Andrzej Wierciński

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Andrzej Wierciński (born March 10, 1961 in Białystok ) is a Polish philosopher, Roman Catholic theologian and poet. He is Professor of General Education and Philosophy of Education, Department of Education, University of Warsaw, as well as adjunct professor for the philosophy of religion at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau as well as founder and president of the International Institute for Hermeneutics .

Andrzej Wiercinski

Life

Andrzej Wierciński graduated in 1984 with a degree in Philosophy and Catholic Theology (MA) from the Catholic University of Lublin . In 1985 he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Lublin . In 1990 he received his doctorate in philosophy with Stanisław Wielgus on the subject: “The scholastic preconditions of Gustav Siewerth's metaphysics . A historical-critical study with reference to the theory of being forgotten by Martin Heidegger ”, his doctorate in Catholic theology with Gerhard Ludwig Müller in 1996 :“ The poet in his being a poet: Attempting a philosophical-theological interpretation of being a poet using the example of Czesław Miłosz ”. In 2007 he was in professional philosophy of religion with the theme "Hermeneutics between Philosophy and Theology: The Imperative to Think the incommensurable" habilitation . From 2007 to 2012 Wierciński was a private lecturer at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau before he was appointed adjunct professor at the Chair for Philosophy of Religion in 2012.

Act

In teaching and research, Wierciński primarily deals with philosophical and theological hermeneutics , with the approaches of Hans-Georg Gadamer , Paul Ricœur and the hermeneutic reappropriation of medieval metaphysics by Gustav Siewerth, with German idealism , especially Schelling , and with the hermeneutics of education , Communication, medicine and psychoanalysis.

Academic career

  • 2015 Professor of General Education and Philosophy of Education, Department of Education, University of Warsaw
  • 2012 Visiting Professor, Barrett, the Honors College and The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, USA.
  • 2011–2012 Professor for Philosophy of Religion (substitute professor for Prof. Dr. Dr. Markus Enders (sabbatical leave)), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i.Br.
  • 2009 Research Professor in Hermeneutics, Instituto de Investigaciones Filologicas, Centro de Estudios Clasicos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • 2007 Privatdozent / Professor for Philosophy of Religion at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg i.Br.
  • 2002–2007 Research Professor in Hermeneutics, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • 2001 President-Founder of the International Institute for Hermeneutics.
  • 2000–2002 Research Professor in Hermeneutics, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY.
  • 1999–2002 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.
  • 1997–1999 Visiting Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.
  • 1993–1997 Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and Philosophical University, Munich.
  • 1992–1993 Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley.
  • 1992 Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and Philosophical University of Munich.
  • 1992 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, Boston College, Boston.
  • 1991 Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and Philosophical University of Munich.
  • 1991 Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy, Boston College, Boston Spring 1991 - Research at the Department of Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg.
  • 1986–1990 Teaching Assistant, Lecturer and Fellow at Gustaw Siewerth Academy in Bierbronnen.

Selected publications

Monographs

  • Hermeneutics between Philosophy and Theology: The Imperative to Think the Incommensurable (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2010).
  • Philosophizing with Gustav Siewerth: A New German Edition with Facing Translation of “Das Sein als Gleichnis Gottes” / “Being as Likeness of God”, And A Study, “From Metaphor and Indication to Icon: The Centrality of the Notion of Verbum in Hans -Georg Gadamer, Bernard Lonergan, and Gustav Siewerth ” (Konstanz: Verlag Gustav Siewerth Gesellschaft, 2005).
  • Inspired Metaphysics? Gustav Siewerth's Hermeneutic Reading of the Onto-Theological Tradition (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2003).
  • Togetherness: Basics of a concern for people while they are on the move (Guernsey: Elan & Son, 1997).
  • The poet in his being a poet: Attempting a philosophical-theological interpretation of being a poet using the example of Czesław Miłosz (Frankfurt a. M .: Peter Lang, 1997).
  • The scholastic preconditions of Gustav Siewerth's metaphysics: A historical-critical study with reference to Martin Heidegger's theory of forgetfulness of being (Frankfurt a. M .: Peter Lang, 1991).
  • Scholastyczne uwarunkowania metafizyki Gustawa Siewertha: Study historyczno-krytyczne w aspekcie teorii “niepamięci bytu” Martina Heideggera (Wadhurst: Elan & Son, 1990).
  • About the difference in being: Metaphysical reflections on Gustav Siewerth's work (Frankfurt a. M .: Peter Lang, 1989).

Editorships

  • Heidegger and Hermeneutics , Studia Philosophiae Christianae 49 (2013) and 1 (2014).
  • Maria Luisa Portocarrero, Luis Umbelino, and Andrzej Wierciński, ed., The Hermeneutic Rationality / La rationalité herméneutique (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2012).
  • Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the Art of Conversation (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2011).
  • Sean McGrath and Andrzej Wierciński, ed., A Companion to Heidegger's “Phenomenology of Religious Life” (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2010).
  • Edward Fiała, Dariusz Skórczewski, and Andrzej Wierciński, ed., Interpreting the Self: Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, and Literary Studies (Lublin: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, 2009).
  • Between Description and Interpretation: The Hermeneutic Turn in Phenomenology (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2005).
  • Between Friends: The Hans Urs von Balthasar and Gustav Siewerth Correspondence (1954-1963): A Bilingual Edition , ed. And trans. Andrzej Wierciński (Konstanz: Verlag Gustav Siewerth Gesellschaft, 2005).
  • Jan Sochoń and Andrzej Wierciński, ed., Studia z Filozofii Boga, religii i człowieka , vol. 3: Filozofia wobec tajemnic wiecznych 3 (2005).
  • Between Suspicion and Sympathy: Paul Ricoeur's Unstable Equilibrium (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2003).
  • Between the Human and the Divine: Philosophical and Theological Hermeneutics (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2002).
  • Between nature and culture. The autobiography of a diplomat and painter: Hans Karl von Zwehl , ed. Andrzej Wierciński and Ella Dunkley, with an Introductory Essay by Andrzej Wierciński (Wadhurst: Elan & Son, 1992).

Interview with Andrzej Wiercinski

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.theol.uni-freiburg.de/institute/ist/cr/cr/#haben  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.theol.uni-freiburg.de  
  2. ^ Andrzej Wiercinski (ed.), Between the Human and the Divine: Philosophical and Theological Hermeneutics (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2002).
  3. ↑ Andrzej Wiercinski (ed.), Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the Art of Conversation (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2011).
  4. ^ Andrzej Wiercinski (ed.) Between Suspicion and Sympathy: Paul Ricoeur's Unstable Equilibrium (Toronto: The Hermeneutic Press, 2003).
  5. ↑ Andrzej Wiercinski, The scholastic preconditions of the metaphysics Gustav Siewerths: A historical-critical study with reference to the theory of being forgotten by Martin Heidegger (Frankfurt a. M .: Peter Lang, 1991).
personal data
SURNAME Wierciński, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish philosopher, theologian and poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Białystok , Poland