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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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  • All publications (161)
  • Aquinas on Forms, Individuation, and Matter
    Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie Und Theologie 43 (1/2): 45-64. 1996.
    Thomas Aquinas
  •  8
    Materialism does not save the phenomena and the alternative which does
    In Robert C. Koons & George Bealer (eds.), The waning of materialism, Oxford University Press. pp. 417-438. 2010.
    This chapter offers a version of Cartesian dualism that draws on the resources of a Husserlian account of intentionality. For example, it argues that 'I can locate myself at the point in space from which I am looking at the world (my 'center of perspective')'. It relies on empirical phenomenology to show that this location that does not correspond to my body or any part of it. Phantom sensations provide confirming evidence. Next, the chapter uses the example of blurred (versus sharp) vision to p…Read more
    This chapter offers a version of Cartesian dualism that draws on the resources of a Husserlian account of intentionality. For example, it argues that 'I can locate myself at the point in space from which I am looking at the world (my 'center of perspective')'. It relies on empirical phenomenology to show that this location that does not correspond to my body or any part of it. Phantom sensations provide confirming evidence. Next, the chapter uses the example of blurred (versus sharp) vision to provide evidence of qualitative properties that cannot be instantiated within the physical world. Finally, it argues that the self's endurance through calls for explanation in terms of patterns of psychophysical causation or interaction.
    DualismHusserl: Intentionality, MiscPhenomenology and ConsciousnessConsciousness and Materialism, Mi…Read more
    DualismHusserl: Intentionality, MiscPhenomenology and ConsciousnessConsciousness and Materialism, Misc
  •  52
    The Case for Agent-Causation
    In Miroslaw Szatkowski & Marek Rosiak (eds.), Substantiality and Causality, De Gruyter. pp. 113-128. 2014.
    Agent Causation
  •  167
    Psycho-Physical Dualism Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach
    with Friedrich Beck, Carl Johnson, Franz von Kutschera, E. Jonathan Lowe, David S. Oderberg, Ian J. Thompson, and Henry Wellman
    Lexington Books. 2008.
    Until quite recently, mind-body dualism has been regarded with deep suspicion by both philosophers and scientists. This has largely been due to the widespread identification of dualism in general with one particular version of it: the interactionist substance dualism of Réné Descartes. This traditional form of dualism has, ever since its first formulation in the seventeenth century, attracted numerous philosophical objections and is now almost universally rejected in scientific circles as empiri…Read more
    Until quite recently, mind-body dualism has been regarded with deep suspicion by both philosophers and scientists. This has largely been due to the widespread identification of dualism in general with one particular version of it: the interactionist substance dualism of Réné Descartes. This traditional form of dualism has, ever since its first formulation in the seventeenth century, attracted numerous philosophical objections and is now almost universally rejected in scientific circles as empirically inadequate. During the last few years, however, renewed attention has begun to be paid to the dualistic point of view, as a result of increasing discontent with the prevailing materialism and reductionism of contemporary scientific and philosophical thought. Awareness has grown that dualism need not be restricted to its traditional form and that other varieties of dualism are not subject to the difficulties commonly raised against Descartes' own version of it. Interest in these alternative versions of dualism is growing fast today, because it seems that they are capable of capturing deep-seated philosophical intuitions, while also being fully consistent with the methodological assumptions and empirical findings of modern scientific work on the human mind and brain. The object of this book is to provide philosophers, scientists, their students, and the wider general public with an up-to-date overview of current developments in dualistic conceptions of the mind in contemporary philosophy and science.
    Interactionism
  • Husserls Dualismus
    E-Journal Philosophie der Psychologie 9. 2007.
    The paper expounds the sense in which Husserl was not a psychophysical dualist – but also the sense in which he was a psychophysical dualist after all. On the one hand, it takes into account Husserl’s critical statements regarding “dualism,” on the other hand it closely considers Husserl’s understanding of the intentionality of phenomenal experiences. It is shown that Husserl’s writings contain several argumentations that can be interpreted as arguments for psychophysical dualism . It is argued …Read more
    The paper expounds the sense in which Husserl was not a psychophysical dualist – but also the sense in which he was a psychophysical dualist after all. On the one hand, it takes into account Husserl’s critical statements regarding “dualism,” on the other hand it closely considers Husserl’s understanding of the intentionality of phenomenal experiences. It is shown that Husserl’s writings contain several argumentations that can be interpreted as arguments for psychophysical dualism . It is argued that Husserl’s dualism – the result of phenomenological insights, though not called “dualism” by Husserl himself – is to a high degree defensible and can hold its own in the confrontation with physicalism
  •  37
    Preface: What is at Issue?
