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54Climate ethics: Structuring deliberation by means of logical argument mappingJournal of Speculative Philosophy 25 (1): 64-97. 2011.One of the first things President Obama did after coming to office was the establishment of the Office of Public Engagement. As described on its Web site, this office "is the embodiment of the President's goal of making government inclusive, transparent, accountable and responsible." The Office of Public Engagement is supposed to "create and coordinate opportunities for direct dialogue between the Obama Administration and the American public, while bringing new voices to the table and ensuring t…Read more
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Signs in/of CommunicationIn Michael H. G. Hoffmann (ed.), Das Problem der Zukunft im Rahmen holistischer Ethiken. Im Ausgang von Platon und Peirce, Edition Tertium. 1996.
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194Das Problem der Zukunft im Rahmen holistischer Ethiken. Im Ausgang von Platon und PeirceIn Hans Werner Ingensiep & Richard Hoppe-Sailer (eds.), NaturStücke. Zur Kulturgeschichte der Natur, Edition Tertium. 1996.#
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16This argument map reconstructs David Hume's famous skeptical argument in logical form. The argument is open for debate and comments in AGORA-net . Search for map ID 9857
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Verzicht auf Wahrheit, Existenz von Tatsachen und die Frage nach der "Radikalität" der "Radikal-Konstruktivistischen Wissenstheorie"Ethik Und Sozialwissenschaften 9. 1998.
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22Robert Fogelin formulated the thesis “that deep disagreements cannot be resolved through the use of argument, for they undercut the conditions essential to arguing.” The possibility of arguing presupposes “a shared background of beliefs and preferences,” and if such a background is not given, there is no way of “rational” dispute resolution. By contrast to this pessimistic view, I will propose a method that has been developed to overcome difficulties as described by Fogelin.
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Collaborative, problem-based learning with the argument-visualization software “AGORA-net”4th International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate, and the Pedagogy of Empowerment. 2013.
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1Über die Bedingungen der Möglichkeit durch diagrammatisches Denken etwas zu lernen: Diagrammgebrauch in Logik und ArithmetikZeitschrift Für Semiotik 31 241-274. 2009.Summary. This paper analyzes Frederik Stjernfelt’s recently published Diagrammatology in order to clarify the role of diagrammatic reasoning within an epistemology that focuses on the problem of learning and the growth of knowledge. To achieve this goal, I provide more precise definitions of Peirce’s concepts of “diagram” and “diagrammatic reasoning,” emphasizing in particular the necessity of consistent systems of representation as a precondition for both. The paper starts with a critique of tw…Read more
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18Logical Argument Mapping: A cognitive-change-based method for building common groundAcm International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 280. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pragmatic Web. 2007.In this paper, I situate Logical Argument Mapping within
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110The complementarity of a representational and an epistemological function of signs in scientific activitySemiotica 2007 (164): 101-121. 2007.Signs do not only “represent” something for somebody, as Peirce’s definition goes, but also “mediate” relations between us and our world, including ourselves, as has been elaborated by Vygotsky. We call the first the representational function of a sign and the second the epistemological function since in using signs we make distinctions, specify objects and relations, structure our observations, and organize societal and cognitive activity. The goal of this paper is, on the one hand, to develop …Read more
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Peirce's philosophy of science, logic and epistemology. New publications and editions. 1Philosophische Rundschau 51 (3): 193-211. 2004.
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Mathematik als Prozess der Verallgemeinerung von Zeichen: Eine exemplarische Unterrichtseinheit zur Entdeckung der InkommensurabilitätZeitschrift Für Semiotik 22. 2000.
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34Activity and Sign. Grounding Mathematical Education (edited book)Springer. 2005.This volume provides new sources of knowledge based on Michael Otte’s fundamental insight that understanding the problems of mathematics education – how to teach, how to learn, how to communicate, how to do, and how to represent ...
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1The primary goal of this chapter is to present a new method—called Logical Argument Mapping —for the analysis of framing processes as they occur in any communication, but especially in conflicts. I start with a distinction between boundary setting, meaning construction, and sensemaking as three forms or aspects of framing, and argue that crucial for the resolution of frame-based controversies is our ability to deal with those “webs” of mutually supporting beliefs that determine sensemaking proce…Read more
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88How to get it. diagrammatic reasoning as a tool of knowledge development and its pragmatic dimensionFoundations of Science 9 (3): 285-305. 2004.Discussions concerning belief revision, theorydevelopment, and ``creativity'' in philosophy andAI, reveal a growing interest in Peirce'sconcept of abduction. Peirce introducedabduction in an attempt to providetheoretical dignity and clarification to thedifficult problem of knowledge generation. Hewrote that ``An Abduction is Originary inrespect to being the only kind of argumentwhich starts a new idea'' (Peirce, CP 2.26).These discussions, however, led to considerabledebates about the precise wa…Read more
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65Erratum to: Philosophy of and as interdisciplinarity (review)Synthese 190 (11): 1975-1975. 2013.
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69Reflective Argumentation: A Cognitive Function of ArguingArgumentation 30 (4): 365-397. 2016.Why do we formulate arguments? Usually, things such as persuading opponents, finding consensus, and justifying knowledge are listed as functions of arguments. But arguments can also be used to stimulate reflection on one’s own reasoning. Since this cognitive function of arguments should be important to improve the quality of people’s arguments and reasoning, for learning processes, for coping with “wicked problems,” and for the resolution of conflicts, it deserves to be studied in its own right.…Read more
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54Changing Philosophy Through Technology: Complexity and Computer-Supported Collaborative Argument MappingPhilosophy and Technology 28 (2): 167-188. 2015.Technology is not only an object of philosophical reflection but also something that can change this reflection. This paper discusses the potential of computer-supported argument visualization tools for coping with the complexity of philosophical arguments. I will show, in particular, how the interactive and web-based argument mapping software “AGORA-net” can change the practice of philosophical reflection, communication, and collaboration. AGORA-net allows the graphical representation of comple…Read more
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42Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity. Workshop ReportJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 42 (1): 169-175. 2011.
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion
PhD, 1993
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Applied Ethics |
General Philosophy of Science |