Eduard Zwierlein

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Eduard Zwierlein (born June 19, 1957 in Lahnstein ) is a German philosopher and adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Koblenz-Landau and management consultant .

Life

After an independent three-semester general course, Eduard Zwierlein studied philosophy , theology , psychology and law at the University of Hamburg from 1978 to 1984 . After working as a research assistant for Klaus Oehler and completing his doctorate (1987), he worked as a project manager at Reuters . From 1989 to 1990 he was a research assistant at the Research Institute for Philosophy in Hanover with Peter Koslowski . From 1990 to 1995 he worked as a project manager at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and as a visiting and research professor at the University of Kaiserslautern . In 1996 he also held a professorship for the pilot project interdisciplinary study program . After a series of teaching positions , he completed his habilitation at the University of Koblenz-Landau (2000), where he was appointed associate professor of philosophy in 2008. Since 1990 he has also worked as a management consultant for service companies with a focus on leadership development in consulting , coaching and training .

Research priorities

The central themes of his research are philosophical anthropology , philosophy of mind and epistemology , which is founded erkenntnisanthropologisch. According to his anthropological sum, which traces the human being as question-being, his current works are concentrated in the project of a critique of metaphorical reason. Many of Zwierlein’s practical questions can be assigned to the discipline of ethics , especially applied ethics , where he works on current moral problems with the instruments of classical ethics traditions. In his research on the history of philosophy, Zwierlein particularly focuses on Pascal research , the reconstruction of Nietzsche's philosophy and the philosophy of the first half of the 20th century, particularly on the work and legacy of Paul Ludwig Landsberg .

Field of activity

The focus of Zwierlein’s professional work is personnel-oriented management consulting and management development. As co-editor of the series “Philosophy and the Art of Living” at LIT Verlag as well as in extensive lectures and seminars, he pursues his concern to make philosophy accessible as the art of living .

Fonts (selection)

  • The idea of ​​a philosophical anthropology with Paul Ludwig Landsberg. Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-88479-419-1 .
  • Ecological structural change and circular economy (together with R. Isenmann). Idstein 1995, ISBN 3-8248-0096-9 .
  • Blaise Pascal as an introduction. Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-88506-936-9 .
  • Existence and reason. Studies on Pascal, Descartes and Nietzsche. Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-2068-5 .
  • Encounter and responsibility. Essays on Medical Ethos and Medical Ethics. Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-826-03620-0 .
  • Management and Spirituality. An experience and work book. Würzburg 2009. (together with U. Schmitz), ISBN 978-3-429-03066-7 .
  • Magna quaestio - The human being as a big question. Essay on the foundation of philosophy. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88221-976-0 .
  • Thinking can comfort. Accompany grief with understanding. Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-647-40235-2 .

Editing

  • Work and humanity. On the way to a humane working society. Idstein 1992, ISBN 3-8248-0057-8 .
  • Genetic ethics. On the ethical challenge posed by human genetics. Idstein 1993, ISBN 3-8248-0074-8 .
  • Nature as a role model. What can we learn from nature to solve our problems? Idstein 1993, ISBN 3-8248-0087-X .
  • Responsibility in the risk society. Ethical challenge in a changed world. Idstein 1994, ISBN 3-8248-0095-0 .
  • On self-organization. An Interdisciplinary Search for a Unifying Principle (together with RK Mishra and D. Maaß), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1994, ISBN 3-540-56485-3 .
  • Normality - difference - asymmetry. Ethical challenges in dealing with the weak and strangers. Idstein 1995, ISBN 3-8248-0097-7 .
  • Transplant Medicine and Ethics. On the way to a social consensus (together with FW Albert and W. Land), Lengerich, Berlin a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-928057-52-9 .
  • Integration and Exclusion Handbook. Disabled people in society. Neuwied 1996, ISBN 3-472-02158-6 .
  • Clinic management. Success strategies for the future. Munich 1997, ISBN 3-541-17911-2 .
  • Pascal, selected and presented by E. Zwierlein. Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01291-2
  • Virtual worlds and teleworking: Challenges - Chances - Risks (together with R. Isenmann), Aachen 1998, ISBN 3-8265-4322-X .
  • Handbook Integrated Dying Care (together with U. Lilie), Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 3-579-06804-0 .
  • Paul Ludwig Landsberg, The Experience of Death. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-88221-660-8 .
  • Blaise Pascal, thoughts. Selection according to the plan of the apology. Suhrkamp Study Library with a comment by E. Zwierlein. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-27020-2
  • Blaise Pascal, Briefe I. The private letters, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-88221-975-3

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personal data
SURNAME Zwierlein, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Lahnstein