Lena Kästner
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Lena Kästner

Google Scholar ID: HoOWtRgAAAAJ
Professor of Philosophy, Computer Science and AI, University of Bayreuth
philosophy of sciencephilosophy of mindphilosophy of neurosciencephilosophy of cognitive scienceexplainable AI
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Deepfakes in Criminal Investigations: Interdisciplinary Research Directions for CMC Research
2025
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Research Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, spring 2014
  • Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Ruhr-University Bochum, fall 2017
  • Junior Professor for Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Systems, Saarland University, January 2019
  • Assistant Professor for Philosophy of Science (specializing in data and digital society), Tilburg University, early 2022
  • Head of the interdisciplinary Master’s program “Philosophy & Computer Science”, University of Bayreuth, since winter 2024
  • Co-director of the Research Center for AI in Science and Society (RAIS²), University of Bayreuth
Background
  • Professor for Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • Background in cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience, holding a PhD in philosophy
  • Primary research areas: philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, especially philosophy of cognitive science
  • Specializes in scientific explanations (particularly of cognitive phenomena), causation, and scientific discovery and experimentation
  • Central research focus on architectures of natural and artificial intelligent systems
  • Works on models of psychopathology, machine learning models, and explainable AI (XAI)
  • Recently exploring epistemological and societal implications of widespread use of generative AI (genAI)