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Research​

· Epistemology of Understanding
· General Philosophy of Science (esp. Structuralism)

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2021
PhD Candidate, University of Zurich. Employed in the SNF research project „Evidence: Knowledge and Understanding“,
Dissertation Project: The Epistemology of Understanding,
supervised by Anne Meylan (Zurich) and Christoph Kelp (Glasgow)

09/2023 – 02/2024
Visiting Graduate Researcher, UCLA, Los Angeles CA, with Kareem Khalifa

01/2023 – 02/2023
Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, with Catherine Elgin

10/2018 - 09/2021
PhD Candidate, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg

08/2017 - 12/2017
Visiting Graduate Student (Erasmus), University of Bergen

10/2016 - 03/2020
Master of Arts in Philosophy, University of Stuttgart
Master Thesis: The Notion of Grasping. Scientific Understanding as a Matter of Know-How

10/2013 - 10/2016
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Stuttgart

University of Zurich

Belak, A. (2025). Trust Coherently. Ein Kommentar zu Trust Responsibly. Non-Evidential Virtue Epistemology. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 79, 106-109. (external link).