Andreas Graeser

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Andreas Graeser (born November 7, 1942 in Greiz ; † October 5, 2014 in Bern ) was a German philosopher and classical philologist .

Andreas Graeser studied Classical Philology and Philosophy at the Universities of Giessen , Bern and Frankfurt am Main and Ancient Philosophy at Princeton University . In 1972 he completed his habilitation in Classical Philology and in 1974 in Philosophy. After a research stay at Princeton and a visiting professorship in Zurich , he was appointed full professor of philosophy at the University of Bern in 1979. He researched and taught in Bern until his retirement in 2007.

Graeser stood in the tradition of analytical philosophy . He made important contributions to the philosophy of antiquity , in particular to Plato , the philosophy of language and ethics .

Fonts (selection)

  • Problems of the Platonic theory of division of the soul. Reflections on the question of continuity in Plato's thinking (= Zetemata. H. 47, ISSN  1610-4188 ). Beck, Munich 1969 (Giessen, University, dissertation, July 14, 1967).
  • Sophistics and Socratics, Plato and Aristotle (= history of philosophy. The philosophy of antiquity. Vol. 2). Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-08413-3 .
  • Philosophy in Being and Time. Critical considerations on Heidegger. Academia-Verlag, Sankt Augustin 1994, ISBN 3-88345-331-5 .
  • Issues in the Philosophy of Language Past and Present. Selected papers. P. Lang, Bern a. a. 1999, ISBN 978-3-906764-32-0 .
  • Meaning, value, reality. Positions and Problems. Texts on 20th Century Philosophy. P. Lang, Bern et al. 2000, ISBN 3-906764-99-0 .
  • with Andreas Bächli: Basic concepts of ancient philosophy. A lexicon (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 18028). Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-018028-7 .
  • Positions of contemporary philosophy. From pragmatism to postmodernism (= Beck'sche series. 1455). Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-47595-7 .
  • Plato's Parmenides (= Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz. Treatises of the humanities and social sciences class . 2003, No. 3). Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08356-1 .
  • The Fog Dispelled. Two Studies in Plato's Later Thought. Translated by Ann M. Hentschel Steiner, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-515-09646-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Graeser, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Greiz
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 2014
Place of death Bern