Thomas Metzinger (born 12 March 1958) is a German
philosopher
A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...
and professor of
theoretical philosophy
The modern division of philosophy into theoretical philosophy and practical philosophyImmanuel Kant, ''Lectures on Ethics'', Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 41 ("On Universal Practical Philosophy"). Original text: Immanuel Kant, ''Kant’s Ges ...
at the
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...
. , he is an Adjunct Fellow at the
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
The Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) is a private-public institution for basic theoretical research in various areas of science
focusing on interdisciplinary research. It is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, at its own home at ...
, a co-founder of th
German Effective Altruism Foundation president of the Barbara Wengeler Foundation, and on the advisory board of the
Giordano Bruno Foundation
The Giordano Bruno Foundation (german: Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung, abbreviated: gbs) is a Germany-based non-profit foundation under public law that promotes evolutionary humanism and the enlightenment. It was founded by entrepreneur Herbert Steffe ...
. From 2008 to 2009 he served as a Fellow at the
Berlin Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (german: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) is an interdisciplinary institute founded in 1981 in Grunewald, Berlin, Germany, dedicated to research projects in the natural and social sciences. It is modeled ...
; from 2014 to 2019 he was a Fellow at the
Gutenberg Research College
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs w ...
; from 2019 to 2022 he was awarded a ''Senior-Forschungsprofessur'' by the Ministry of Science, Education and Culture. From 2018 to 2020 Metzinger worked as a member of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.
Metzinger is a founding member of the
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) is a non-profit organization for professional membership that aims to encourage research on consciousness in cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant discip ...
, where he was a member of the board from 1995 to 2008 the president from 2009 to 2011.
Bibliography
;Monographs
*(1985) ''Neuere Beiträge zur Diskussion des Leib-Seele-Problems.'' Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main,
*(1993) ''Subjekt und Selbstmodell.'' Die Perspektivität phänomenalen Bewußtseins vor dem Hintergrund einer naturalistischen Theorie mentaler Repräsentation. mentis, Paderborn,
*(2003) ''Being No One.'' The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts., (Hardcover)/ (Paperback)
*(2009) ''The Ego Tunnel - The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self'' Basic Books, New York,
*(2009) ''Der Ego-Tunnel - Eine neue Philosophie des Selbst: Von der Hirnforschung zur Bewusstseinsethik '' Berlin Verlag, Berlin,
*(2010) ''Der Ego Tunnel. Eine neue Philosophie des Selbst: Von der Hirnforschung zur Bewusstseinsethik.'' Berlin: Berlin Verlag. eBook
*(2011) ''Being No One. The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity''. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Kindle edition; ASIN: B004ELBJ56
;Editorship
*(1995) ''Bewußtsein – Beiträge aus der Gegenwartsphilosophie.'', Paderborn, mentis, Paderborn,
*(1995) ''Conscious Experience''. Imprint Academic, Thorverton und mentis, Paderborn, (Hardcover)
*(2000) ''Neural Correlates of Consciousness'' – Empirical and Conceptual Questions. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts., (Hardcover)
*(2006) ''Grundkurs Philosophie des Geistes'' – Band 1: ''Phänomenales Bewusstsein'' mentis, Paderborn,
*(2007) ''Grundkurs Philosophie des Geistes'' – Band 2: ''Das Leib-Seele-Problem'' mentis, Paderborn,
*(2010) ''Grundkurs Philosophie des Geistes'' – Band 3: ''Intentionalität und mentale Repräsentation mentis'' Paderborn, . All three volumes can be purchased for 78 Euros, .
*(2015, with Jennifer M. Windt)
Open MIND-collection Frankfurt am Main: MIND Group. .
*(2017, with Wanja Wiese)
Philosophy and Predictive Processing-collection Frankfurt am Main: MIND Group. .
*(2020, with Raphaël Millière)
Radical Disruptions of Self-Consciousness Frankfurt am Main: MIND Group. .
External links
English Homepage
References
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1958 births
Living people
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz faculty
20th-century German philosophers
21st-century German philosophers
German consciousness researchers and theorists
Philosophers of mind
German male writers