Scholar
Lena Kästner
Google Scholar ID: HoOWtRgAAAAJ
Professor of Philosophy, Computer Science and AI, University of Bayreuth
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,139
H-index
12
i10-index
12
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
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)
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