Michael Weingarten
Michael Weingarten (* 1954 ) is a German philosopher and university professor.
life and work
After studying philosophy, literary studies, politics and sociology in Marburg and Frankfurt / Main, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy on the basic problems of evolutionary theory in 1989. Since 1989 he has been a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Marburg . From 1980 to 1999 he worked in the critical evolution theory group at the Senckenberg Research Institute . In 2002 he was scientific director of the theory laboratory at the University of Jena . He is currently a lecturer for the Ethical-Philosophical Basic Studies (EPG) as part of the teaching degree in Baden-Württemberg at the University of Stuttgart, from 2004 to 2008 he was also a substitute professor at the University of Stuttgart , and since 2007 he has been honorary professor at the University of Marburg .
His work focuses on the theory of science and the history of science in the biosciences, hermeneutics and social philosophy.
Michael Weingarten is a member of the Die Linke party .
Works (selection)
Monographs
- Evolutionary epistemology and new worldviews . 1989
- Organisms: Objects or Subjects of Evolution? . 1997
- Perceive . 2003
- Life (bio-ethical) . 2003
- Dying (bio-ethical) . 2004
- Death (bio-ethical) . 2007
Co-author
- Jörg Zimmer, Michael Weingarten, Stefano Garroni, Hans Heinz Holz: Critical Theory . 1994
- Eve-Marie Engels , Thomas Junker , Michael Weingarten: Ethics of the life sciences . 1998
- Peter Janich , Michael Weingarten: Philosophy of Science of Biology . 1999
- Gerhard Schlosser, Michael Weingarten: Forms of explanation in biology . 2002
- Mathias Gutmann , Dirk Hartmann , Michael Weingarten: culture, action, science . 2002
- Siegfried Blasche, Mathias Gutmann, Michael Weingarten: Representation Mundi . 2004
editor
- Michael Weingarten (ed.): A "different" hermeneutics. Georg Misch on his 70th birthday - commemorative publication from 1948 . 2005
- Mathias Gutmann, Michael Weingarten: Thinking and acting. From the estate 1 of Josef König . 2005
- Michael Weingarten (Ed.): Structuring of space and landscape . 2005
- Christoph Görg , Christine Hertler, Engelbert Schramm , Michael Weingarten: Approaches to biodiversity. 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Weingarten in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website at the University of Stuttgart
- Short biography with photo from the Westfälisches Dampfboot publishing house
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Weingarten, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |