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Welt der Abgründe. Julian Nida-Rümelins „Wittgenstein’sche Perspektive“ revidiertIn Martin G. Weiss & Hajo Greif (eds.), Ethics, society, politics: proceedings of the 35th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 2012, De Gruyter Ontos. pp. 187-202. 2013.
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In this book, I bring together my researches on Edmund Husserl. I explain how the diverse temperaments of Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty developed Husserl’s foundational idea. This book focuses on how phenomenology transformed cultural studies, and how phenomenology is being reclaimed as a general theory of media in modern life.
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Phenomenology as Aesthetic Theory (Phänomenologie als ästhetische Theorie)Alber Verlag. 1989.This book considers the prehistory of Husserl’s doctrine of phenomenological reduction. The focus is on Rudolf Eucken, who was world-renowned in his own time but is now the mostly forgotten late-idealistic philosopher. The prehistory clarifies how Husserl arrived at transcendental idealism in his most famous work, Ideas.
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Welt der AbgründeIn H. Greif & M. G. Weiss (eds.), Ethics, Society, Politcs, De Gruyter Ontos. pp. 187-201. 2013.
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Scholastic and Cosmological Reform (Scholastik und Kosmologische Reform)Aschendorff. 1971.A historical study of the fourteenth century theologist and philosopher Nicole Oresme, the precursor of Copernicus.
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Historisches Bewusstsein in der postmodernen LebensweltIn Historisches Bewusstsein in der postmodernen Lebenswelt, Franz Steiner Verlag. 2015.
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Philosophy of Life: Elements of a Theory of a Philosophy of the Self (Lebensphilosophie: Elemente Einer Theorie der Selbsterfahrung)Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. 1993.In his presentation of different life-philosophers, Fellmann shows that the discrediting of the Philosophy of Life as a dangerous irrationalism misses the main point. This lies in the discovery of emotional intelligence, which is found in modern forms of self-experience in opposition to the Cartesian Cogito. It is not about overcoming rationalism, but rather enriching it with the first-person perspective.
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Schopenhauer aktuell: Sexualität, Individualität und FreiheitIn E. W. Orth (ed.), Schopenhauer und die Kultur, K&n. pp. 41-50. 2012.
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This book presents philosophy from the perspective of normal life, of persons trying to find their way in the world and happiness.
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Zwischen Phänomen und Konstrukt. Zur Ästhetik der GegenwartskunstIn H. Paflik-Huber (ed.), Let's Mix All Media Together, Hatje Cantz. pp. 300-311. 2016.Die Kunstwissenschaft zeichnet sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten dadurch aus, dass sie analog zur Entwicklung in der Kunst keine übergreifende Stilbildung mehr betreibt. In der vorliegenden Publikation nähern sich nun international anerkannte Kunstwissenschaftler, Philosophen und Medienwissenschaftler dem Begriff »Bild« – sowohl durch klassische Bildanalysen und ästhetische Fragestellungen als auch durch Versuche, einen neuen wissenschaftlichen Begriff für Kunst zu finden. Die Autoren, darunter Fe…Read more
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In times of social upheaval, self-understanding has become shaky. Against this background, Fellmann asks the anthropological question anew: He does not inquire into human essence, but, in reference to Thomas Nagel’s question, “What is it like to be a bat?”, into subjective experience. The key concept that Fellmann rediscovers and focuses on is “life feelings”. He connects both sides of life experience, the subjective and the objective. In nine concise chapters, life feeling is viewed from divers…Read more
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Phenomenology and Expressionism (Phänomenologie und Expressionismus)Alber Verlag. 1982.This work compares Edmund Husserl’s worldview in Ideas to the literary expressionism of that time. The comparison sheds light on the common way of thinking that the concept of reality, in contrast to the concept of rational truth, is in the foreground.
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Vorwort zur chinesischen Übersetzung von LebensgefühleEksistenz. Philosophical Hermeneutics and Intercultural Philosophy 1 (1): 125-128. 2022.In this paper, the philosopher of life, Ferdinand Fellmann, contrasts the European and Chinese feelings of life based on his own understanding. Both life feelings have their own cultural foundations. Based on this comparison, he argues that a certain balance can be sought between the two cultures in order to achieve common human values.
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This work has proved to be the secret classic of pedagogy. Fellmann argues for the transition from the strict Kantian ethics to the utilitarian-based art of living. This is presented in five steps: The class asks the instructor unexpected questions; how the instructor can address the fascination with evil and utility; the desire for morality and the metamorphoses of hedonism; even in morality, nothing is as successful as success; a field trip experiences a shipwreck, the social foundations of mo…Read more
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