Kaleri Ekaterini

Associate Professor

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Education

• Degree in German Language and Literature (University of Thessaloniki)
• Degree in Philosophy (University of Thessaloniki)
• Doctoral studies in Philosophy, Dr. Phil. University of Karlsruhe (meanwhile: KIT)

Selected Publications

Books

1. Methodolgie der literarischen Stilinterpretation. Versuch einer analytischen Durchdringung hermeneutischer Strukturen, Wuerzburg (Koenigshausen und Neumann) 1993.
2. Hans Lenk, Philosophie und Interpretation. Vorlesungen zur Entwicklung konstruktionistischer Interpretationsansaetze,  ueberarbeitet unter Mitwirkung von Ekaterini Kaleri, Frankfurt a. M. (Suhrkamp) 1993, coauthor (five chapters) and revisor of the volume

Articles

1. «Werkimmanenz und Autor», in: F. Jannidis, G. Lauer, M. Martinez, S. Winko (Hrsg.), Rueckkehr des Autors. Zur Erneuerung eines umstrittenen Begriffs, Tuebingen (Max Niemeyer) 1999, pp. 235-254
2. «Aesthetische Wahrheit: Transformation der Erkenntnistheorie in der Aesthetik Georg Friedrich Meiers», in: Joerg Schoenert / Friedrich Vollhardt (Hg.), Geschichte der Hermeneutik und die Methodik der textinterpretierenden Disziplinen, Berlin – New York (Walter de Gruyter) 2005, pp. 365-402
3. «Finalitaet und Interpretation in der Hermeneutik», in: R. Duerr, G. Gebauer, M. Maring,  Schuett (Hg.), Praktisches Philosophieren. Festschrift fuer Hans Lenk, Muenster (LIT Verlag) 2005, pp. 44-56
4. «Ερμηνευτικός Κύκλος: μια ανάλυση της λογικής δομής της μεθόδου της ερμηνείας στις ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες», 2th Greek Congress of Philosophy of Science, Athens Nov., 29th  – Dec., 1st 2012, in preparation for publication
5. «Die Ueberwindung des Dualismus in Wilhlem Dilthey’s erkenntnistheoretischem und ontologischem Denken», 23th World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, August, 4th -10th 2013, in preparation for publication

 
Research Interests

• Hermeneutics: history of hermeneutics (esp. after 17th century), philosophical hermeneutics, Wilhelm Dilthey, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer
• Philosophy of Science: the crisis of positivism in the analytical philosophy of science, the problem of theoretical terms, holism, logic of scientific theories, logic of interpretation, philosophy and methodology of the human sciences
• Epistemology: holism, perfection, meaning, finality
• Aesthetics and theory of art: mimesis, art and truth, theory of style

 
Academic distinctions

Academic positions

• 2006-2010 Head of the Department of Philosophy (Univ. of Patras)
• 1991-1993 elected member of the board of the faculty of the School of Social- and Human Sciences at the University of Karlsruhe

 
Invited participation at conferences and workshops

• 1993: „Zeichen und Interpretation“, Bad Homburg (workshop)
• 1997: “Literarische und philosophische Weltentwuerfe – zwei Wege, ein Ziel?” workshop at the „Deutscher Romanistentag“, Jena
• 1997: “Rueckkehr des Autors?”, international specialist conference funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• 2001: “Die Geschichte der Hermeneutik und die Methodik der textinterpertierenden Disziplinen”, international specialist conference funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

 
Scholarships

• graduate scholar of the German Exchange Service (DAAD), 1976-1982,
• undergraduate scholar of the greek state scholarships foundation (IKY)

 
Courses

Undergraduate Courses

• Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
• Laboratory Course in Philosophical Reading: Modern Philosophy Texts
• Aesthetics
• Texts in 20th century philosophy

 
Graduate Courses

• Issues in the Philosophy of Science