Uwe an der Heiden

Uwe an der Heiden (born December 24, 1942 in Marburg an der Lahn ) is a German mathematician and philosopher and has been a professor of mathematics and theory of complex systems at the University of Witten / Herdecke since 1987 . His areas of expertise are nonlinear dynamic systems , differential equations , brain research , epistemology , philosophy of meaning.

Career

Uwe an der Heiden studied philosophy and mathematics (minor in theoretical physics) at the universities of Cologne and Göttingen after attending the Goethe-Gymnasium in Kassel and two years in the armed forces . In 1972 he received his doctorate. rer. nat. at the University of Göttingen. From 1972 to 1979 he was a scientific assistant at the chair for biomathematics (Prof. Karl-Peter Hadeler) at the University of Tübingen and completed his habilitation in theoretical biology in 1979 with the thesis Analysis of Neural Network , which deals with mathematical models of nerve networks. From 1980 to 1985 he was a private lecturer and 1986 professor for theoretical biology at the University of Bremen. Since 1987 he has held the chair for mathematics and theory of complex systems at the University of Witten / Herdecke . His publications include work in the field of mathematics on mathematical models of the nervous system, the endocrine system, the immune system, nonlinear differential equations, chaos theory and work in the field of philosophy on the problem of free will, the problem of the ego constitution, the problem of the relationship between the brain and consciousness Acting in complex systems as well as developing a "philosophy of meaning".

He teaches in the faculties of cultural reflection - fundamental studies, economics and medicine. An der Heiden is a founding member and member of the scientific directorate of the German-Japanese Society for Integrative Science . He was and is a member of the editorial board of Neural Networks , Acta Biotheoretica , Journal of Mathematical Biology , Systems , Chaos and Complexity . He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Publications (selection)

• (1980) Analysis of Neural Networks . In: Lect. Notes in Biomath. Volume 35, Springer Verlag, Berlin [et al.] 1980
• (1985) with Gerhard Roth and Helmut Schwegler : The organization of organisms: self-production and self-preservation . In: Funct. Biol. U. Med. Vol. 5, pp. 330-346; second reprint in: RD Hesch (Ed.): Endokrinologie. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich [et al.] 1985, pp. 203-220
• (1986) Chaos and Order, Chance and Necessity . In: G. Küppers (Ed.): Chaos and Order - Forms of Self-Organization in Nature and Society. Reclam, Stuttgart 1986, pp. 97-121
• (1992) Self-Organization in Dynamic Systems . In: W. Krohn, G. Küppers (ed.): Emergence: The emergence of order, organization and meaning. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 1992, pp. 57-88
• (1998) Mathematical Foundations of Medicine . In: Medical Clinic. Volume 93, 1998, pp. 557-564
• (1999) Dynamic Diseases: New Perspectives in Medicine . In: K. Mainzer (Ed.): Complex systems and non-linear dynamics in nature and society. Springer, Berlin [et al.] 1999, pp. 247-263
• (2002) e ^2πi -1 = 0 Why does mathematics need a special script? In: W. Wende (ed.): About dealing with writing. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002, pp. 251–275
• (2005) The Structure of Free Will and Its Cerebral Equivalents . In: K. Köchy, D. Stederoth (Ed.): Freedom of will as an interdisciplinary problem (series Life sciences in dialogue , volume 1). Verlag Karl Alber, 2005, pp. 319–346
• (2006) Pythagoras - From Myth to Science . In: J. Häußling (Ed.): Magna Graecia - The becoming of a culture in the interrelation of myth, logos and science. LIT-Verlag, 2006, pp. 205-218
• (2006) Archimedes: The Connection of Science and Technology and the Emergence of the Mechanistic World View . In: J. Häußling (Ed.): Magna Graecia - The becoming of a culture in the interrelation of myth, logos and science. LIT-Verlag, 2006, pp. 223-232
• (2007) Acting in Complex Systems: Lifeworld-Philosophical Discussions . In: 3rd symposium for the establishment of a German-Japanese academy for integrative science. (Eds. Daiseion-ji e.V. and Wilhelm Gottfried Leibniz Gemeinschaft e.V.), JH Röll, Dettelbach 2007, pp. 71-102
• (2007) Me and My Brain - The Dynamic Integration of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior . In: Theodor Leiber (ed.): Dynamic thinking and acting - philosophy and science in a complex world. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2007, pp. 129-143
• (2007) with Helmut Schneider (Ed.): Does man have free will? The answers of the great philosophers . Reclam, Stuttgart 2007
• (2009) with F. Tretter, PJ Gebicke-Haerter, M. Albus, H. Schwegler: Systems Biology and Addiction. Pharmacopsychiatry S1, Vol. 42, Thieme, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 11-31
• (2010) The Challenge of Complexity Management . In: Performance. Ernst & Young, Stuttgart, issue 2/2010, pp. 40–47, ISSN  1866-3923
• (2010) Sketches of a Philosophy of Sense . In: Martin Woesler (Ed.): Festschrift for Harald Holz - Contributions to the symposium “Philosophy Bridging Worlds”. European University Press, Berlin [et al.] 2010, pp. 52–69
• (2010) Comments on Richard Rorty's and Donald Davidson's “Physicalism Without Reductionism” . In: W. Neuser and W. Lenski (eds.): Consciousness between nature and spirit. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2010, pp. 141–159
• (2010) What does it mean to have free will? In: Johann Smalla (Ed.): The free will. Kadmos, Berlin 2010
• (2016) Sense Human Being. A philosophy of meaning. In preparation

Web links

• http://www.uni-wh.de/kultur/philosophie/lehrstuehle-professuren/kooptierte-professur-schwerpunkt-logik-wissenschaftstheorie/koepfe/