Academic Staff
Dr. Ori Belkind
The director of the “Philosophy, Science and Digital Culture” M.A. Program. He specializes in the history and philosophy of the physical sciences. He writes on scientific method, Early Modern science and philosophy, and the philosophical foundation of physical thought.
Prof. Yoav Ariel
A world expert in Chinese philosophy and translator from classical Chinese to Hebrew of central texts in Daoist philosophy and religion. He specializes in comparative philosophy and in digital humanities.
yoava@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Menachem Fisch
Joseph and Ceil Mazer Professor of History and Philosophy of Science
Emeritus, and Director of the Center for Religious and Interreligious Studies at Tel Aviv University. He specializes in philosophy of mind and self, the critical nature of normativity and rationality, the nature of scientific revolutions, Talmudic dialogue, and philosophy of emotions and its political contexts.
Dr. Ilana Arbel
The academic advisor of the program. She specializes in modern and postmodern political philosophy, from Thomas Hobbs, J. J. Rousseau, to Karl Marx, Max Weber, Karl Popper and Michel Foucault.
Dr. Carmel Weissman
Specializes in digital culture, focusing on digital discourse, religion and technology, algorithmic culture, and the posthuman aspects of technological culture.
carmell@tauex.tau.ac.il
absolutecarmel.com
Dr. Ofer Nordheimer Nur
Specializes in the history and the critical sociology of cyberspace, focusing on questions of gender, masculinity, and pornography in the online world.
Dr. Noa Gedi
The academic manager of "Philosophy, Science and Digital Culture." She specializes in modern philosophy, in critical theory, in philosophy of history, and in philosophy of culture, with a special emphasis on questions of meaning and representation.
Dr. Itzhak Yosef
Specializes in the philosophy and history of science, and in mathematics and physics, specifically in the causal structure of space-time in the general theory of relativity.
Dr. Kuti Shoham
Specializes in Greek and modern philosophy, in philosophy of economics, in philosophy of psychology, and in existentialism, focusing on controversies.
Dr. Idan Shimoni
Specializes in modern philosophy, from John Lock and Gottfried Leibnitz to David Hume and Emanuel Kant, and in philosophy of management.
Dr. Ori Rotlevi
Specializes in the history of modern philosophy and in continental philosophy, focusing on practices of political resistance in the Marxist tradition and in Foucault.
orotlevy@gmail.com
Dr. Oren Bader
Specializes in phenomenology, philosophy of mind and cognition, and philosophy of biology, with a special emphasis on intersubjectivity and its alterations within mental disorders.
Dr. Ariel Handel
Specializes in political and critical theories, focusing on spatial, urban, and technology studies.
arielhan@yahoo.com
