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Dr. Jil Muller

Research Assistant, Faculty of Philosophy , Paderborn University

Focus of Work

My main research fields are History of philosophy (History of early modern philosophy, in particular French and German philosophies) and early modern Women Philosophers; Early modern philosophy and medicine; History of medicine and medical theories and Early modern philosophy of science.
My main research topics include Ethics and moral philosophy in Montaigne and Descartes (in connection with stoicism, epicureanism, medieval philosophy, and sixteenth-century French moralists); Moral philosophies in Women Philosophers (Sophie Germain, Marie de Gournay, Gabrielle Suchon, Émilie du Châtelet); Medical theories and practices in early modern philosophies and Philosophies of sciences and practical knowledge in early modern philosophies

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Social Sciences