Georg Wieland
Georg Wieland (born March 8, 1937 in Prechlau, today Przechlewo , Poland) is a German philosopher and Catholic theologian.
Life
He studied philosophy, theology and history in Walberberg , Cologne and Bochum . In Cologne he became an active member of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Winfridia Cologne in KV . In 1969, Wieland received his doctorate with the dissertation “Concept of Being in Albert the Great's Metaphysical Commentary” and then worked for five years on the Maimonides Latinus edition , which was funded by the German Research Foundation.
As a research assistant at the University of Bonn (1974–1983), he qualified as a professor in 1979 in philosophy, became a full professor of philosophy at the Fernuniversität Hagen in 1983 and a full professor at the Trier Theological Faculty in the same year . In 1988 he accepted the call to professor for basic philosophical questions in theology at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen . There he was dean and chairman of the professors' meeting. From 1995 to 1999 he was prorector of the University of Tübingen, speaker of the graduate college “Ars and scientia in the Middle Ages and in the early modern times”, which he helped initiate. He was chairman (permanent guest) in the advisory board of the forum scientiarum . In February 2002 he chaired the Tübingen panel discussion on the Troy debate .
Research priorities
His academic work focuses on ethics, questions of the relationship between philosophy and theology, and medieval philosophy. He is currently preparing a comprehensive study of the reception of Aristotle in the Latin Middle Ages.
Honors
- 2009: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Publications (selection)
- Investigations into the concept of being in the metaphysical commentary by Albert the Great , 1972, 2nd edition, 1992
- Ethica - Scientia practica , The Beginnings of Philosophical Ethics in the 13th Century, 1981
- Between Reason and Nature - Albert the Great, Doctrine of Man , 1999
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Wieland in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. i. R. Georg Wieland
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieland, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Przechlewo |