About me

Welcome! I’m Gabriel Târziu, a philosopher specialised in epistemology, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mathematics, with particular interests in scientific understanding, explanation, and the applicability of mathematics to the physical world. My earlier work engaged with classical debates in mathematical ontology and the role of mathematics in scientific practice, and I held research positions in Iași, Munich, Brussels, Essen, and Ghent before joining the MCMP (LMU Munich) as a Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in 2022, where I worked on a project on understanding in climate science. 

In 2025 I joined the SOCRATES Research Group at Leibniz University Hannover as a postdoctoral researcher, where my research focused on the relationship between public understanding of science, trust in science, and the impact of non‑epistemic values on laypeople’s epistemic stances. I am now the Principal Investigator of a DFG research project on Reactive Disinformation in Climate Science, based at the MCMP (LMU Munich).

Philosophy is more than a profession for me—it’s a way of life, driven by a deep need to explore, to question, and to understand the world around me. This may sound cheesy, but it is how I feel.