Ralf Becker (philosopher)
Ralf Becker (born June 2, 1975 in Lahnstein ) has been Professor of Philosophy at the University of Koblenz-Landau since 2016 .
Life
After graduating from high school in Lahnstein (today Marion-Dönhoff-Gymnasium), Becker studied philosophy, psychology and German at the University of Trier from 1994 to 1998 , where he also received his doctorate in 2002. In 1997 he was accepted into the German National Academic Foundation . He completed his habilitation in 2010 at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .
After substitute professorships in Kiel and Jena , he held the visiting professorship at the Humboldt Study Center for Philosophy and Humanities at Ulm University from 2012 to 2015 , where he was appointed Academic Councilor in 2015. Z. was appointed. In 2016 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau campus). He also held teaching positions at the Universities of Chemnitz and Witten / Herdecke as well as at the Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel, where he represented the professorship for cultural and media studies in the 2010/11 winter semester.
Beckers research areas form philosophical anthropology , culture philosophy , philosophy of science (with an emphasis on the life sciences ) phenomenological theory of knowledge , Hermeneutik and Term History .
Awards
- 2003: Sponsorship award from the Friends of Trier University (for the dissertation)
- 2009: Ernst Bloch Prize of the City of Ludwigshafen
Works
Monographs
- Sense and temporality. Comparative studies on the problem of the constitution of meaning through time by Husserl, Heidegger and Bloch . Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2003. (Trier Studies on Cultural Philosophy. Vol. 8).
- The human point of view. Perspectives and formations of anthropomorphism . Frankfurt a. M .: Klostermann 2011. (Philosophical Treatises. Vol. 103).
Editions
- with Ernst Wolfgang Orth : Media and Culture. Medial world view , Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2005. (Trier studies on cultural philosophy, vol. 13).
- with Christian Bermes and Heinz Leonardy: The formation of society. Scheler's social philosophy in context . Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2007.
- with Joachim Fischer and Matthias Schloßberger: Philosophical anthropology on the move. Max Scheler and Helmuth Plessner in comparison . Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2010 (International Yearbook for Philosophical Anthropology. Vol. 2).
- with Ernst Wolfgang Orth: Religion and Metaphysics as Dimensions of Culture . Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2011. (Trier Studies on Cultural Philosophy. Vol. 18).
- with Christian Bermes and Dirk Westerkamp: Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie 2020/1 ff. (Hamburg: Meiner).
Editions
- Synoptic Concordance on Franz Kafka's Legacy Writings and Fragments . Arranged by Ralf Becker u. a. Tübingen: Niemeyer 2003. (Indices on German literature. Vols. 36–38).
- Ernst Cassirer : Essays and Small Writings 1932–1935 . Text and Edit Notes by Ralf Becker (Collected Works. Hamburg Edition. Ed. by Birgit Recki, Vol. 18). Hamburg: Mine 2004.
- Ernst Bloch : The unnoticed moment. Features for the »Frankfurter Zeitung« 1916–1934 . Edited by Ralf Becker. Frankfurt a. M .: Suhrkamp 2007.
Web links
- Personal website
- Website at the University of Koblenz-Landau
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Becker, Ralf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd June 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahnstein |