Korbinians Kolleg 2025/26

Truth in the arts and how we can understand it

Unlike science and law, art is not bound to truth.
Precisely because of this, it enables unique experiences and insights.

And perhaps aesthetic experience can even provide important inspiration for other areas of society – from the scientific and legal pursuit of truth to decision-making in politics and business, and even to imaging techniques in medicine.

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Three scenes about the artificiality of nature

Artificiality is attributed to culture, which is considered malleable and historically changeable, and contrasted with nature, which is understood as immutable and necessary. But this distinction between nature and culture can no longer hold true when one considers technological, biomedical, digital, and epistemological revolutions. 

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Is AI really about K and I?

The heated debate surrounding “AI” has a lot to do with the term itself—we no longer talk about “pattern recognition,” “computer-assisted language analysis,” or similar concepts, but rather about “artificial intelligence”—which comes with a completely different set of expectations.

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Prosperity and security: A slightly different view of nature

Our prosperity depends directly on stable ecosystems. But are we really aware of how fragile they are? Nature is not something we can take for granted; it needs protection, care, and a clear political framework. Healthy soils, functioning water cycles, and biological diversity ensure food security, health, and economic development—and for 96% of people in Germany, they are a central part of their quality of life.

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Cybercrime – Does the justice system stand a chance in the underground economy?

Crime is such a perennial issue for humanity that it can be seen as a natural side effect of the process of civilization. That is why it has also taken hold of the latest digital developments. The threat situation in cyberspace is testing our ability to radically rethink our approach like hardly any other phenomenon of our time. The challenges for companies are immense. They are no less daunting for law enforcement agencies.

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typologies

What distinguishes us, what makes us the same? What can we actually discern or recognize from outward appearances? Do the differences describe something individual or a type, a genre, origin, or class? What can an image reveal that a word conceals? Only juxtaposition makes it possible to determine, through direct comparison, what is individual, what is universal, normative, or real.

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