Volker Halbach

Volker Halbach
Born	(1965-10-21) 21 October 1965 (age 59) Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Occupation(s)	Philosopher, Logician
Years active	1991–present
Website	www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/people/volker-halbach

Volker Halbach (born 21 October 1965 in Ingolstadt, Germany) is a German logician and philosopher. His main research interests are in philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, and epistemology, with a focus on formal theories of truth. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, Tutorial Fellow of New College, Oxford. ^{[1] [2]}

Education and career

Volker Halbach's philosophical studies began at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He graduated in 1991 with an M.A. (Master of Arts) and in 1994 with a doctorate in philosophy (D.Phil., summa cum laude) with a dissertation titled "Tarski-Hierarchien". ^[3] In 2001 he earned his habilitation with a thesis on "Semantics and Deflationism".

Halbach was an assistant professor at Universität Konstanz (1997-2004).

In 2004, he took up at role at New College, University of Oxford, where he teaches logic-related courses including Introduction to Logic and Elements of Deductive Logic in the first year, Philosophical Logic, Formal Logic, Philosophy of Logic & Language, and Philosophy of Mathematics.

He served as Vice-President of the British Logic Colloquium until 2022.

Philosophical work

Halbach is author of several articles and books including The Logic Manual, a textbook on undergraduate logic, and Axiomatic Theories of Truth. ^[4]

References

1. "Volker Halbach". www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
2. "Volker Halbach | New College". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
3. Halbach, Volker, Tarski-Hierarchien, Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung München, München, 1994.
4. "Works by Volker Halbach". PhilPapers. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

External links

• Interview at 3AM Magazine