Jörn Müller (philosopher)

Jörn Müller (born August 11, 1969 in Koblenz ) is a German philosopher .

Life

Jörn Müller studied philosophy, history and education at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and at the University of Edinburgh . In 1997 he passed his first state examination. In 2001 he completed his doctorate in Bonn. The topic of his dissertation was: Natural Morals and Philosophical Ethics with Albertus Magnus .

From 2000 to 2001 he worked as a corporate philosopher at Biodata Information Technologie AG. From 2002 to 2003 Müller worked first as a research assistant at the Institute for Philosophy, then from November 2003 as a research assistant at the Chair for Medieval Philosophy at the University of Bonn (with Theo Kobusch ). From March to August 2007 a research stay as a visiting scholar at the De Wulf-Mansion Center for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the University of Leuven followed . From October 15, 2007 until spring 2010, Jörn Müller was a substitute professor at the Institute for Philosophy at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .

On July 2, 2008, he completed his habilitation in Bonn. The subject of his habilitation thesis was: weak will in thinking in antiquity and the Middle Ages. A problem story from Socrates to Johannes Duns Scotus . In the spring of 2010, Müller switched to a substitute professorship at the University of Bochum, before returning to the University of Würzburg in autumn 2010. In October 2011, Müller was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Würzburg . Since March 2014 he has been a full professor of ancient and medieval philosophy in Würzburg.

Fonts

• Natural morality and philosophical ethics with Albertus Magnus In: Contributions to the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages, NF 59. Aschendorff, Münster 2001, ISBN 978-3-402-04012-6 .
• Physique and ethos. Aristotle's concept of nature and its relevance for ethics. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8260-3443-5 .
• with Marcel van Ackeren (Ed.): Understanding Ancient Philosophy / Understanding Ancient Philosophy. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 978-3-534-18815-4 .
• with Tobias Hoffmann, Matthias Perkams (eds.): The Problem of Weakness of Will in Medieval Philosophy (= Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie médiévales: Bibliotheca. 8). Peeters, Leuven / Paris / Dudley 2006.
• with Hanns G. Nissing (Ed.): The lie. An everyday phenomenon from a scientific point of view. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2007.
• Weakness of will in antiquity and the Middle Ages. A history of problems from Socrates to Johannes Duns Scotus (= Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. 40). Leuven University Press, Leuven 2009.
• with Christoph Horn, Joachim Söder (Ed.): Platon-Handbuch. Life - work - effect. Metzler, Stuttgart 2009.
• with Hanns G. Nissing (Ed.): Basic positions of philosophical ethics. From Aristotle to Jürgen Habermas. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2009.
• with Marcel van Ackeren, Theo Kobusch (Ed.): Why still philosophy? Historical, systematic and social positions. Collection of articles. De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022375-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jörn Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website at the University of Würzburg