Ansgar Beckermann
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Ansgar Beckermann is a German philosopher who deals primarily with philosophy of mind
and epistemology. He is professor for philosophy
at the University of Bielefeld
and was the president of the "Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie" (German society for analytical philosophy). Beckermann is known for his arguments for physicalism
and his discussion of the concept of emergence
.
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e...
and epistemology. He is professor for philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
and was the president of the "Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie" (German society for analytical philosophy). Beckermann is known for his arguments for physicalism
Physicalism
Physicalism is a philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things...
and his discussion of the concept of emergence
Emergence
In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. Emergence is central to the theories of integrative levels and of complex systems....
.
English
- Emergence or Reduction? (with Hans Flohr and Jaegwon KimJaegwon KimJaegwon Kim is a Korean American philosopher currently working at Brown University. He is best known for his work on mental causation and the mind-body problem. Key themes in his work include: a rejection of Cartesian metaphysics, the limitations of strict psychophysical identity, supervenience,...
), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1992. - Wittgenstein, Wittgensteinianism and the Contemporary Philosophy of Mind – Continuities and Changes. In: A. Coliva & E. Picardi (ed.): Wittgenstein today', 2004
- Self-Consciousness in Cognitive Systems. In: C. Kanzian. J. Quitterer and E. Runggaldier (ed.) Persons. An Interdisciplinary Approach , 2003
- The perennial problem of the reductive explainability of phenomenal consciousness - C.D. Broad on the explanatory gap. In: Thomas MetzingerThomas MetzingerThomas Metzinger is a German philosopher. he holds the position of director of the theoretical philosophy group at the department of philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and is an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and on the advisory board of the...
(ed.) Neural Correlates of Consciousness - Empirical and conceptual Questions, Cambridge, MIT-Press, 2000
German
- Klassiker der Philosophie heute (with Dominik Perler), Stuttgart: Reclam 2004.
- Analytische Einführung in die Philosophie des Geistes. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Einführung in die Logik. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1997.
- Descartes' metaphysischer Beweis für den Dualismus, Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, 1986.
- Analytische Handlungstheorie. Bd. 2, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1977.
- Gründe und Ursachen. Kronberg: Scriptor Verlag , 1977.