2022.
, Research in Phenomenology 2017.
, Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology 2017.
", in: Rethinking Faith: Heidegger between Nietzsche and Wittgenstein (ed. Antonio Cimino/Gert-Jan van der Heiden) London: Bloomsbury 2016.
, T眉bingen: Mohr Siebeck 2015 [Dr. phil. dissertation]
Series Editor
With Matthias Flatscher and Annika Schlitte, I co-edit the monograph series with Mohr Siebeck, T眉bingen.
Humboldt grant
In 2019/2020, I was a Feodor-Lynen Fellow at , Oxford, working on Heidegger and mediaeval philosophy.
Research network
With from DFG, I lead a collaborative project on phenomenological approaches to metaphysics.
Some other papers
, Research in Phenomenology 2026.
, in: Wirklichkeit/Fiktion. Spannungsfelder eines Verh盲ltnisses (ed. Markus Gabriel/Birgit M眉nch), T眉bingen: Mohr Siebeck 2026.
, International Yearbook for Hermeneutics 2022
, Zeitschrift f眉r Kulturphilosophie 2019