Gottfried Gabriel

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Gottfried Gabriel (born October 4, 1943 in Kulm ad Weichsel) is a German philosopher .

Life

Gabriel studied philosophy, German and general linguistics at the Universities of Münster and Konstanz , where he received his doctorate in 1972. From 1967 to 1992 he taught at the University of Konstanz, from 1982 as an adjunct professor. 1986 to 1988 he was visiting professor at the University of Campinas in Brazil . 1992 to 1995 he held a professorship at the Ruhr University Bochum . From 1995 to 2009 he held the chair for logic and philosophy of science at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . After Joachim Ritter and Karlfried founders, Gabriel is the main editor of the now completed historical dictionary of philosophy . He also gives the Explicatio series together with Rüdiger Zymner . Analytical studies on literature and literary studies out.

Focus

Gabriel's main research interests are epistemology , logic, philosophy of language and aesthetics . His main interest is the establishment of a pluralistic concept of knowledge. According to this, there are different forms of knowledge that range from precise logical argumentation in the sciences to concise aesthetic visualization in literature and art and complement each other to form a comprehensive world orientation.

Fonts (selection)

  • Precision and Conciseness. Logical, rhetorical, aesthetic and literary forms of knowledge , Paderborn 2019.
  • Frege and the continental origins of analytical philosophy (together with Sven Schlotter), Münster 2017.
  • Knowledge , Berlin / Boston 2015.
  • Introduction to logic. Short textbook with exercises and sample solutions , Jena 2007, 4th edition 2013.
  • Aesthetics and rhetoric of money , Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt 2002.
  • Logic and rhetoric of knowledge. On the relationship between scientific and aesthetic worldview , Münster 1997, 2nd edition 2013.
  • Basic problems of epistemology. From Descartes zu Wittgenstein , Paderborn 1993, 3rd edition 2008.
  • Between logic and literature. Forms of Knowledge of Poetry, Philosophy and Science , Stuttgart 1991.
  • Fiction and truth. A semantic theory of literature , Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt 1975, 2nd edition 2019.
  • Definitions and interests. On the practical foundations of definition theory , Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt 1972.

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personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulm