Stephan Hartmann

Stephan Hartmann (born 1 March 1968) is a German philosopher and Professor of Philosophy of Science at LMU Munich, known for his contributions to formal epistemology. Born in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, he studied physics and philosophy at the University of Giessen, earning his PhD in 1995. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Washington and held positions at the University of Konstanz, London School of Economics, and Tilburg University, where he founded the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS). Since 2012, he has been at LMU Munich, co-directing the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP). Hartmann has served as President of the European Philosophy of Science Association and the European Society for Analytic Philosophy. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.