Der Band versammelt Beiträge internationaler Forscherinnen und Forscher, die sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Schelling und Heidegger einer bedeutenden Konstellation der Philosophie der Moderne widmen. Anhand zentraler Begriffe wie Sein, Grund und Ungrund wird die Frage erörtert, welche Bedeutung [...]
more informationNach dem Ende aller Ursprungs-Mythen der Kunst samt ihrer Anti-Mythen ist es um sie schlecht bestellt. Verkapselt im omnipotenten Markt feiert eine Gruppe von Künstler-Stars internationale Erfolge mit imposanten Ausstellungen. Bedient von Theorie-Lieferanten verschafft sie sich ein gutes [...]
more informationAn der aktuellen Pandemie wird deutlich, dass unvorhersehbare Risiken kommende Generationen und deren Lebensgestaltung massiv beeinträchtigen können und fundamentale Gerechtigkeitskonflikte hervorrufen bzw. verstärken können. Diese Risiken, welche sowohl menschengemacht (z.B. Atomwaffen, starke KI) [...]
more informationGerechtigkeitsfragen sind schon auf innerstaatlicher Ebene hart umkämpft – z.B.: Wie viel Sozialleistung ist etwa bei Arbeitslosigkeit angemessen? –, aber auf globaler Ebene nimmt die Komplexität dieser Fragen enorm zu. Mehr noch: Es ist unklar, ob wir es global gesehen überhaupt mit Fragen der [...]
more informationSeit Max Weber und Hans Jonas den Begriff »Verantwortung« in die Debatte einführten, gilt es, ihn angemessen zu verstehen. Ausgehend von einer Rekonstruktion des Unterschieds von »Moralität« und »Sittlichkeit« (u.a. bei Kant und Hegel) wird eine Aporie in der modernen Moralphilosophie deutlich, die [...]
more informationEs gibt kaum eine radikalere Infragestellung des kulturellen Selbstverständnisses der heutigen entwickelten Industriegesellschaften als die These, die Papst Johannes Paul II. zu einem wesentlichen Element seiner Verkündigung und der gesellschaftspolitischen Haltung der katholischen Kirche gemacht [...]
more informationDie Relevanz einer begriffsgeschichtlichen Betrachtung des nihil negativum (absolutes Nichts) und des Nihilismus in der Klassischen Deutschen Philosophie ist unbestritten. Dieser Band versammelt Texte von Timpler, Wolff, Baumgarten, Kant und seinen Kommentatoren, Jacobi, Hegel und Fichte. Aber auch [...]
more informationMenschen sind, anders als Löwen oder Störche, „Produzenten ihrer eigenen Lebensform“. Eine Lebensform löst und stellt dabei von neuem die erst selbstverursachten Probleme des menschlichen Lebens, die Jaeggi deshalb als „Probleme zweiter Ordnung“ bezeichnet. Und sie scheitert deshalb, wenn sie [...]
more informationenglischImmanuel Kant (*1724) made an epoch with his theory of human freedom. It is not limited to the highly regarded insights, the resilience of which has been proven in the current crises of our society: freedom of will and the safeguarding of political freedom through the law. In his radical [...]
more informationDer Band versammelt Beiträge der internationalen Forschung, die sich Schellings Philosophie der Weltalter aus verschiedenen Perspektiven annähern. Die 'Weltalter', allein in fragmentarischer Form überliefert und in mehrfachen Anläufen zwischen 1811 und 1827 bearbeitet, entfalten im Kern den Entwurf [...]
more informationDer Band versammelt Beiträge der internationalen Forschung, die sich Schellings Philosophie der Weltalter aus verschiedenen Perspektiven annähern. Die 'Weltalter', allein in fragmentarischer Form überliefert und in mehrfachen Anläufen zwischen 1811 und 1827 bearbeitet, entfalten im Kern den Entwurf [...]
more informationIn dem Band geht es um den grundlegenden Unterschied im Interesse an Sinneserfahrungen sowie der Entfaltung und Organisation von Kräften in fernöstlichen Kulturen gegenüber dem Primat der geistigen Erkenntnis und daher der Übersetzung und Deutung von Bildern, Texten, Filmen usw. in den abendländisch [...]
more informationenglischLike every science, biology also needs its philosophy. Because without clear basic concepts, it can neither understand nor organize its subject area. “Leben als Sein” ("Life as Being") develops such a philosophy by clarifying the concept of 'aliveness'. Aliveness, according to Aristotle, is [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Kant, the proof of free will forms the "Schlussstein" of a coherent system of theoretical and practical philosophy. Still, in the current debate it is controversial whether he has succeeded in proving this. This thesis argues for a coherent reading of Kant's philosophy and, with [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Kant, the proof of free will forms the "Schlussstein" of a coherent system of theoretical and practical philosophy. Still, in the current debate it is controversial whether he has succeeded in proving this. This thesis argues for a coherent reading of Kant's philosophy and, with [...]
more informationenglischNietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra (1883-85) had sunk to the level of a literary curiosity in the wake of the hot-selling Nietzsche biography by Sue Prideaux. In the meantime, following the publication of the Heidelberg Zarathustra commentary, a new earnest has made itself felt in [...]
more informationenglischNietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra (1883-85) had sunk to the level of a literary curiosity in the wake of the hot-selling Nietzsche biography by Sue Prideaux. In the meantime, following the publication of the Heidelberg Zarathustra commentary, a new earnest has made itself felt in [...]
more informationenglischBlaise Pascal is famous as an outstanding mathematician, excellent physicist, philosopher and apologist for Christianity. Incorruptible in his reasoning and with brilliant insights, Pascal tries to mobilise all man's powers of knowledge to explore his true situation. One result of his [...]
more informationenglischBlaise Pascal is famous as an outstanding mathematician, excellent physicist, philosopher and apologist for Christianity. Incorruptible in his reasoning and with brilliant insights, Pascal tries to mobilise all man's powers of knowledge to explore his true situation. One result of his [...]
more informationenglischImmanuel Kant (1724–1804) had a formative influence on philosophy and the entire history of ideas through his work. He is famous for his critical philosophy, which aims to establish philosophy as science. In fact, however, it is Kant's real ambition to establish philosophy as a science that [...]
more informationenglischImmanuel Kant (1724–1804) had a formative influence on philosophy and the entire history of ideas through his work. He is famous for his critical philosophy, which aims to establish philosophy as science. In fact, however, it is Kant's real ambition to establish philosophy as a science that [...]
more informationConcilium ist eine Zeitschrift für katholische und ökumenische theologische Reflexion. Sie wurde in der Folge des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils gegründet und hat das Ziel, dessen Vision der Offenheit im Blick auf neue kulturelle Kontexte und sich verändernde soziale und religiöse Bedingungen neu zu [...]
more informationenglischThe second revised edition of ‘Aufbruch. Ein Weg in die Philosophie’ traces the inseparable connection between the adventure of philosophical thinking and the perpetually twofold nature of man. This book demonstrates that philosophising corresponds to basic human attitudes and can be a path [...]
more informationenglischThe second revised edition of ‘Aufbruch. Ein Weg in die Philosophie’ traces the inseparable connection between the adventure of philosophical thinking and the perpetually twofold nature of man. This book demonstrates that philosophising corresponds to basic human attitudes and can be a path [...]
more informationenglischPhilosophical Praxis, launched by the author in 1981 and meanwhile established worldwide, ushers in a renaissance of responseable philosophy. Ever since, it has not been those ‘knowledgeable’ in philosophy who have been in demand, but those philosophers who prove themselves in conversation [...]
more informationenglischPhilosophical Praxis, launched by the author in 1981 and meanwhile established worldwide, ushers in a renaissance of responseable philosophy. Ever since, it has not been those ‘knowledgeable’ in philosophy who have been in demand, but those philosophers who prove themselves in conversation [...]
more informationenglischMan is the only living being who is able to relate to the whole and the limits of his existence. In philosophising, he faces the question of the reasons why this is possible. This leads us to a topos that links not only the question of truth and existence, but also the most diverse forms of [...]
more informationenglischMan is the only living being who is able to relate to the whole and the limits of his existence. In philosophising, he faces the question of the reasons why this is possible. This leads us to a topos that links not only the question of truth and existence, but also the most diverse forms of [...]
more informationenglisch‘I know that I know nothing’ is a popular formula for the basic principle of Socratic philosophy. In this book, it serves as a prime example of fatal misinterpretations of philosophical classics, with the authors discussing more than a dozen such interpretations, which have determined the [...]
more informationenglisch‘I know that I know nothing’ is a popular formula for the basic principle of Socratic philosophy. In this book, it serves as a prime example of fatal misinterpretations of philosophical classics, with the authors discussing more than a dozen such interpretations, which have determined the [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Soren Kierkegaard, despair is genuinely a matter of the human mind. Because man is mind, he despairs. This makes despair a key phenomenon from which the mental nature of man can be disclosed in its fundamental ambivalence. The anthology explores the importance of despair for a [...]
more informationenglischWith increased digital communication, the question arises as to what the primary reality of human existence is. With the help of the ‘aura’ concept according to Walther Benjamin, authenticity in the sense of comprehensive realness can be determined. With recourse to the phenomenological [...]
