Dr. Eva-Maria Düringer

Research Associate for Philosophy Didactics

University of Tübingen
Philosophical Seminar
Bursagasse 1
D - 72070 Tübingen
Room 312

+49 (0)7071 29 78299
eva-maria.dueringerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

office hours during the semester break: 8/3/26, 9/7/26, 9/14/26, 9/21/26, 10/12/26, 9-10 a.m., Room 312, Burse

Main research

My main research lies in the area of moral philosophy and repeatedly links to philosophy of mind and aesthetics. I am currently researching on suffering and the role of suffering in virtue ethics.

You can find more information here: www.emduringer.de

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2024	Research assistant in philosophy didactics, University of Tübingen
Since 2019	Own role in the DFG Project “Das natürlich Schlechte: Zum Wesen des Leids und seiner Rolle in der gegenwärtigen Tugendethik ” (natural badness: on the nature of suffering and its role in contemporary virtue ethics), University of Tübingen
2010-2019	Lecturer, University of Tübingen
2005 - 2009	Doctorate in philosophy at the University of York, UK – degree: Ph.D. in philosophy
2003 - 2005	Studies of philosophy, history, and English studies at the University of Marburg – degree: Magistra Artium in philosophy, history, and English studies
2002 - 2003	Studies of philosophy at the Linköpings Universitet, Sweden – degree: M.A. in philosophy
2001 - 2002	Studies abroad at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
1999 - 2001	Studies of philosophy, history, and English studies at the University of Freiburg

Publications

Books

Evaluating Emotions, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Articles

"Desires and Fiction", Journal of Literary Theory, 2018, 12(2), S. 241-59.

"Being Worthy of Happiness: Towards a Kantian Appreciation of our Finite Nature" (mit Sabine A. Döring), Philosophical Topics, 2015, 41(1), S. 123-42.

"Intentional Emotions and Knowledge about God", European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2014, 6(3), S. 153-70.

"Comment on Holan's 'Emerging Issues in the Cross-Cultural Study of Empathy'" (mit Sabine A. Döring), Emotion Review, 2012, 4, S. 79–80.

"Do Emotions Represent Values by Registering Bodily Changes?", Organon F, 16, 2009, S. 62–81.

"Why Values are not like Secondary Qualities", in: Martina Fürst, Wolfgang Gombocz, Christian Hiebaum (eds): Gehirne und Personen: Beiträge zum 8. Internationalen Kongreß der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Graz. Frankfurt Heusenstamm: Ontos Verlag, 2008, S. 203–15.