Kristian Köchy

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Kristian Köchy (born April 4, 1961 in Wolfenbüttel ) is a professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Kassel and an expert in bioethics .

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Kristian Köchy studied biology at the Technical University of Braunschweig from 1981 to 1988 and graduated with a diploma on the morphology of the nervous system of the praying mantis . He then studied philosophy there until 1992 and received his doctorate in biology in 1991, with the development and neuroethology of the defensive behavior of the praying mantis . In 1995 he graduated from the University of Dortmund with a work on holistic phenomena and analytical methods. PhD on concepts for overcoming mechanistic-reductionist thinking .

After completing his studies, Kristian Köchy worked as a research assistant at the Department of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Dortmund . In 2000 he completed his habilitation on perspectives of the organic in the subject of philosophy and since 2001 he has worked as a scientific assistant and coordinator of the interdisciplinary working group on genetic engineering reports at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin . In the summer semester 2001 and in the summer semester 2002 Kristian Köchy represented Michael Heidelberger's chair in the theory of science of natural sciences and natural philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In the winter semester 2002/2003 he then went to the biotechnology department of the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences as a visiting professor for bioethics .

In 2003, Kristian Köchy accepted the professorship for Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Kassel and started this with a provisional representation from April 1, 2003.

The focus of his research and teaching are philosophy of science , natural philosophy , epistemology and metaphysics . His areas of specialization are biophilosophy , bioethics and the philosophy of the organic. He is a member of the interdisciplinary research group “AG Understanding Nature - Protecting Nature” at the research facility of the Evangelical Study Group in Heidelberg.

Works (selection)

biology

  • K. Köchy: Neuroanatomical investigations of the thoracic nervous system of the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia sinensis. Diploma thesis at the TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1988.
  • K. Köchy: Investigations into the defense behavior of praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea) with special consideration of the postembryonic development. biol. Dissertation at the TU Braunschweig. Braunschweig 1991.
  • K. Köchy, F. Hucho, A. Bosse, W. van den Daele (eds.): Genetic engineering as an economic factor - definitions and evaluation criteria. Spectrum academic publishing house, Heidelberg / Berlin 2002.
  • F. Hucho, K. Köchy (Ed.): Materials for a genetic engineering report. Basic research - medical application - economic importance. Heidelberg / Berlin, spectrum academic publishing house 2003.

philosophy

  • Kristian Köchy: Wholeness and Science. The historical case study of romantic nature research . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1997.
  • R. Elm, Kristian Köchy, M. Meyer (Eds.): Hermeneutics of Life. Potentials of the concept of life in the crisis of modernity . Alber, Freiburg / Munich 1999.
  • Kristian Köchy: Basic philosophical reflection in bioethics. In: H.-M. Sass, H. Viefhues, M. Zenz (Ed.): Medical-ethical materials . Center for Medical Ethics, Issue 135, 2002.
  • Kristian Köchy: Perspectives on the Organic. Biophilosophy between natural and scientific philosophy. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2003
  • Kristian Köchy: Biophilosophy. for introduction . Junius, Hamburg 2008.
  • Kristian Köchy, Martin Böhnert, Matthias Wunsch (Hrsg.): Philosophy of animal research . Three volumes. Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2016–2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Lüdtke, Hans Strodel, Hans Jaeger: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 17th edition. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1992, ISBN 3-11-011754-1 .
  2. ^ Website of the working group with the participation of K. Köchy.

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SURNAME Köchy, Kristian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor, professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Kassel and expert on bioethics
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel