Markus Tiedemann

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Markus Tiedemann (* 1970 in Hamburg ) is a German philosopher, didactic specialist and author of books for young people.

Life

Tiedemann studied philosophy, psychology, history and education in Hagen and Hamburg. After completing his studies, he worked for twelve years as a teacher and seminar leader at a comprehensive school and at the Hamburg Institute for Teacher Training and School Development. He was also a scholarship holder of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and did his doctorate with Ekkehard Martens . He moved to Karlsruhe for his habilitation with Urs Thurnherr . He taught as professor for philosophy didactics at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, the Free University of Berlinand then followed a call to the Technical University of Dresden. His work and interests include philosophy didactics, ethical orientation in modern times, migration issues, philosophizing with children, empirical educational research and right-wing extremism. Together with Volker Steenblock and Bettina Bussmann, Tiedemann is chairman of the “Forum for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics” within the German Society for Philosophy . He is co-editor of the "Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics". Markus Tiedemann's writings have so far been translated into nine languages.

Philosophy and philosophy didactics

Tiedemann understands philosophy didactics as a theoretical-conceptual, a methodical-practical and an empirical-critical science. Conceptually, Tiedemann represents problem-oriented philosophy didactics, which he understands as an accentuation of Ekkehard Martens' thesis on cultural technology. On the methodological and practical level, Tiedemann advocates a varied design of philosophy and ethics lessons. However, he is critical of the equality of presentational and discursive forms and insists on understanding the essence of philosophical education as a category-based, argumentative justification. In the dispute over the use of empirical teaching research within philosophy didactics, Tiedemann took a mediating position that emphasizes both possibilities and limits. He agrees with Volker Steenblock that numerous philosophical virtues cannot be evaluated. In addition, the legitimation of philosophical education goes beyond empirical findings. At the same time, however, existing options should be used to assess the acceptance, compatibility and efficiency of philosophical educational offers.

With the concept of transcendental tolerance education, Tiedemann reacts to the so-called “values-mediation dilemma”. In modern times, ethical orientation cannot refer to ultimate justifications. However, this does not mean that “anything goes”. The act of orientation consists in distinguishing between better and worse justifications according to the degree of their coherence, their reciprocity, their intersubjective communicability and their inclusion of the other. Tiedemann speaks of a modest or self-critical universalism, the derivation of which he refers to, among others, Rainer Forst, Julian Nida-Rümelin, Jürgen Habermas, Ernst Tugendhat, Rawls and Kant.

In his main research areas, Tiedemann u. a. with the influence of philosophical education on de-radicalization processes, with normative questions of migration, synergy effects between experiential education and philosophical education as well as right-wing radical falsification of history.

In the public space, Tiedemann has repeatedly called for mandatory philosophy or ethics lessons. He was also involved in numerous debates on questions of criticism of religion, migration policy and medical ethics.

Fonts (selection)

Technical philosophy and didactics

  • Markus Tiedemann / Lea Eisleb , right to resistance. On the theory of political denial . Stuttgart 2018.
  • “Dear fanatic!” Philosophical letters to people of extreme faiths . Frankfurt am Main 2016.
  • Love, friendship and sexuality. Questions and Answers of Philosophy . Hildesheim, 2014.
  • “Our daughter does not take part in swimming lessons!” 50 religious-cultural conflicts in school and how to deal with them , together with Ulrike Hinrichs and Nizar Romdhane, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2012.
  • Philosophy didactics and empirical educational research. Possibilities and limits . Münster 2011.
  • Ethical orientation for young people. A theoretical and empirical investigation into the possibilities of practical philosophy as a subject in lower secondary level . Munster 2004.
  • “Nobody Was Gassed In Auschwitz” - 60 Right-Wing Lies and How to Refute Them ; Mülheim an der Ruhr 1996.

Philosophical literature for young people and fiction

  • World wanderer. Maya and the fifth crusade . Hildesheim 2016.
  • "Romeo and Jasmine - Murder of Honor". A philosophical theater project . Bonn 2013.
  • The wandering healers. Maya and the art of world wanderers . Hildesheim 2013.
  • Princess metaphysics. A fantastic journey through philosophy , Hildesheim, Olms 1999.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bergedorfer Zeitung , Tuesday, October 22, 2013, page 7
  2. ↑ http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/philosophische_fakultaet/iph TU Dresden
  3. ↑ Genesis and structure of philosophy didactics. In: Handbook Philosophy and Ethics. Vol. I. Nida-Rümelin, Spiegel, Tiedemann (ed.) UTB 2015.
  4. ^ The Principle of a Problem-Based Approach and Its Consequences for Teaching Philosophy and “Ethic”. In: Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Practice. Volume 33 (2012), pp: 54–64
  5. ↑ "Paint me something!" - An interjection. In: Journal for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics, Issue 1/2011
  6. ↑ Philosophy didactics and empirical educational research. Possibilities and limits. Münster 2011
  7. ^ Philosophical Education and Transcendental Tolerance. In: Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ Orientation without a final justification. In: Tiedemann, Markus (ed.): Migration, human rights and racism. Challenges to Ethical Education. Schöningh, Paderborn 2020.
  9. ↑ Ethics are more important than religion. In: Frankfurter Rundschau July 12, 2016; Judgment schools. In: DIE ZEIT. 06/09/2016.
  10. ↑ concession. Why the federal government's circumcision law is theoretically wrong and yet can be practically correct. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, December 11, 2012.
  11. ^ Racism and racism of the anti-racists. In the Sarrazin case, opponents and supporters cultivate naive stereotypes and therefore fall short of the legitimate center of the debate. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 03.09.2010.
  12. ↑ What should we do? The ethical challenge of triage. In: Frankfurter Rundschau April 21, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Tiedemann, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, didactic specialist and author of books for young people
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg