Philipp Huebl

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Philipp Hübl (2017)

Philipp Hübl (born November 21, 1975 in Hanover ) is a German philosopher , author and publicist .

Life

Hübl studied philosophy and linguistics in Berlin, Berkeley, New York and Oxford. Between 2006 and 2009 he was a member of a research group funded by the Volkswagen Foundation called "The Body-Project: interdisciplinary investigations on bodily experiences". He received his doctorate in 2010 with Geert Keil at the Humboldt University in Berlin with a thesis on the subject of Action and Consciousness . Hübl had lectureships for philosophy at the RWTH Aachen and at the Humboldt University in Berlin. From 2012 to 2018 he was Junior Professor for Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart and pursued a habilitation project on the subject of Causation and Explanation . Hübl has researched the philosophy of mind, the theory of action, the philosophy of language, metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Since 2017 he has been writing the column "Hübls Aufklerung" in the philosophy magazine .

Hübl is the son of the economist Lothar Hübl (* 1941) and has two brothers.

Books

In 2012 his first book, Episode the White Rabbit, was published . In it he introduces modern philosophy and gives clear answers to fundamental questions in life such as: Can you live without feelings? What is awareness Does death have a purpose? The book was on the Spiegel bestseller list for over a year, was translated into several languages ​​and was awarded the Mindelheim Philosophy Prize.

In 2015 his book Der Untergrund des Denkens: A Philosophy of the Unconscious was published by Rowohlt . In it, Hübl presents a fundamental philosophical analysis of unconscious processes. He considers the thesis of the power of the unconscious to be a myth and argues that reason and controlled attention protect us from manipulation.

In his 2018 essay Bullshit Resistance , which was published in the Virtues for the 21st Century series, Hübl emphasizes the duty of critical thinking in order to distinguish truth from untruths and thus counter the ubiquitous conspiracy theories and fake news . He also warns against tribal thinking, that is, blindly following all positions of one's own political position.

In spring 2019, Hübl's book Die aufgeregte Gesellschaft was published: How emotions shape our morals and intensify polarization . In it, Hübl deals with the question of how personality traits determine certain emotions, which in turn have an influence on moral attitudes and thus also political preferences. He invokes positions in moral psychology to explain the polarization in politics and society.

Positions as a publicist

Fake news and bullshit

At the Römerberg Talks 2017 in Frankfurt, Hübl advocated the thesis that it is not the current age that is post-factual, but rather the thinking style of a certain social group, which can be found primarily in the right-wing extremist camp. The production of fake news and the accusation of the lying press are “two sides of the same coin”, because both maneuvers are “driven by the desire that the world should fit with one's own normative view. If this is not the case, you have two options for avoiding cognitive dissonance , i.e. an inner tension: revising your own views or reinterpreting the world. "People with an" intuitive thinking style "would rather choose the second option.

Right shift

Hübl sees the right-wing radical thinking style as an extreme form of the conservative thinking style, in which authority, loyalty and disgust play a role. “There, loyalty and tribalism are transformed into loyalty to 'blood and soil' and thus to xenophobia. The desire for authority and structure turns into a longing for the autocratic leader who cleans up properly - if necessary at the expense of democracy. The preference for purity is increased to disgust: homosexuality is considered 'disgusting', as are unclear gender roles or 'left-wing green' ideas. The 'angry citizens' are actually 'disgusting citizens'. ”The disgust disposition makes people“ traditionalists. Conservatives generally shy away from anything new; they rarely react positively to surprising stimuli and prefer order and familiarity in life. In the case of progressives, on the other hand, the tendency to disgust is much less pronounced: They accordingly need less structure and order in life, they value individuality, creativity and new impressions. "

God and Religion

Hübl is an avowed atheist . He argues against the view that “Western values” spring from Christianity. “Our ideas of democracy, freedom of expression or equality between men and women do not come from the Bible, but from humanism, the Enlightenment and later freedom movements. Democracy and equality are alien to most religions. "

Hatred and violence on the net

According to Hübl, the Germans are not in a "moral disorientation"; rather, "The crime rate, especially of capital crimes ... has fallen continuously since the Second World War until today". However, the visibility of dissatisfaction and hatred has increased through the social networks.

Engagement and media

As a member of Think Tank 30 of the Club of Rome , Hübl and Andreas Barthelmess proposed a reorganization of the federal territory , which only provides for six federal states. Together with members of Think Tank 30, he wrote an open letter to the then Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadineschad , in which they invited him to enter into a dialogue with the West. Hübl is committed to full equality in gay marriage. In the 3sat magazine Kulturzeit at the end of March 2020, Hübl discussed philosophical questions on the occasion of the Corona crisis in the series Philosophical Corona Diary .

Publications

Books

  • Philipp Hübl, Follow the white rabbit ... into the world of philosophy , 2012, Reinbek: Rowohlt, ISBN 978-3499624797
  • Philipp Hübl, The Underground of Thought. A philosophy of the unconscious , 2015, Reinbek: Rowohlt, ISBN 978-3498028114
  • Philipp Hübl, bullshit resistance. Virtues for the 21st Century , 2018, Berlin: Nicolai Publishing & Intelligence GmbH, ISBN 978-3964760098
  • Philipp Hübl, Die aufgeregte Gesellschaft: How emotions shape our morals and intensify polarization , 2019, Munich: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, ISBN 978-3570103623

Articles, interviews, lectures (selection)

Video

Web links

Commons : Philipp Hübl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volkswagen Foundation: Search. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / philipphuebl.com
  3. ↑ Philipp Hübl. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
  4. ↑ https://www.rowohlt.de/taschenbuch/philipp-huebl-sequence-dem-weissen-kaninchen.html
  5. ↑ https://www.buchreport.de/bestseller/buch/isbn/9783499624797.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/mindelheim/Preisvergabe-schlaegt-Wellen-id24803351.html
  7. ↑ https://www.rowohlt.de/hardcover/philipp-huebl-der-untergrund-des-denkens.html
  8. ↑ https://www.podcast.de/episode/275818033/Mitbestend%253F%2B-%2Bdas%2BUnbewusst/
  9. ↑ a b Jobst: Bullshit resistance is a cardinal virtue: Say war on fake news! In: Focus. February 2, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Steve Ayan: From the good and the truth: A new seven-part series of essays should arm us for modern life. In: spectrum. March 21, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Simone Miller: Philipp Hübl on "The excited society" - Do feelings determine our worldview? In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. March 24, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ Philipp Hübl in an interview with Jakob Simmank : "Those who are very disgusted tend to vote conservatively". Die Zeit, August 26, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.roemerberggespraeche-ffm.de
  14. ↑ Fabio Bacigalupo: The Powerlessness of Enlightenment - An Intervention of the Römerberg Talks: Listen to MP3 online - hr2 Kulturszene Hessen - Audio 336446513. Retrieved on November 10, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Philosophy magazine
  16. ↑ Philipp Hübl: What distinguishes progressives and conservatives are their feelings | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 29, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 10, 2017]).
  17. ↑ Philipp Hübl: What distinguishes progressives and conservatives are their feelings | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 29, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 10, 2017]).
  18. ↑ The crucial question. Two philosophers argue about God. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, October 11, 2015, accessed on November 10, 2017 (Swiss Standard German).
  19. ↑ Hübl, Philipp: Follow the white rabbit ... into the world of philosophy , 2012, Reinbek: Rowohlt, p. 104
  20. ↑ Philosophy Magazine No. 3, 2017, p. 54
  21. ^ Fake news in social networks . ( zdf.de [accessed on November 10, 2017]). Fake news in social networks ( memento of the original dated November 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de
  22. ↑ Andreas Barthelmess, Philipp Hübl: Land reorganization: Plea for the strong six. In: Spiegel Online . December 15, 2006, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  23. ^ Philipp Hübl, Andreas Barthelmess, Stefan Börnchen, Julian Hanich: Your contradictions, Mr. President. In: TAZ. May 31, 2006, accessed April 15, 2019 .
  24. Jump up ↑ Celebrities for Gay Marriage: The List of Signatories. In: Spiegel Online . May 13, 2013, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Jessica Zobel: First broadcasts. ZDF / 3sat press office, March 24, 2020, accessed on March 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hübl, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover