Tobias Hoffmann (philosopher)

Tobias Hoffmann (* 1967 in Hamburg ) is a German philosopher .

Life

After graduating from the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule , he studied theology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg from 1987 to 1989 and obtained a licentiate in theology in 1993 from the University of Friborg . Researcher for Servais Pinckaers surgery at the University of Friborg was he obtained the doctorate in philosophy from 1994 to 1997. He in 2002 at the University of Friborg in Ruedi Imbach after the disputation in 1999, after the publication in 2002. Researcher at Ludger Honnefelder at the University of Bonn was he was from 1999 to 2000. As a visiting scholar, he conducted research at the KU Leuven 2000, the University of California, Irvine / Loyola Marymount University 2012–2013 and the University of Macerata 2017–2018. At the Catholic University of America he has been working in the School of Philosophy since 2001 (Ordinary Professor since 2018, Associate Professor 2007–2018, Assistant Professor 2001–2007).

His areas of interest are ethics, metaphysics and medieval philosophy (13th and 14th centuries) with a focus on Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus .

Fonts (selection)

• Creatura intellecta. The ideas and possibilies in Duns Scotus with a view of Franz von Mayronis, Poncius and Mastrius (= contributions to the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages. New series. Volume 60). Aschendorff, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-402-04011-5 (also dissertation, Friborg 1999).
• as editor: Johannes Duns Scotus. The Univocality of Beings: Texts on Metaphysics (= Philosophy Collection. Volume 1). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-525-30600-8 .
• as editor with Jörn Müller and Matthias Perkams : The problem of weak will in medieval philosophy. The Problem of Weakness of Will in Medieval Philosophy (= Bibliotheca des Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales. Volume 8). Peeters, Leuven / Paris / Dudley 2006, ISBN 90-429-1779-2 .
• as editor: Weakness of will from Plato to the present (= Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy. Volume 49). Catholic University of America Press, Washington DC 2008, ISBN 0-8132-1520-X .
• as editor: A companion to angels in medieval philosophy (= Brill's companions to the Christian tradition. Volume 36). Brill, Leiden et al. 2012, ISBN 978-90-04-18346-9 .
• as editor: Johannes Duns Scotus. Freedom, virtues and natural law (= Herder's philosophical library of the Middle Ages. Volume 27). Herder, Freiburg et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-34039-0 .
• as editor with Jörn Müller and Matthias Perkams: Aquinas and the Nicomachean ethics . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2013, ISBN 978-1-107-00267-8 .

Web links

• academia.edu
• cua.edu