09 Philosophisch-historische Fakultät

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    Commemorating public figures : in favour of a fictionalist position
    (2020) Berninger, Anja
    In this article, I discuss the commemoration of public figures such as Nelson Mandela and Yitzhak Rabin. In many cases, our commemoration of such figures is based on the admiration we feel for them. However, closer inspection reveals that most (if not all) of those we currently honour do not qualify as fitting objects of admiration. Yet, we may still have the strong intuition that we ought to continue commemorating them in this way. I highlight two problems that arise here: the problem that the expressed admiration does not seem appropriate with respect to the object and the problem that continued commemorative practices lead to rationality issues. In response to these issues, I suggest taking a fictionalist position with respect to commemoration. This crucially involves sharply distinguishing between commemorative and other discourses, as well as understanding the objects of our commemorative practices as fictional objects.
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    Databases, science communication, and the division of epistemic labour
    (2022) Mößner, Nicola
    There are many ways in which biases can enter processes of scientific reasoning. One of these is what Ludwik Fleck has called a “harmony of illusions”. In this paper, Fleck’s ideas on the relevance of social mechanisms in epistemic processes and his detailed description of publication processes in science will be used as a starting point to investigate the connection between cognitive processes, social dynamics, and biases in this context. Despite its usefulness as a first step towards a more detailed analysis, Fleck’s account needs to be updated in order to take the developments of digital communication technologies of the 21st century into account. Taking a closer look at today’s practices of science communication shows that information and communication technologies (ICTs) play a major role here. By presenting a detailed case study concerning the database SCOPUS, the question will be investigated how such ICTs can influence the division of epistemic labour. The result will be that they potentially undermine the epistemic benefits of social dynamics in science communication due to their inherent tendency to reduce the diversity of scientific hypotheses and ideas.
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    The immorality of computer games : defending the endorsement view against Young’s objections
    (2020) Ostritsch, Sebastian; Ulbricht, Samuel
    Garry Young has made three objections against Sebastian Ostritsch’s endorsement view on the immorality of computer games. In this paper, we want to defend the endorsement view against all three of them.
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    Vermessene Expertise
    (2022) Mößner, Nicola
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    Empedokles in Nietzsches Dramenentwürfen
    (2024) Audié, Prudence
    Empedocles in the Face of Mythological Deities. A Reading of Nietzsche’s Dramatic Drafts. This article examines Nietzsche’s interest in Empedocles. Less prominent in Nietzsche’s thought than other pre-Socratic philosophers, Empedocles is difficult to classify. He is characterized by his tensions and ambivalence. By examining Nietzsche’s various drafts for a drama about the death of the philosopher from Agrigento, I will show how philological studies combine with Nietzsche’s philosophical thinking to question Empedocles’ ambivalence toward mythological divinities. Art of staging, excessive desire for knowledge, expression of disgust with existence, recognition of the true measure of the living: the death of Empedocles is as ambiguous for Nietzsche as his conception of nature, torn between wonder, demystification and poetic fervor.
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    Der moralische Status von Tieren
    (2022) Schmid, Christian Alexander; Henning, Tim (Univ.-Prof. Dr.)
    Die Dissertation befasst sich damit, ob und in welchem Ausmaß es moralisch gerechtfertigt ist, Tiere zu nutzen. Mit Bezug auf aktuelle naturwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse wird argumentiert, dass zumindest empfindungsfähige Tiere einen moralischen Status haben. Aufgrund diesen Status schulden Menschen ihnen eine Behandlung, der aktuelle Nutzungsverhältnisse nicht gerecht wird. Zumindest für domestizierte Tiere müssen und sollen diese Bedingungen angepasst werden, sodass Mensch und Tier gerecht zusammenleben und -arbeiten können.
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    Why Aristotle isn’t a virtue ethicist : living well and virtuously in Aristotelian and contemporary aretaic ethics
    (2024) Kaya, Deniz A.
    Drawing on Anscombe, in this essay I argue that we should not take Aristotle to be a moral philosopher, nor a virtue ethicist. This is because contemporary virtue ethics has little to do with Aristotelian ethics. While contemporary virtue ethics (or aretaic moral theory, as one may call it) operates on the level of moral and thus categorical norms, Aristotelian ethics-an aretaic life ethics-is primarily concerned with pragmatic norms. The main question for Aristotle is what a good general conduct of life is. The major concern of aretaic moral theory, on the other hand, is to provide a criterion of morally right action and hence to define the concepts of the morally right, the impermissible and moral duty in aretaic terms. This shows that contemporary authors assume a primacy of virtue, while Aristotle assumes a primacy of eudaimonia. I illustrate this distinction by addressing the question of how the virtues benefit their possessor.