Otto Neumaier

Otto Neumaier (* 1951 in Dornbirn ) is an Austrian philosopher and professor at the University of Salzburg .

Live and act

Neumaier studied philosophy and German at the University of Innsbruck from 1970 to 1979 . Since 1980 he has been working at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Salzburg, with a focus on ethics, aesthetics and philosophical anthropology.

In addition to various book publications as an author and editor, Otto Neumaier also acts as a co-editor of Conceptus , the magazine for philosophy and frame. The state of the art .

Fonts (selection)

author

Essays

• Popper's ontology . In: Werner Leinfellner (Ed.): Language and Ontology. Files from the 6th International Wittgenstein Symposium , 23.-30. August 1981, Kirchberg am Wechsel . Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-209-00422-6 .
• The development of Wittgenstein's theory of meaning . In: Paul Weingartner (ed.): Epistemology and philosophy of science. Files of the 7th International Wittgenstein Symposium, 22.-29. August 1982 Kirchberg am Wechsel . Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-209-00499-4 .
• The aesthetic preliminary judgment . In: Conceptus , Vol. 19 (1985), No. 46, ISSN  0010-5155
• In search of lost aesthetics . In: Polyaisthesis , Vol. 1 (1986), ISSN  0259-0824
• Popper and the early history of the mind-body problem . In: Conceptus , Vol. 21 (1987), No. 53/54, ISSN  0010-5155
• Unity and diversity of the senses . In: Christian G. Allesch, Peter M. Krakauer (Eds.): Polyaisthesis. Festschrift for Wolfgang Roscher on the occasion of his 60th birthday . VWGÖ, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-85369-671-6 .
• Mentalism in Cognitive Science. An analysis following Wittgenstein . In: Journal for Philosophical Research , Vol. 43 (1989), ISSN  0044-3301
• "Les larmes" de Lafontaine . In: Noëma , Vol. 87 (1991), Issue 35, ISSN  0256-2502
• The importance of human and non-human beings in ethics . In: Hans-Joachim Elster (Ed.): Responsibility of science, society and schools for future generations (publications of the society for responsibility in science; Vol. 7). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-510-95007-0 .
• Division of labor in philosophy . In: Kriterion , Vol. 4 (1994), ISSN  1019-8288
• What does “ Artificial Intelligence ” have to do with ethics? In: Conceptus , Vol. 27 (1994), No. 70, ISSN  0010-5155
• I - the other . In: Margit Zuckriegl (ed.): I am someone else. Body, identity, society. Examples of Austrian photography from the “Austrian Photo Gallery” collection . Rupertinum , Salzburg 1997, ISBN 3-901824-01-4 (also catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Kulturhaus Graz, September 27 to November 9, 1997).
• Does art still matter to people? In: Noëma. Art Journal , Vol. 46 (1998), ISSN  0256-2502
• Enchantment and Enlightenment . In: Eva di Stefano (Ed.): The Shadow of the Gods. Greek Myth and Contemporary Art . Editorial Electa, Naples 1998 (permissible catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Civica Galleria Romano Guttuso, May 9 to July 12, 1998).
• Portrait of the artist as a voyeur and exhibitionist . In: Noëma. Art Journal , Vol. 51 (1999), ISSN  0256-2502
• The art of mere thought . In: Edgar Morscher (Ed.): Bolzano's intellectual heritage for the 21st century. Contributions to the Bolzano Symposium of the ÖFG in December 1998 in Vienna (Contributions to Bolzano Research; Vol. 11). Academia-Verlag, St. Augustin 1999, ISBN 3-89665-013-0 .
• Ways of justifying moral responsibility for the environment . In: Conceptus , Vol. 33 (2000), Issue 83, pp. 175-214, ISSN  0010-5155
• Hybrid Identity in Popular Music and Other Arts . In: Joachim Brügge (Hrsg.): Cover strategies in popular music after 1960. Contributions from the conference from 1.-2. June 2012 in Salzburg (Rombach Sciences; Vol. 11). Rombach-Verlag, Freiburg / B. 2013, ISBN 978-3-7930-9742-6 .

Books

• Biological and social prerequisites for language proficiency . Verlag Conceptus, Innsbruck 1979, ISBN 3-900326-11-8 (plus dissertation, University of Innsbruck 1978).
• Character. Poems and Sayings 1974–1990 . Posch, Konstanz 1991, ISBN 3-927531-01-4 .
• From the end of art. Aesthetic attempts . Noëma PRess, Salzburg 1997, ISBN 2-901175-02-3 .
• Prolegomena to a future aesthetic, Vol. 1: Aesthetic objects . Academia-Verlag, St. Augustin 1999, ISBN 3-89665-153-6 .
• Moral responsibility. Contributions to the analysis of an ethical term . Schöningh, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76504-8 .

editor

• together with Edgar Morscher: Philosophy as Science. Dedicated to Paul Weingartner (Philosophical Research; Vol. 1). Comes-Verlag, Bad Reichenhall 1981, ISBN 3-88820-000-8 .
• Mind, Language and Society (Conceptus Studies; Vol. 2). VWGÖ, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85369-580-9 .
• Knowledge and conscience. Work on the problem of responsibility (Conceptus studies; Vol. 4). VWGÖ, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-85369-639-2 .
• together with Karl Leidlmair (Ed.): Why Artificial Intelligence? (Conceptus Studies; Vol. 5). VWGÖ, Vienna 1988.
• Applied ethics in the field of tension between ecology and economy (Contributions to applied ethics; Vol. 2). Academia-Verlag, St. Augustin 1994, ISBN 3-88345-398-6 .
• together with Heinrich Ganthaler: Beginning and End of Life. Contributions to medical ethics . Academia-Verlag, St. Augustin 1997, ISBN 3-88345-748-5 .
• together with Edgar Morscher and Peter Simons : Applied Ethics in a Troubled World (Philosophical Studies Series; Vol. 73). Kluwer, Dordrecht 1998, ISBN 0-7923-4965-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Until 1999 the magazine was called Noëma. Art Journal .

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Neumaier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Otto Neumaier at the University of Salzburg