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Einleitung. Philosophie in der RenaissanceIn Philosophen der Renaissance, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft/primus. 1999.
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Lorenz Valla. Humanismus als PhilosophieIn Philosophen der Renaissance, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft/primus. 1999.
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Auf dem Weg zur Prozessmetaphysik: Die Funktion der Monaden in Giordano Brunos PhilosophiePerspektiven der Philosophie 27 77-102. 2001.
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Trinity and Triangle -- Giordano Bruno's Secularizing of the Cusanian TrinitySoter 14 (42). 2004.Nicholas of Cusa (1402-1464) explored the boundaries of human reason for the sake of making religious belief believable. Unwillingly, he became a milestone in the process of rationalizing Christian theology. Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is a proof to this perspective by the way he makes use of Cusanus’s approach. In his ’Spaccio de la bestia trionfante’, Bruno discusses Cusanus’s attempts at the geometrical problem of squaring the circle. Bruno not only promotes his atomistic geometry, he also use…Read more
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion
PhD, 1978
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |