Homepage of Johannes Mierau — Teaching

Courses I offer in summer semester 2025:

Epistemology of Physics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

link to course material (on Moodle TU Dortmund)


Courses I have previously taught include:

Theoretical philosophy I

an introductory course on epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, science and mind

Philosophy of science

a seminar on philosophy of science and evidence-based decision making for Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) and Management master students

Marxism for the 21st century

an overview on contemporary developments in Marxism and Marxist solutions to current crises, seminar for PPE master students

Critical theory

an introduction to critical theory for PPE master students

Critique of Pure Reason

a reading course of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Being and Nothingness

an introduction to Sartre's Being and Nothingness

Interpretation course: Basic texts on epistemology of the modern era

methodological course on reading techniques and text interpretation of philosophical writings in co-teaching with Tobias Häusler

Philosophy of chance

a seminar on different perspectives on chance in the philosophy of science

Critical thinking and formal logic

lectures and tutorials on crititcal thinking and formal logic for philosophers

Argumentation theory

a tutorial on informal argumentation theory for students of practical philosophy

Introduction to game theory

basics of game theory for philosophy and economics students

Tutorial to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

a tutorial class on exercises for a theoretical physics course on thermodynamics and statistical mechanics