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Munich School of Philosophy (German: ''Hochschule für Philosophie München'') is a small
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higher education college in
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and H ...
, Germany founded in 1925.


History

Founded as a seminary at Pullach in 1925 by
Augustin Bea Augustin Bea, S.J. (28 May 1881 – 16 November 1968), was a German Jesuit priest, cardinal, and scholar at the Pontifical Gregorian University, specialising in biblical studies and biblical archaeology. He also served as the personal confessor ...
, first named the Berchmanskolleg, it obtained the ability to issue a
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...
in 1932. In 1971 the school moved to central
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and H ...
and opened to non-Jesuit students. The majority of students are not members of the Jesuit Order, and now include women and international students. It is accredited by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts (in German: ''Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst''). Since 2009, the Munich School of Philosophy hosts the yearly ''Rahner Lecture'' in memory of the German Jesuit and theologian
Karl Rahner Karl Rahner (5 March 1904 – 30 March 1984) was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians o ...
.


Philosophical tradition

Most faculty members are
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. The school has long stood in the tradition of
Neo-Scholasticism Neo-scholasticism (also known as neo-scholastic Thomism Accessed 27 March 2013 or neo-Thomism because of the great influence of the writings of Thomas Aquinas on the movement) is a revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Catholic the ...
. Only since the 1970s, when the school opened to non-Jesuit students,
contemporary philosophy Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy. The phrase "co ...
such as
marxism Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialec ...
,
phenomenology Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (philosophy), a branch of philosophy which studies subjective experiences and a ...
and
analytic philosophy Analytic philosophy is a branch and tradition of philosophy using analysis, popular in the Western world and particularly the Anglosphere, which began around the turn of the 20th century in the contemporary era in the United Kingdom, United Sta ...
have gained more prominence in the undergraduate and postgraduate education. To date, the undergraduate curriculum at the Munich School of Philosophy places much emphasis on the
history of philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
and issues pertaining to the study of
religion Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...
. As a
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school, its objectives and purpose must be in accord with the apostolic constitution ''Sapientia Christiana'', Art. 79 and 80 in research and teaching: # to promote the study of philosophy and its history; # to reflect systematically on fundamental issues of religious faith and to elucidate the affiliation between philosophy and theology; # to analyze and develop the contributions of other sciences towards philosophy; # to apply the insights gained from these theoretical endeavors to practical concerns of human and social life.


Notable alumni and faculty members


Faculty

Harald Lesch is a German physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, author, television presenter, and professor of physics at the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
(LMU) and lecturer of
natural philosophy Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin ''philosophia naturalis'') is the philosophical study of physics, that is, nature and the physical universe. It was dominant before the development of modern science. From the ancient w ...
at the Munich School of Philosophy.


Alumni

Notable alumni include former
minister-president A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It ...
of
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939, in Zimmern ob Rottweil) is a German politician of the CDU. Political career Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. Teufel was Minis ...
and German politician and CDU party member
Heiner Geißler Heiner Geißler (3 March 1930 – 12 September 2017) was a German politician with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and a federal minister from 1982 to 1985. Career Born Heinrichjosef Georg Geißler in Gleisweiler, he studied law a ...
.


Research centers

The Munich School of Philosophy has six distinctive research centers: * Institute for Social and Development Studies (''German: Institut für Gesellschaftspolitik/IGP'') * Institute for Communications and Media Research (''German: Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Erwachsenenpädagogik/IKE'') * Institute for Philosophy of Religion (''German: Institut für Religionsphilosophie/IRP'') * Institute for Scientific Issues related to Philosophy and Theology (''German: Institut für naturwissenschaftliche Grenzfragen zur Philosophie und Theologie/ING'') * Institute for Philosophy and Leadership (''German: Institut für Philosophie und Leadership'') * Rottendorf Project (''German: Rottendorf Projekt)


Rankings

The Munich School of Philosophy is currently not ranked in any major university web rankings due to its specialization in
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. S ...
. It frequently cooperates with faculty members of two Munich universities, the
Technical University An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
and the Ludwig Maximilian University which are both consistently ranked among Germany's foremost universities.


See also

*
Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology (German: ''Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen'') is a higher education Jesuit college in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The school offers a 10-semester Magister in Catholic T ...
*
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019; ...
*
Heythrop College Heythrop College, University of London, was a constituent college of the University of London between 1971 and 2018, last located in Kensington Square, London. It comprised the university's specialist faculties of philosophy and theology with soc ...
* European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) *
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External links


Official website in German

Official website in English
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