Die moderne Philosophie hat seit Descartes und Kant und vollends seit dem Ausgang des 19. Jahrhunderts ihre Grundlegung in der Subjekttheorie gesucht. Unter Verdrängung von Metaphysik und Ontologie hat bevorzugt die Anthropologie den Platz der "ersten Philosophie" eingenommen. Hans Heinz Holz möchte demgegenüber die Anthropologie in den Rahmen einer allgemeinen Ontologie und Naturphilosophie zurückführen. Er greift dabei Ansätze auf, die sich aus dem Werk Helmuth Plessners ergeben, und die er im Sinne einer Dialektik der Natur weiterentwickelt.

Habermas' discourse theory stresses the autonomy of public deliberation transcending the spontaneous emergence of private networks of legal relationships between individuals. Only the public discourse which is detached from the inertia of overlapping practical forms of coordination can refer to the ideally designed social work of legitimated interpersonal relationships. The democratic constitution is regarded as a legal institutionalization of the priority of the public forum of discourse. Conceptions related to classical liberalism would question the cognitive potential of public deliberation, and (...) even deny its productivity as a normative frame of reference for (post‐)modern societies which are confronted with the challenge of uncertainty and the continuous process of self‐transformation. (shrink)

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of progress from an epistemological and methodological perspective. The idea of progress is particularly significant as the authors regard it as an essentially contested concept which can be defined in many ways – theoretically or empirically; locally or (...) globally; or as encouraging or impeding the existence of other research traditions. The authors discuss the idea that for progress to make any sense there must be an accumulation of knowledge built up over time rather than the replacement of ideas by each successive generation. Accordingly, they are not concerned with estimating the price of progress, reminiscing in the past, or assessing what has been lost. Instead they apply the complex mechanisms and machinery of the discipline to sub-fields such as normative economics, monetary economics, trade and location theory, Austrian economics and classical economics to critically assess whether progress has been made in these areas of research. -/- Bringing together authoritative and wide-ranging contributions by leading scholars, this book will challenge and engage those interested in philosophy, economic methodology and the history of economic thought. It will also appeal to economists in general who are interested in the advancement of their profession. (shrink)

Este ensaio discute a tensão entre ética e estética (que corresponde à oposição da filosofia da arte e da teoria estética) com a ajuda de três pensadores, que interiorizaram a experiência romântico-moderna, sem que se tornassem suspeitos de qualquer idealismo: Kierkegaard, Musil, Adorno.Palavras-chave: Estética. Ética. Kierkegaard. Musil. Adorno. AbstractThis essay discusses the tension between Ethics and Esthetics (which corresponds to the opposition of Philosophy of Arts and Esthetic Theory) helped by three thinkers, who interiorized the modern-romantic experience, without any suspicion (...) of any idealism: Kiierkegaard, Musil, Adorno.Keywords: Esthetics. Ethics. Kierkegaard. Musil. Adorno. (shrink)

Der Mensch ist nach Nietzsche Lebewesen und nichts als dieses, jedoch das Lebewesen, aus dem das Wesen des Lebens selbst erst zureichend begriffen werden kann. Als dieses Lebewesen ist der Mensch das Subjekt der Metaphysik. Die in diesem Band enthaltenen funf Interpretationen bilden eine Einheit, insofern sie einige Hauptstadien von Nietzsches Denkweg zu klaren versuchen, der die konsequente Entfaltung des zur unbedingten Anthropomorphie gewandelten Metaphysik ist. Inhalt: Leben und Bewusstsein - Zur Gottesfrage bei Nietzsche - Nietzsche und das Christentum - (...) Nietzsches Stellung zur uberlieferten Metaphysik - Nietzsches Gedicht Die Wuste wachst. Weh dem, der Wusten birgt. (shrink)

Mindfulness-based training programs are highly established in competitive and recreational sports. One of the best-known approaches is the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach by Gardner and Moore), which integrates mindfulness aspects of awareness, non-judgmental attitude, and focus. Based on these aspects, Thienot and colleagues developed and validated an English language sport-specific questionnaire, the so-called Mindfulness Inventory for Sport, for the assessment of mindfulness skills in athletes. The aim of this study is to psychometrically test a German language version of the MIS. To assess (...) the psychometric properties, the MIS-D was examined in an online survey with an integrated test–retest design for reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The present results support the psychometric quality of the German language version of the MIS. Necessary replications should among others focus on checking the measurement invariance for further relevant subgroups. (shrink)

‘Progress’ is a dazzling concept used to describe developments in all areas of life. Progress is of particular interest in the sciences, where it manifests itself in innovations in the natural sciences and technology, for example. Whether one trusts in progress and looks hopefully into the future or longs for a golden past and distrusts progress depends on the observer. Modern science cannot be separated from the hope for progress and new knowledge. In this book, examples from different sciences are (...) used to look at progress in those fields. In addition, the scientific environment, in the form of the communication and promotion of science, is also taken into account. With contributions by Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinemann, Prof. Dr. Gregor Maria Hoff, Prof. Dr. Wim Kösters, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lüke, Prof. Dr. Gregor Nickel, Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Jörg Siekmann, Prof. Dr. Manfred Stöckler and Dr. Eva-Maria Streier. (shrink)

Up to the present time, whenever Hegel’s political philosophy came under discussion reference was made to either the “Rechtsphilosophie” or, though less frequently, to his three political writings or to the works he wrote during his time at Jena and the Phänomenologie). It has, as far as I can see, never been seriously taken into consideration, that Hegel’s most mature accomplishment within the realm of political philosophy, the Rechtsphilosophie, represents only one aspect of this part of his philosophical system as (...) a whole, though in some respects one of particular importance, and that this work should therefore be seen in the context of his lectures. So far, however, it has hardly been possible to do this, seeing that the material pertaining to this matter remained inadequately published or not at all. The present edition is intended to meet this need, since it has become apparent that Hegel’s lectures on the philosophy of right to be published within the bounds of the historical-critical edition of his complete works on behalf of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft” by the Hegel-Archiv in Bochum will not be available for decades. In the four volumes of this edition, therefore, is comprised the whole remaining or attainable material which for the most part is published here for the very first time. (shrink)