Short Bio
Leander Hirschsteiner is investigates what makes a good explanation. For him, explaining happens in argumentation and dialogue and good explanations cater for the specific gaps in understanding of one’s partner. In his research, he develops models of these pratices so that humans and machines explain and understand one another (and themselves) more easily. Christian’s and Kees van Berkel’s supervision, as well as his background in the application of logical methods for formal modeling, defeasible reasoning, and social sciences, help him in this work.