Rolf Schönberger

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Rolf Schönberger (born October 25, 1954 in Günzburg ) is a German philosopher and university professor for the history of philosophy with a focus on the philosophy of the Middle Ages .

Life

After studying at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and graduating in 1979 with a Magister Artium , he worked with Robert Spaemann as an assistant at the Institute for Philosophy until his doctorate in 1983 . He completed his habilitation in 1990 on the subject of ad aliquid. Buridan's theory of relations in the context of his thinking and scholasticism . Now he has taken on several teaching positions and substitutions, for example at the University of Philosophy SJ, the University of Freiburg , the University of Munich and the Weingarten University of Education . Since 1996 he has held the chair for the history of philosophy with a focus on medieval philosophy at the University of Regensburg . From October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2001 he was dean of the Philosophical Faculty I. Since 2004 he has been a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Schönberger has been a member of the University Council of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since January 2012 .

research

He is known for the creation of repertories and databases as well as numerous specialist publications and the like. a. on the semantics of divine names and other topics of thought by Thomas Aquinas , on the problem and conceptual history of the concept of being, on Johannes Buridan's theory of relations , on the concept of scholasticism and on the history of proofs of God.

Works (selection)

  • Repertory of edited texts from the Middle Ages from the field of philosophy and related areas , 2nd completely revised and expanded edition, 3 volumes, Berlin: Akad.-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-05-003342-6 .
  • The Last Evidence of God , Munich, Pattlochverlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-629-02178-6 .
  • Anselm von Canterbury , Munich: Beck, 2004, ISBN 3-406-51087-6 .
  • Thomas von Aquin for an introduction , Hamburg: Junius, 2012, ISBN 978-3-88506-351-3 .
  • Relation as a comparison: the relational theory of Johannes Buridan in the context of his thinking and scholasticism , Leiden; New York; Cologne: Brill, 1994, ISBN 90-04-09854-2 .
  • Repertory of edited texts from the Middle Ages from the field of philosophy and related areas , Berlin: Akad.-Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-05-002258-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University Council. Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, accessed on February 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ New external members for the University Council of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , press release from December 21, 2011 on ku.de.
personal data
SURNAME Schoenberger, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzburg