Peter Bieri (2011)
Peter Bieri may refer to: * Peter Bieri (author) (1944–2023), Swiss author *Peter Bieri (politician) Peter Bieri (born 21 June 1952) is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Council of States and served as the President of the Swiss Council of States for the 2006-2007 session. He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CV ...

Peter Bieri (author)
Peter Bieri (born 23 June 1944), better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, is a Swiss writer and philosopher. Academic background Bieri studied philosophy, English studies and Indian studies in both London and Heidelberg. He took his doctoral degree in Heidelberg in 1971 after studies with Dieter Henrich and Ernst Tugendhat on the philosophy of time, with reference to the work of J. M. E. McTaggart. After the conferral of his doctorate, Bieri followed an academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. In 1983 he started work at the University of Bielefeld and later he worked as a scientific assistant at the Philosophical Seminar at University of Heidelberg. Bieri co-founded the research unit for Cognition and Brain studies at the German Research Foundation. The focuses of his research were the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and ethics. From 1990 to 1993, he ...
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