Isabelle Mandrella

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Isabelle Mandrella (* 1968 in Besançon ) is a German philosopher .

Life

She studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Bonn . From 1990 to 1996 she was a tutor, student and research assistant and employee at the Philosophical Seminar, Teaching and Research Area II (at that time: Dept. B) in Bonn . After the diploma in 1995 in Catholic Theology, University of Bonn ( Thesis : Two lists natural human basic goods - a comparative study on the theories of John Finnis and Martha C. Nussbaum ) she graduated with a PhD scholarship (1997-2000) by the Student Support Cusanuswerk the Promotion 2001 in philosophy, University of Bonn. From 2001 to 2002 she was a research assistant at the Philosophical Seminar, LFB II at the University of Bonn. Lecturer at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne . From 2002 to 2004 she was a research assistant at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , Trier, Institute for Cusanus Research, at the edition of the Opera omnia by Nicolaus Cusanus . Lecturer at the University of Trier . From 2005 to 2007 she had a habilitation grant from the Görres Society for the Care of Science and was editor of the Philosophical Yearbook . From 2007 to 2010 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Philosophy with Theo Kobusch at the University of Bonn. After completing her habilitation in philosophy at the University of Bonn in 2011, she represented the chair at the Philosophical Department of the University of Mainz ( Mechthild Dreyer ) in the 2010/2011 winter semester . Since the summer semester 2011 she has held the chair at Catholic Theol. Faculty of the University of Munich (Chair for Christian Philosophy and Theological Propaedeutics). In 2012 she became a university professor for Christian philosophy and theological propaedeutics at the Catholic Theol. Faculty appointed in Munich . In July 2013 the professorship was renamed "Professorship for Philosophy and Basic Philosophical Questions in Theology". She was awarded the Princess Therese von Bayern Prize in 2017.

Her main research interests are theoretical and practical philosophy of the Middle Ages; in particular: Nicolaus Cusanus, history of metaphysics as transcendental philosophy, theories of will (freedom) and natural law as the law of reason.

Works (selection)

  • The Isaac sacrifice. Historical-systematic study of the rationality and changeability of natural law in the medieval doctrine of natural law ( contributions to the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages . New volume 62), Münster 2002.
  • Gregory of Rimini (1300–1358): Moral action and right reason. Lectura super secundum Sententiarum, distinctiones 34–37. Latin - German, translated and introduced by Isabelle Mandrella ( Herder's Library of the Philosophy of the Middle Ages 22), Freiburg 2010.
  • Viva imago. The practical philosophy of Nicolaus Cusanus ( book series of the Cusanus Society 19), Münster 2012.
  • "Amor liber est". Love and freedom with Nicolaus Cusanus ( Trier Cusanus Lecture 20), Trier 2016.
  • Gilbert von Poitiers , Commentary on Boethius' Treatise on the Trinity. Expositio in Boethii De trinitate. Latin - German, translated and introduced by Isabelle Mandrella and Hannes Möhle ( Herder Library of Philosophy of the Middle Ages 42), Freiburg 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Isabelle Mandrella on May 24, 2013 - Catholic Theological Faculty - LMU Munich. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mandrella, Isabelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Besançon