Prof. Dr. Michael Hampe

Michael Hampe has been full Professor for Philosophy at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences at ETH Zurich since Oktober 1st, 2003. He was born 1961 in Hannover, Germany. From 1980-1984 he studied Philosophy, Psychology and History of German Literature in Heidelberg and Cambridge. M.A. 1984. 1984-1989 Study of Biology with neurobiology and genetics as special subjects and research assistant in Heidelberg. Dr. phil. 1989, Habilitation 1994, Assistant and Oberasstistant in Heidelberg. 1990/1991 Research scholar of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 1990-1992 Visiting Professor for Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. 1994 Gerhard-Hess-Prize of the -Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-. 1994-1999 Director of the interdisciplinary research project of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the concept of Law in natural and social sciences and in jurisprudence. 1994-1995 Fellow at the Institut for Advanced Study Berlin. 1997-1999 Professor for theoretical Philosophy at Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel. 1999-2003 Chair for Philosophy II at Bamberg University. Since 2001 director (together with Martin Carrier of Bielefeld University) of the research project of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the history of the concept of natural law in early modernity.

Research intrests: Philosophy and History of the empirical sciences, critical theory and metaphysics, science and public interests, technologies of self-reflection.