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. 2014.
    Husserl: Philosophy of Mind, MiscHusserl and Analytic Philosophers
  • Die Neue Monadologie / The New Monadology
    Metaphysica 2 (1). 2001.
    Metaphysics and Epistemology
  •  29
    Chapter I: On Imagining
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 1-89. 2014.
    Imagination
  •  31
    Of Quantum Physics and DOMINDARs
    In Antonella Corradini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind: New Essays on the Mind-Body Relation in Quantum-Theoretical Perspective, De Gruyter. pp. 17-34. 2014.
    Quantum Mechanics
  •  30
    Appendix to Chapter II: The German originals of the quotations from Husserl and Wittgenstein in Chapter II, and remarks on matters of translation
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 226-246. 2014.
    20th Century German PhilosophyAustrian Philosophy
  • Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age: Papers of the 22nd International Wittgenstein Symposium (edited book)
    with Peter Simons
    Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. 1999.
    Ludwig WittgensteinMethodology in Metaphysics
  • The Naturalness of Dualism
    In B. P. Göcke (ed.), The Case for Dualism, Notre Dame Up. 2009.
    Dualism
  •  2
    Augustinus über Zeitmessung, Gleichzeitigkeit und die Widerlegung der Astrologie. Bemerkungen zur Philosophie der Zeit in Augustinus' Confessiones
    Philosophia Naturalis 38 (2): 299-318. 2001.
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    Index of other quoted authors
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 507-512. 2014.
  •  42
    Rezension von Erwin Tegtmeier: Grundzüge einer kategorialen Ontologie
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 41 (2): 416-419. 1993.
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    Ereignis und Substanz: die Metaphysik von Realität und Realisation
    . 1997.
  •  132
    Descartes' Argument für den psycho-physischen Dualismus im Lichte der modal-epistemischen Logik
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 35 (1): 83-101. 1989.
    Der cartesische DuaUsmus besteht nicht in der Behauptung, daß die Person und ihr Körper voneinander verschieden sind, sondern in der stärkeren Behauptung, daß sie beide ohne den anderen existieren können. Können ist dabei in einem außerordentlich schwachen Sinn zu nehmen, nämlich im Sinne der analytischen Möglichkeit. Descartes' Argument für diese Behauptung in der 6. Meditation ist im Rahmen der modal-epistemischen Logik als logisch korrektes Argument präzisierbar; daneben auch sein mit dem ers…Read more
    Der cartesische DuaUsmus besteht nicht in der Behauptung, daß die Person und ihr Körper voneinander verschieden sind, sondern in der stärkeren Behauptung, daß sie beide ohne den anderen existieren können. Können ist dabei in einem außerordentlich schwachen Sinn zu nehmen, nämlich im Sinne der analytischen Möglichkeit. Descartes' Argument für diese Behauptung in der 6. Meditation ist im Rahmen der modal-epistemischen Logik als logisch korrektes Argument präzisierbar; daneben auch sein mit dem ersteren verquicktes Argument dafür, daß es eine essentielle Eigenschaft von ihm sei, eine res cogitans zu sein, aber keine, eine res extensa zu sein. Das Problem der Annehmbarkeit der Prämissen reduziert sich auf die Frage, ob es analytisch möglich ist, daß eine Person existiert, ohne mit einem Körper verbunden zu sein. Im Sinne von Descartes' Personbegriff gilt dies, im Sinne unseres Personbegriffes jedoch nicht. Welcher von den beiden Personbegriffen vorzuziehen ist, ist eine offene Frage.
    René Descartes
  •  43
    Philosophie des Geistes
    In Uwe Meixner & Albert Newen (eds.), Seele, Denken, Bewusstsein: Zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Geistes, De Gruyter. pp. 308. 2003.
  • Critical comments on the article by Roh, Peter
    Kant Studien 76 (4): 451-453. 1985.
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    Nichttarskische Semantik der modalen Aussagenlogik
    In Georg Meggle & Ulla Wessels (eds.), Analyōmen 1 =, W. De Gruyter. pp. 98-102. 1994.
  • Uber das zentrale Argument fur den erkenntnistheoretischen Idealismus
    Facta Philosophica: Internazionale Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsphilosophie: International Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 4 89-103. 2002.
  •  89
    An Ontology of Intensional Entities
    In Werner Stelzner (ed.), Philosophie und Logik: Frege-Kolloquien 1989 und 1991, De Gruyter. pp. 226-228. 1993.
