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29Hat Kurt Gödel Thomas von Aquins Kommentar zu Aristoteles’ De anima rezipiert?Philosophia Scientiae 17 (1): 167-188. 2013.The search for an answer to the question that constitutes the title has led to some insightful results concerning Kurt Gödel’s critical reception of major philosophical works. It shows how he uses philosophical argumentations of classical authors and turns them into new aspects for his own philosophical argumentation. In the case at hand a classical argument by Aristotle for the immaterialness of the soul is used by Gödel in order to add considerations to his own reasoning for the inexhaustibili…Read more
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47Review on: Ruth Barcan Marcus, Modalities. Philosophical Essays, New York/Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1993 (review)Erkenntnis 44 (1): 125-128. 1996.The great contribution Marcus has made to several of intensely discussed topics in philosophy might not have been noticed fully without this collection of some of her most important articles that makes it evident that her achievement is not limited to inventing the famous Barcan formula.
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23Zum Begriff der Liebe in Platons Symposion oderBochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch Fur Antike Und Mittelalter 6 1-20. 2001.The feminine component which can be identified with creativity is, according to Plato, crucial for education and knowledge. This essay examines how Plato in the Symposium expresses his conception of educational and cognitive relationships in analogy to amorous relationships. This analogy makes it evident why Diotima is a woman. The essay shows in addition how Eros leads to knowledge and immortality, as well as how Socrates incarnates Eros in this Platonic conception. The question is also conside…Read more
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37Philosophie und Wissenschaften im Dialog bei PlatonIn Gereon Wolters & Martin Carrier (eds.), Homo Sapiens Und Homo Faber, De Gruyter. pp. 39. 2005.Nach Platon „vermittelt“ die Philosophie als Kunst der Dialektik durch Dialog zwischen Begriffen und Disziplinen. Um dies zu zeigen, wird hier eine Lektüre von Platons Symposion vorgestellt, in der das Verhältnis der Disziplinen mit Wissens- und Erziehungsanspruch in Platons Zeit beleuchtet wird. Jede Rede des Symposions ist wie eine Stellungnahme in einem Dialog zu verstehen, so dass das Gesamtwerk als sieben Reden zu lesen sind, die dialogisch aufeinander verweisen. Die Grundannahme dieser Le…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |