philosopher university professor
Raatzsch studied philosophy and history at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). After earning his Doctor of Philosophy at that institution, he pursued a teaching and research career at the University of Leipzig, first at the Institute for Logic and Philosophy of Science ("Institut für Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie"), and subsequently at the Institute for Philosophy ("Institut für Philosophie").
Since 2008, he has been Chair of Ethics within the European Business School (European Business School) at Reichartshausen Castle in Oestrich-Winkel/Rheingau (Germany). In 1999, he earned the habilitation degree for a study of Ludwig Wittgenstein"s Philosophical Investigations. The study was published in book form under the title Ein Kommentar (Something Strange Wittgenstein"s Philosophical Investigations A Commentary) in 2003.
In 2004, Raatzsch served as Chair of Political Philosophy and Philosophical Anthropology at the University of Potsdam (Germany).
He also taught at the universities of Street Gallen (Switzerland) and Bergen (Norway). From 2006 to 2008, a Heisenberg Grant enabled him to do research at Cambridge University (United Kingdom).
Since then, he has been a "life member" of Clare Hall College Cambridge (United Kingdom). From 1996 on, Raatzsch has been editor of the international periodical Wittgenstein Studies.
Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Mind Metaphilosophy Ethics Political Philosophy.