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    Metaphysics in the post-metaphysical age (review)
    . 2001.
  •  52
    Theorie der Kausalität: ein Leitfaden zum Kausalbegriff in zwei Teilen
    Brill Mentis. 2001.
    Der Kausalbegriff gehört zu den, gerade in der Gegenwart, am häufigsten in Anspruch genommenen philosophischen Begriffen. In Erkenntnistheorie, Wissenschaftstheorie, der Philosophie des Geistes, in der Handlungstheorie und der Sprachphilosophie taucht er immer wieder in zentraler Funktion auf. Für die Philosophie ist die Deutung des Kausalbegriffs daher von größter Bedeutung. Das vorliegende Buch ist ein Leitfaden zum Kausalbegriff. In seinem ersten Teil wird eine detaillierte Explikation dieses…Read more
    Der Kausalbegriff gehört zu den, gerade in der Gegenwart, am häufigsten in Anspruch genommenen philosophischen Begriffen. In Erkenntnistheorie, Wissenschaftstheorie, der Philosophie des Geistes, in der Handlungstheorie und der Sprachphilosophie taucht er immer wieder in zentraler Funktion auf. Für die Philosophie ist die Deutung des Kausalbegriffs daher von größter Bedeutung. Das vorliegende Buch ist ein Leitfaden zum Kausalbegriff. In seinem ersten Teil wird eine detaillierte Explikation dieses Begriffs geboten, die auf eine neuartige Fassung der nomologischen Regularitätstheorie und die Formulierung einer Logik der Kausalität hinausläuft. Im zweiten Teil wird diese Explikation in einer umfassenden kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit der Literatur zu den verschiedenen Themen, die sich mit dem Kausalbegriff verbinden, weiter begründet und verteidigt. Dabei ergibt sich ein umfassendes Panorama des gegenwärtigen Standes der kausalitätstheoretischen philosophischen Diskussion - mit teilweise weit zurückreichenden Perspektiven in die Vergangenheit. Zur Sprache kommen u. a. die folgenden Themen: probabilistische und Sine-qua-non-Kausalität, kausale Überdeterminierung und Präemption, die Probleme der kausalen Notwendigkeit und des kausalen Vorrangs, Physikalisierung der Kausalität, Retrokausalität, die Deutungen des Ereignisbegriffs und Agens- versus Ereigniskausalität.
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    Table of Contents
    Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 7 (2): 1-2. 1992.
    In fact, Godel gave an important model of pure predication, where he showed that restricted comprehension without parameters is valid, but where restricted comprehension with parameters is not (although this invalidity was not established until Cohen). This is the model based on ordinal definability in set theory.
    Edmund HusserlHusserl: Philosophy of Mind
  •  6
    Husserls Dualismus
    History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 10 (1): 157-179. 2007.
    The paper expounds the sense in which Husserl was not a psychophysical dualist – but also the sense in which he was a psychophysical dualist after all. On the one hand, it takes into account Husserl’s critical statements regarding “dualism,” on the other hand it closely considers Husserl’s understanding of the intentionality of phenomenal experiences. It is shown that Husserl’s writings contain several argumentations that can be interpreted as arguments for psychophysical dualism. It is argued t…Read more
    The paper expounds the sense in which Husserl was not a psychophysical dualist – but also the sense in which he was a psychophysical dualist after all. On the one hand, it takes into account Husserl’s critical statements regarding “dualism,” on the other hand it closely considers Husserl’s understanding of the intentionality of phenomenal experiences. It is shown that Husserl’s writings contain several argumentations that can be interpreted as arguments for psychophysical dualism. It is argued that Husserl’s dualism – the result of phenomenological insights, though not called “dualism” by Husserl himself – is to a high degree defensible and can hold its own in the confrontation with physicalism.
    Husserl: Philosophy of Mind, MiscDualism
  • Review (review)
    Metaphysica 9 (2): 247-250. 2008.
  •  184
    Events and their reality
    Logic and Logical Philosophy 2 (5): 23-33. 1994.
    This paper presents a set-theoretical conceptual framework for theorizing about (possible) events , and states some analytical and synthetical principles which describe the way in which the concept of reality (or actuality ) applies to them. The conceptual framework has few primitives, but is nevertheless of great definitional power; the demonstration of this will fill the first part of the paper
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic
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    Chapter II: On Knowing the Inward Mental Life
    In Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 103-225. 2014.
  • Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
    Grazer Philosophische Studien 78 (1): 308-314. 2009.
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