Dr. Jens Kertscher

Biographical information

Jens Kertscher, Dr. phil., studied Philosophy and Romance Studies in Cologne, Florence, Tübingen and Heidelberg. Doctorate in Heidelberg. Research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy at TU Darmstadt.

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Main research interests:

  • Philosophy of language
  • Theory of action
  • Normative ethics
  • Philosophy of pragmatism


Areas of interest: 17th and 18th century philosophy (focus: Descartes, Hume, Kant); didactics of philosophy

Most recently published:
Praktisches Wissen.Konzeptueller Rahmen und logische Geographie eines grundlegenden Begriffs der praktischen Philosophie, ed. together with Philipp Richter.

Downloads:
Eine “praktische Lücke” im Beweis – zur methodologischen Kritik des Konsequenzialismus und des Prinzips der maximierenden Rationalität (opens in new tab) (together with Philipp Richter, ZEMO 3, 2/2020)

Handeln als Problem des Wissens. Eine kurze Einführung in den Schwerpunkt (opens in new tab) (AZP 45, 3/2020)

A complete list of publications can be found here (opens in new tab) (as of May 2024).

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