I am Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Turin. Actually, I am more of a philosopher of science and formal epistemologist than a logician, but since moving to Turin, I am working in logic and formal semantics, too.
The picture shows me in the hills around Genoa, May 2024.
You can make an appointment for my office hour online. You will not find me in the Mole Antonelliana in the picture, but in the place with the view:
Palazzo Nuovo, office 6/303 (sixth floor)
University of Turin
Via Sant'Ottavio 20, 10124 Torino, Italy
Email: jan.sprenger [at] unito.it
Moreover, I have some useful tips for philosophical writing, and for your thesis in particular!
Before coming to Turin, I worked for almost ten years at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. I obtained my PhD from the University of Bonn for a thesis on the foundations of inductive inference in 2008 supervised by Andreas Bartels.
I also love travelling. During my career, I visited research centres in the UK, the United States and in one of my favorite countries: Australia (photo taken during a hiking trip in March 2017).
I like to play the piano, to listen to music, to do sports, to cook/to eat, to read, and to meet with friends. Since my move to Turin, I am also enthusiastic about hiking in the nearby Alps and I regularly go skiing in winter (if there is enough snow...).
The picture is taken from the Via Lattea skiing area and shows Val Chisone with Val Troncea and Punta Rognosa in the background.
Wikipedia lists me as a chess player who also has an academic career. Perhaps this was true in a distant past, but not any more. I might still be a quite reasonable player, but I have mostly stopped playing. In return, I have taken up the composition of chess studies. Moreover, the name of this website is evidently chess-inspired.
The picture shows me at a tournament in Gallipoli, Italy, in 2016. I remember that the tournament did not go too well, though I greatly enjoyed the venue.