Marcus Willaschek

I am a professor of modern philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany). My work focuses primarily on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, but also on questions of contemporary metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. I see philosophy as a contribution to the good life and social progress. While many of my publications are aimed at experts, in others I strive to make the complexity of philosophical questions accessible to a broad audience. In doing so, I am guided by the Wittgensteinian motto: What can be said at all can be said clearly and understandably. My book “Kant. Die Revolution des Denkens” (C.H. Beck: München 2023) was shortlisted for the 2024 German Non-Fiction Prize and translated into several languages, including English (“Kant. A Revolution in Thinking”, Harvard University Press: Cambridge 2025). I am currently working on a book about the question whether we have reason to fear death.