Jana Baum

Jana Baum is a research associate in the research programme “Digital Democratic Innovations”. Her research interest is to explore the question of subjectivity and self-determination in the context of digitality and artificial intelligence.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2025: Recognized Student (supervised by Adrian Moore), Philosophy, Oxford University
• 04/2022 – 08/2022: Research Assistant at the Institute of Philosophy / University of Leipzig (Lecturer for Theoretical Philosophy) (parental leave replacement)
• Since 02/2022: Research assistant in the research programme “Digital Democratic Innovations” at CAIS
• 2020 – 2021: Research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy / University of Leipzig (tutor for History of Philosophy)
• 2019 – 2022: Study of philosophy (M.A.) at the University of Leipzig
• 2017 – 2018: Student assistant at the Institute for Journalism / Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (tutor for statistics)
• 2015 – 2018: Studies of Journalism and Philosophy (B.A.) at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Publications

• Baum, J. (2027, im Erscheinen). Programmierte Erfahrung? Kants zweite Analogie der Erfahrung und die Idee einer Künstlichen Intelligenz. In C. Horn, M. Ruffing & R. Schäfer (Hrsg.), Akten des 14. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses ‘The Court of Reason’ (Bonn, 8.–13. September 2024). De Gruyter.
• Hendawy, M., Baum, J., Cenan, A., Frechen, N., Goldmann, A., Heger, P., & Bieber, C. (2025). After the hype: The uncertain future of Smart Cities. In T. Kox, A. Ullrich & H. Zech (Hrsg.), Uncertain Journeys into Digital Futures (S. 283–296). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748947585-283
• Baum, J. (2024). Rezension von Jörg Noller: Digitalität. Zur Philosophie der digitalen Lebenswelt. In T. Buchheim, J. Hübner, A. Kern, M. Lutz-Bachmann, I. Mandrella, E. Mayr, J. Peters, W. Vossenkuhl (Hrsg.), Philosophisches Jahrbuch, Jahrgang 131 (2024), Heft 1, 150–152. Karl Alber. https://doi.org/10.5771/0031-8183-2024-1

Talks

• Baum, J. (2025). The Logical Alien, Error and Dogmatism [Vortrag]. UC Riverside-Leipzig-Doktoranden-Konferenz, Universität Leipzig.
• Baum, J. (2025). An ‘Investigation of the Mind, Not of Minds’? [Vortrag]. Annual Warwick-Geneva-Leipzig Workshop in the Philosophy of Mind, Universität Warwick.
• Baum, J. (2024). AI and Knowledge. 3rd International Conference on Human and Artificial Rationalities, Paris.
• Baum, J. (2024).Die Einheit des Systems. Kann die Apperception Engine theoretisches Wissen besitzen? 14. Internationaler Kant-Kongress, Bonn.
• Baum, J. (2023). Die Einheit des Systems – Kann die Apperception Engine theoretisches Wissen besitzen? Graduate Workshop, Universität Stuttgart.
• Baum, J. (2023). Unity and Primordiality of Reason. Workshop “Author meets Critics”, Universität Leipzig.
• Goldmann, A., Baum, J. (2023). Smart Cities in Metropolitan Regions – Analyzing strategies and funding schemes in the Ruhr Area, Germany. 6^th ICPP, Toronto.
• Baum, J. (2022). Ryle on voluntary actions – a dispositional explanation model. Workshop International School of Liberal Arts, Bratislava.
• Baum, J. (2022). The Use of the “I” for Rational Subjectivity – A Comparison between Neo-Kantianism and Boyle. Workshop “Author meets Critics”, Universität Leipzig.
• Baum, J. (2022). Ryle on voluntary actions – a dispositional explanation model. 4th Göttingen/Leipzig/Chicago Graduate Conference, Göttingen.