more informationenglischWith increased digital communication, the question arises as to what the primary reality of human existence is. With the help of the ‘aura’ concept according to Walther Benjamin, authenticity in the sense of comprehensive realness can be determined. With recourse to the phenomenological [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Soren Kierkegaard, despair is genuinely a matter of the human mind. Because man is mind, he despairs. This makes despair a key phenomenon from which the mental nature of man can be disclosed in its fundamental ambivalence. The anthology explores the importance of despair for a [...]
more informationenglischThe doctrines of virtue elaborated by Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart, which used to be prominent in medieval Europe, are often disregarded today. This is unfortunate since the thoughts of these two theologians are highly illuminating for many discussions in virtue ethics today. This book [...]
more informationenglischThe doctrines of virtue elaborated by Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart, which used to be prominent in medieval Europe, are often disregarded today. This is unfortunate since the thoughts of these two theologians are highly illuminating for many discussions in virtue ethics today. This book [...]
more informationenglisch‘New School Nietzsche’ reexamines Nietzsche in three parts (Nietzsche for everyone, for no one and for the future), without methodological restrictions or fear of taboos (e.g. Nietzsche's syphilis), but with a work-related focus: only Nietzsche's Nietzsche (from 1878) is of interest, not [...]
more informationenglisch‘New School Nietzsche’ reexamines Nietzsche in three parts (Nietzsche for everyone, for no one and for the future), without methodological restrictions or fear of taboos (e.g. Nietzsche's syphilis), but with a work-related focus: only Nietzsche's Nietzsche (from 1878) is of interest, not [...]
more informationenglischIn September 1928, Heidegger gave a series of lectures in Riga on Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" and the philosophical problems of the present. A year later he published the book "Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics", which was of the greatest importance for the debate with Cassirer in [...]
more informationenglischIn September 1928, Heidegger gave a series of lectures in Riga on Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" and the philosophical problems of the present. A year later he published the book "Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics", which was of the greatest importance for the debate with Cassirer in [...]
more informationenglischThis celebrated work, which has already been translated into eight languages, introduces into crucial questions of the philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences from the perspective of phenomenology. As one of the most outstanding books in the field, it explores key topics including: [...]
more informationenglischThe conviction that has prevailed in the West for decades, that capitalism is the most efficient economic system and at the same time a natural ally of democracy, has been increasingly called into question since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. The symptoms of secular stagnation [...]
more informationenglischThe conviction that has prevailed in the West for decades, that capitalism is the most efficient economic system and at the same time a natural ally of democracy, has been increasingly called into question since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. The symptoms of secular stagnation [...]
more informationenglischThroughout his life, Hans Blumenberg [1920–1996] showed a constant interest in astronomy, first as a historian of modern science and a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, later as an amateur astronomer and finally as a theorist of world time and an ‘astronoetician’. [...]
more informationenglischThroughout his life, Hans Blumenberg [1920–1996] showed a constant interest in astronomy, first as a historian of modern science and a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, later as an amateur astronomer and finally as a theorist of world time and an ‘astronoetician’. [...]
more informationElizabeth Anscombes 1957 erschienene Monographie Intention (Absicht) gilt als Klassiker der Handlungstheorie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das vorliegende Buch knüpft an das erneut wachsende Interesse an Anscombes Philosophie an und bietet erstmals in deutscher Sprache eine durchgängige Werkinterpretation [...]
more informationElizabeth Anscombes 1957 erschienene Monographie Intention (Absicht) gilt als Klassiker der Handlungstheorie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das vorliegende Buch knüpft an das erneut wachsende Interesse an Anscombes Philosophie an und bietet erstmals in deutscher Sprache eine durchgängige Werkinterpretation [...]
more informationenglischVolume 11 of Eugen Fink’s ‘Collected Works’ brings together Fink's contributions on ancient philosophy since the 1940s: three main texts—the lecture on the ‘Basic Questions of Ancient Philosophy’ (winter semester 1947/48), the seminar on the ‘Principle of Contradiction’ (winter semester [...]
more informationWie entsteht ein guter Mensch? Für Aristoteles ist es neben der natürlichen Veranlagung und Entwicklung eines Menschen maßgeblich die Erziehung, die entscheidet, ob ein menschliches Kind zum guten Menschen werden und ein gelungenes Leben in Gemeinschaft führen kann. Zentrales Erziehungsziel ist [...]
more informationWie entsteht ein guter Mensch? Für Aristoteles ist es neben der natürlichen Veranlagung und Entwicklung eines Menschen maßgeblich die Erziehung, die entscheidet, ob ein menschliches Kind zum guten Menschen werden und ein gelungenes Leben in Gemeinschaft führen kann. Zentrales Erziehungsziel ist [...]
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