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 Ge ...

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 s ...

. , 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 a ...

, 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 model ...

; 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 disc ...

, 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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Metzinger, Thomas 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