木瓜福利影视

Dr. Niels van Miltenburg

Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Theoretical Philosophy

Niels van Miltenburg is associate professor of theoretical philosophy and programme coordinator of the research master philosophy.

His research focuses on free will, agency, and the knowledge we obtain through, and need for, the performance of actions. He teaches courses on the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, interdisciplinarity and and the philosophy of action.

In addition, Niels regularly contributes to public philosophy with lectures for e.g. studium generale or in podcasts.

Niels received his PhD (cum laude) from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 for his dissertation Freedom in Action, in which he defends free will against recent criticism from both brain scientists and philosophers.