Manfred Sommer (philosopher)

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Manfred Sommer (born August 14, 1945 ) is a German philosopher .

Sommer was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. From 1974 to 1982 he was assistant of Hans Blumenberg . In 1982 he completed his habilitation in Münster with a paper on "Husserl and early positivism". He taught from 1983 to 1988 as a professor of philosophy at the University of Münster and from 1989 to 2010 at the University of Kiel . After his retirement he was visiting professor for communication design at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel.

Sommer is editor of the writings from the estate of Hans Blumenberg.

His studies on “ Collecting ” and “Searching and Finding” found greater resonance .

Publications (selection)

  • The self-preservation of reason. Diss. Univ. Münster 1974, Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1977, ISBN 3-7728-0666-X
  • Husserl and early positivism. Habil. Univ. Münster 1982, Klostermann, Frankfurt 1985, ISBN 3-465-01668-8
  • Evidence in the Moment: a Phenomenology of Pure Sensation. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-518-57867-7
  • Identity in transition: Kant. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1988, ISBN 3-518-28351-0
  • Lifeworld and time awareness. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1990, ISBN 3-518-28451-7
  • Collecting: a philosophical attempt. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 3-518-58279-8
  • Searching and finding: everyday forms. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 2002, ISBN 3-518-58326-3
  • From the picture surface: an archeology of ruling. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-58683-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Gerald Beyrodt: Stories against fear. A conference on legibility by Hans Blumenberg , Deutschlandfunk , February 9, 2012
  2. Dialogue of Scripture: ›Auflesen‹ , Symposium at Muthesius Art College, Kiel, 24. – 25. May 2013
  3. Prof. Dr. Manfred Sommer - Lecture Exposé - Summer Semester 2014 , General Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  4. Patrick Bahners: Blumenberg's estate: Fragments of the Munster Unknown ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Frankfurter Allgemeine , December 12, 2007
  5. Ludger Heidbrink : Garbage, beetles and stuffed dogs , Die Zeit , November 25, 1999
  6. Burkhard Spinnen : Seestern, I greet you , Frankfurter Allgemeine , October 12, 1999
  7. Vanessa Joan Müller : Individual Stories. Collecting as a portrait and methodology , blog of the Kunsthalle Wien , October 5, 2015
  8. Review notes on searching and finding: Lifeworldly forms. at perlentaucher.de
  9. Stefan Diebitz: Manfred Sommer: From the picture surface. An archeology of ruling. Suhrkamp 2016 , Portal Art History , June 23, 2016