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Uwe A. Meixner

Universität Augsburg
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  • Universität Augsburg
    Institut für Philosophie
    Regular Faculty
Universität Regensburg
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1986
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Action
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Religion
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    Laws of Nature—A Skeptical View
    In Jan Faye, Paul Needham, Uwe Scheffler & Max Urchs (eds.), Nature's Principles, Springer. pp. 229--238. 2005.
    Laws of Nature, Misc
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    The Theory of Ontic Modalities
    Ontos Verlag. 2006.
    This book presents a comprehensive, non-model-theoretic theory of ontic necessity and possibility within a formal (and formalised) ontology consisting of states of affairs, properties, and individuals.
    Ontology
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    Husserl’s Classical Conception of Intentionality – and Its Enemies
    In Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock (ed.), Husserl and Analytic Philosophy, De Gruyter. pp. 55-86. 2016.
    Husserl: Intentionality, MiscHusserl and Analytic Philosophers
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    Truth against Reason, and Reason against Truth
    In Harald A. Wiltsche & Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (eds.), Analytic and Continental Philosophy: Methods and Perspectives. Proceedings of the 37th International Wittgenstein Symposium, De Gruyter. pp. 173-184. 2014.
  • Die Metaphysik von Ereignis und Substanz
    Polylog. 2001.
    Uwe Meixners Essay stellt in gedrängter Form die Hauptgedanken seines 1997 publizierten großen systematischen Entwurfes “Ereignis und Substanz” vor, der neben einer Ontologie im engeren Sinn auch eine Bewusstseinstheorie, eine philosophische Gotteslehre und eine Theodizee beinhaltet. Im vorliegenden Beitrag erläutert er seinen Begriff von Substanz, der eng mit seiner Sicht von Kausalität zusammenhängt und vertritt dabei den radikalen Standpunkt, dass Ereigniskausalität auf Agenskausalität, die v…Read more
    Uwe Meixners Essay stellt in gedrängter Form die Hauptgedanken seines 1997 publizierten großen systematischen Entwurfes “Ereignis und Substanz” vor, der neben einer Ontologie im engeren Sinn auch eine Bewusstseinstheorie, eine philosophische Gotteslehre und eine Theodizee beinhaltet. Im vorliegenden Beitrag erläutert er seinen Begriff von Substanz, der eng mit seiner Sicht von Kausalität zusammenhängt und vertritt dabei den radikalen Standpunkt, dass Ereigniskausalität auf Agenskausalität, die von transzendenten Substanzen als Realisationssubjekten getragen werde, reduziert werden könne. Dieser monadische Ansatz wird dann zu einem “eingeschränkten metaphysischen Pluralismus” weiterentwickelt, dessen zentrale These darin besteht, dass das Wirklichmachen – in Meixners Worten die “Realitätsmitteilung an die Welt” – bei einer einzigen Zentralsubstanz liege. Eine Idee, die vor allem aus der Perspektive der modernen japanischen und der chinesischen Philosophie auf Interesse gestoßen ist.
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    Physik und Metaphysik
    In Christian Tapp & Christof Breitsameter (eds.), Theologie und Naturwissenschaften, De Gruyter. pp. 157-184. 2014.
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    Causation in a new old key
    Studia Logica 76 (3). 2004.
    I argue (1) that it is not philosophically significant whether causation is linguistically represented by a predicate or by a sentence connective; (2) that there is no philosophically significant distinction between event- and states-of-affairs-causation; (3) that there is indeed a philosophically significant distinction between agent- and event-causation, and that event-causation must be regarded as an analog of agent-causation. Developing this point, I argue that event-causation's being in the…Read more
    I argue (1) that it is not philosophically significant whether causation is linguistically represented by a predicate or by a sentence connective; (2) that there is no philosophically significant distinction between event- and states-of-affairs-causation; (3) that there is indeed a philosophically significant distinction between agent- and event-causation, and that event-causation must be regarded as an analog of agent-causation. Developing this point, I argue that event-causation's being in the image of agent-causation requires, mainly, (a) that the cause is temporally prior to the effect, (b) that the cause necessitates (is sufficient with necessity) for the effect. Causal necessity is explained as a derivative of nomological necessity, and finally, via a definition of the causal sentence connective, the logic of event-causation is shown to be a part of temporal modal logic.
    Causal RelataAction Theory, MiscAgent CausationLogics
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    On negative and disjunctive properties
    In Kevin Mulligan (ed.), Language, Truth and Ontology, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 28--36. 1991.
    PropertiesProperties, Misc
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    Appendix to Chapter I: The German originals Appendix to Chapter I: The German originals of the quotations from Husserl and Wittgenstein in Chapter I, and remarks on matters of translation
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 90-102. 2014.
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    Metaphysics in the post-metaphysical age: papers of the 22st [sic] International Wittgenstein Symposium, August 15-21, 1999, Kirchberg am Wechsel (edited book, review)
    with Peter M. Simons
    Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. 1999.
    Ludwig WittgensteinMetaphysics, General Works
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    Ontologically Minimal Logical Semantics
    Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 36 (2): 279-298. 1995.
    Ontologically minimal truth law semantics are provided for various branches of formal logic (classical propositional logic, S5 modal propositional logic, intuitionistic propositional logic, classical elementary predicate logic, free logic, and elementary arithmetic). For all of them logical validity/truth is defined in an ontologically minimal way, that is, not via truth value assignments or interpretations. Semantical soundness and completeness are proved (in an ontologically minimal way) for a…Read more
    Ontologically minimal truth law semantics are provided for various branches of formal logic (classical propositional logic, S5 modal propositional logic, intuitionistic propositional logic, classical elementary predicate logic, free logic, and elementary arithmetic). For all of them logical validity/truth is defined in an ontologically minimal way, that is, not via truth value assignments or interpretations. Semantical soundness and completeness are proved (in an ontologically minimal way) for a calculus of classical elementary predicate logic
    Logic and Philosophy of LogicIntuitionistic Logic
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