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Tobias E. Gronbach

Current affiliations

  • Junior professorship of Religious Studies (Prof. Rüsch)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Erkenntnistheorie und Metaphysik
  • Religionsphilosophie
  • Hagiographien (insb. buddhistische Hagiographien)
  • Chinesischer Buddhismus (insb. Chán 禪)
  • Hagiographie von Huìnéng 惠能

Academic Education

since 2024Execution of a doctorate project (Ph. D. featuring Philosophy of Religion as focus area) at the Department of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Münster
2021 - 2024Master program in Philosophy (M. A.), University of Münster; the thesis was supervised by: Prof. Dr. Michael Quante, and Dr. Tim Rojek; thesis’ title: The function of Hegel’s critique of Kant’s conception of concepts in section "Vom Begriff im Allgemeinen" in Hegel’s <i>Wissenschaft der Logik</i>
2017 - 2021Bachelor program in Philosophy & Sinology (B. A.), University of Münster; the thesis was supervised by: Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker, and Dr. Tim Rojek; thesis’ title: The early Wittgenstein’s critique of metaphysics – a transcendental-semantic debilitation
2013 - 2017Bachelor program in Cognitive Science (B. Sc.), Technical University of Darmstadt; the thesis was supervised by: Prof. Ph. D. Constantin A. Rothkopf, and Dr. David Hoppe; thesis’ title: Rational Models of Multi-Cue Decision Making: Taking Steps Towards Algorithmic Accounts

Work Experience

since 2024Research Associate / Academic Staff at the Department of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Münster
2022 - 2023Tutor for the course <i>Glaube und Vernunft</i>; Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Nitsche, Seminar für Fundamentaltheologie und Religionsphilosophie, University of Münster
2018 - 2023Tutor for the course <i>Logik und Argumentationstheorie</i>; Prof. Dr. Niko Strobach, Philosophisches Seminar, University of Münster
2020 - 2021Research Assistant for the areas <i>Ästhetik</i>, <i>Philosophie der Kunst</i>, <i>Kulturphilosophie</i> und <i>Rechtsphilosophie</i>; Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker, Philosophisches Seminar, University of Münster
2014 - 2017Mentor for the program <i>Mentoring Psychologie in IT</i>; Prof. Dr. Joachim Vogt und M. Sc. Judith Kramwinkel, Institute for Psychology, Technical University of Darmstadt

Projects

The Methodological Function of the Hagiography of Huineng
Duration: since 01/05/2024
Type of project: Own resources project

Doctorates

[Working title] Die erkenntnistheoretische Funktion der Hagiographie Huinengs
Candidate: ??? | Supervisors: Rüsch, Markus
Period of time: 01/05/2024 - today
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster