The Wolfgang Stegmüller Award, presented in 1994, recognized the doctoral research of Angelika Krebs on environmental ethics. Born in Mannheim in 1961, she developed a career spanning multiple international institutions, focusing on practical philosophy, the ethics of nature, and theories of emotion. She currently holds a chair at the University of Basel.
Academic Background
Krebs completed her academic training through studies in Freiburg, Oxford, Konstanz, and Berkeley. Her doctoral work in Frankfurt, completed in 1993, involved supervision from Friedrich Kambartel, Bernard Williams, and Jürgen Habermas. Following her doctorate, she served as an assistant professor in Frankfurt from 1993 to 2001, during which time she authored her habilitation thesis covering the subjects of work, justice, and love.
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Her research in environmental ethics centers on the intrinsic value of nature, characterizing it as a home or Heimat. Within the domain of political philosophy, she advocates for a humanistic approach to justice. This includes the argument that family labor should receive full recognition as economic activity. Her published contributions include Ethics of Nature. A Map, released in 1999, and the 1997 edited collection Naturethik.
Emotions and Aesthetics
The study of emotions forms a significant pillar of her work, particularly the development of a dialogical model of romantic love influenced by Martin Buber and Max Scheler. In 2013, she co-founded the European Society for the Philosophical Study of Emotions alongside Aaron Ben-Ze'ev and Anthony Hatzimoysis. She later co-edited a four-volume collection on the philosophy of emotions with Ben-Ze'ev in 2017. Her recent academic output has expanded into aesthetics, specifically examining the significance of landscape beauty.
Institutional Contributions
Appointed to the chair for practical philosophy at the University of Basel in 2001, she has maintained a long tenure at the institution. Her professional standing includes service on the advisory boards for both German and Swiss philosophical societies. She was a Rockefeller visiting fellow at the Center for Human Values in Princeton and a Rachel Carson fellow. She has been a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2013.
Fast facts
- Born: 1961, Mannheim
- Citizenship: Germany
- Current Position: Chair for Practical Philosophy, University of Basel
- Doctoral Supervisors: Friedrich Kambartel, Bernard Williams, Jürgen Habermas
- Major Award: Wolfgang Stegmüller Award, 1994
- Languages: German
- Key Research Area: Environmental Ethics
- Fellowship: European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2013)
Questions readers ask
What is the focus of her work on romantic love?
She develops a dialogical model of love, drawing on the philosophical work of Martin Buber and Max Scheler.
How does she view family work in an economic context?
She argues that family labor should be fully recognized and valued as economic work.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Basel
