PD Dr. Martin Lenz

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Martin Lenz (*1970) runs the research group “Transformations of the Mind. Philosophical Psychology from 1500 to 1750” at Humboldt University Berlin. He studied at the Universities of Bochum, Budapest and Hull (PhD in 2001 in Bochum). As a fellow of the Emmy Noether Pro-gramme (DFG), he became a Senior Member of Wolfson College and was Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge (2002-2004). From 2004 he was Research Associate at Free University Berlin, from 2006 at Humboldt University (Habilitation in 2009). From 2009 to 2010 he was Visiting Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Tübingen University.

He specializes in philosophy of langugage, in philosophy of mind and in epistemology. His historical research is mainly on medieval and modern philosophy.

Selected Books:

Mentale Sätze: Wilhelm von Ockhams Thesen zur Sprachlichkeit des Denkens, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2003

Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry: Their Function and Significance, Ashgate: Aldershot 2008 (ed. with I. Iribarren)

Lockes Sprachkonzeption, Berlin & New York: W. de Gruyter (forthcoming in June 2010)

Selected Papers:
“Peculiar Perfection: Peter Abelard on Propositional Attitudes”, in: Journal of the History of Philosophy 43/4 (2005), 377-386

“Are Thoughts and Sentences Compositional? A Controversy between Abelard and a Pupil of Alberic on the Reconciliation of Ancient Theses on Mind and Language”, in: Vivarium 45/2 (2007), 169-188

“Why is Thought Linguistic? Ockham’s Two Conceptions of the Intellect”, in: Vivarum 46/3 (2008), 302-317