| 1984-1991: | Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Philosophy and Russian Studies at the Universities of Fribourg, Bern and Göttingen, Dissertation (Dr. phil.): “Theories of Propositional Truth in the 14th Century” (summa cum laude) |
| 1991-1992: | Visiting Scholar at Cornell University (Ithaca N.Y.) |
| 1992-1993: | Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1993-1995: | Lecturer at the University of Göttingen |
| 1996: | Habilitation at the University of Göttingen: "Descartes' Theory of Representation" |
| 1996-1997: | Fellow of Alls Souls and Lecuturer in Philosophy at Oxford University |
| 1997-2003: | Professor of Philosophy at the University of Basel |
| 2002: | "Conférences Pierre Abélard" at the University of Paris IV, Sorbonne |
| since 2003: | Professor of Philosophy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2004-2008: | Chair of the Philosophy Department |
| since 2007: | Member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Science and President of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy |
| 2007-2010: | President of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy |
| 2009: | Silverman Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University |
| 2010: | Scholar in residence at Istituto Svizzero di Roma |
| 2011: | Leibniz Lectures at the University of Hannover |