{"id":997,"date":"2023-05-19T08:07:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/?page_id=997"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:35","slug":"philosophy-of-language-and-cognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/philosophy-of-language-and-cognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy of Language and Cognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#17365c\"><strong>Prof. Dr. Markus Werning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Research Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My agenda is deeply rooted in a naturalistic understanding of philosophy. The overarching goal of my research is to approach questions in the philosophy of language and cognition and related areas with exact theoretical (formal semantics, Bayesianism, computational modelling) and advanced empirical methods (EEG and fMRI). I view these areas of philosophy in continuity with the cognitive sciences where, in philosophy, emphasis is put on theoretical rigor as well as meta- and cross-disciplinary aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Semantics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bayesianism <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conceptual explication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EEG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Behavioral studies (questionnaires)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Master theses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Master-projects_Professor-Werning_2026.pdf\">Suggestions for Master projects in the department of <i><i>Philosophy of Language and Cognition <\/i><\/i>(2026)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of previously supervised theses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do we comprehend pun-based jokes: An event-related potential study (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Effect of Modulating Cortical Gamma Oscillation on Language Processing and Inhibitory Control (2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/phil-lang\/\">click here<\/a> to find out more about the department of <i> Philosophy of Language and Cognition <\/i> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Markus Werning Research Interest My agenda is deeply rooted in a naturalistic understanding of philosophy. The overarching goal of my research is to approach questions in the philosophy of language and cognition and related areas with exact theoretical (formal semantics, Bayesianism, computational modelling) and advanced empirical methods (EEG and fMRI). I view these areas of philosophy in continuity with the cognitive sciences where, in philosophy, emphasis is put&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/philosophy-of-language-and-cognition\/\"> &raquo; read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/997\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}