Dr. Markus Wild

Markus Wild (1971) has been assistant lecturer at the philosophy department at Humbold University since December 2004. He has participated in the preparations for the project "Transformations of Mind. Philosophical Psychology from 1500-1700.", and has participated in events and conferences in the frame of this project.

Systematically, his major research interests are in the philosophy of mind (of animals), and historically in early modern philosophy, ranging from Montaigne to Hume.

Selected Publications:

with D.Perler: Der Geist der Tiere. Philosophische Texte zu einer aktuellen Debatte (übers. von D. Perler, G. Weber und M. Wild), Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp 2005..

Die anthropologische Differenz. Der Geist der Tiere in der frühen Neuzeit bei Montaigne, Descartes und Hume, Berlin/New York: De Gruyter 2006.