Published by De Gruyter (A)

Wiener Reihe

Themen der Philosophie

Edited by: Cornelia Klinger, Herta Nagl-Docekal, Ludwig Nagl and Alexander Somek

ISSN: 2363-9237

e-ISSN 2363-9245

Seit 2014 erscheinen die Bände der renommierten Wiener Reihe bei De Gruyter. Das äußere Layout der Bände wurde modernisiert, inhaltlich und personell jedoch ist das Profil der seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten erscheinenden Buchreihe von Kontinuität geprägt. Die Bände sind jeweils einer aktuellen philosophischen Fragestellung gewidmet. Eine internationale Autorenschaft und die Veröffentlichung fremdsprachiger Beiträge sind Elemente des Programms. Die Reihe will dazu beitragen, dogmatische Abgrenzungen zwischen philosophischen Schulen und Traditionen abzubauen.

Book 2023

Religion in the Secular Age

Perspectives from the Humanities

Herta Nagl-Docekal, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Volume 22 in this series

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What does it mean to be religious believers for people whose living conditions are defined by an increasingly secularized environment? Is the common distinction between faith and knowledge valid? The 21 essays cover approaches from various fields of the humanities. Some explore post-Kantian thoughts, discussing, i.a., American Pragmatism, M. Buber, M. Horkheimer, H. Putnam, J. Habermas, Ch. Taylor and variants of deconstruction, while other essays focus on ways in which the conflict between agnostics and seekers is addressed in US literary works, as in Fl. O’Connor, W. Percy, N. Hawthorne, J. Updike and in novels dealing with pandemics, for instance by L. Wright, E. M. Wiseman and R. Cook. Historical studies examine the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in the American South and neo-scholastic objections to modernity. Theological issues are being re-framed in essays discussing the relevance of pluralism, the relation of religious conviction and public opinion, the situation of scientists who believe and the thoughts of N. Frye and M. McLuhan. Finally, essays pay attention to religious aspects in works of art, e.g. in Ukrainian poetry, G. Mahler’s symphonies and in a TV show presenting new “American Gods” of globalization.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111247878
ISBN:: 9783111247878
ISBN:: 9783111248691
ISBN:: 9783111247441
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Modern Philosophy
Subject:: 20th and 21st Century Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy of Religion
Subject:: Philosophy of Culture
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Artificial Intelligence and Human Enhancement

Affirmative and Critical Approaches in the Humanities

Herta Nagl-Docekal, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Volume 21 in this series

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The technological innovations that have made "learning" computers possible are being met with utopian hopes as well as apocalyptic apprehensions. Will AI research eventually lead to software systems that have consciousness and are capable of autonomous decision making? The essays challenge "strong AI" from the perspective of human agency and moral judgment, explain the categorical difference between vulnerable humans and AI devices, and discuss diverse forms of applied AI, such as prograns of natural language processing, computional creativity, neuroenhancement, and the use of AI in international healthcare. These theoretical issues are illustrated in essays that focus on the encounter with artificial beings in film, literature and theater. Examining science fiction that blurs the borderline between humans and deep-learning androids, the essays explore, and challenge, ways of questioning human exceptionalism, for instance by visualizing non-conscious cognition and sentience. The book suggests a sober distinction between well-argued achievements of digital technology and excessive, unfounded expectations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110770216
ISBN:: 9783110770216
ISBN:: 9783111357874
ISBN:: 9783110770292
ISBN:: 9783110769913
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Ethics
Subject:: Applied Ethics
Subject:: Bio Ethics and Ethics of Medicine, Ethics of Science
Subject:: Philosophy of Science
Subject:: Philosophy of the Humanities and Cultural sciences
Subject:: Philosophy of Culture
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Leibniz heute lesen

Wissenschaft, Geschichte, Religion

Herta Nagl-Docekal

Volume 20 in this series

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How is Leibniz’s philosophy relevant today? The authors explore this question vis-à-vis various topics, including “individuality” as a key notion in modernity; the subjective conditions of the object world and the problem of scientism; the theoretical foundation for inter-religious dialog; the aesthetics of dissonance. They also examine the value of interdisciplinary academies and the relationship between theory and practice.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110536133
ISBN:: 9783110536133
ISBN:: 9783110534931
ISBN:: 9783110534924
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Modern Philosophy
Subject:: Early Modern Philosophy
Subject:: Ethics
Subject:: Philosophy of Religion
Subject:: Selected Philosophers
Subject:: Leibniz
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Ein Filmphilosophie-Symposium mit Robert B. Pippin

Western, Film Noir und das Kino der Brüder Dardenne

Ludwig Nagl, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz

Volume 19 in this series

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Robert B. Pippin played a major role in shaping film philosophy as a special theme of aesthetics. This volume combines an essay by Pippin with papers by international authors who are associated with his research. Beyond the general realm of film and philosophy, there are readings of key film genres, including the Western and film noir, where Pippin's analyses are compared with those of Deleuze and Žižek.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110429831
ISBN:: 9783110429831
ISBN:: 9783110437850
ISBN:: 9783110429930
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Genres and Media in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Film
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Aesthetics
Subject:: Philosophy of Culture
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Klimagerechtigkeit und Klimaethik

Angela Kallhoff

Volume 18 in this series

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For the first time in the German language, this volume presents key positions in the intense international debate on climate justice. Experts from the fields of ethics, political philosophy, and the climate sciences discuss principles of fair distribution, future-oriented cooperation models for dealing with global climate change, and ethical responses to climate engineering proposals.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110401066
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040090-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040106-6
ISBN:: 9783110401103
Subject:: Law
Subject:: History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Modern Philosophy
Subject:: 20th and 21st Century Philosophy
Subject:: Ethics
Subject:: Applied Ethics
Subject:: Ethics of Ecology
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Hegels Ästhetik als Theorie der Moderne

Herta Nagl-Docekal, Annemarie Gethmann-Siefert, Erzsébet Rózsa, Elisabeth Weisser-Lohmann

Volume 17 in this series

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An often-overlooked thesis of Hegelian aesthetics is that artistic work is a locus for society’s process of self-understanding. Does this specification of location that Hegel formulated with regard to the art of his era still have relevance for today’s self-conceptions? What significance does his Aesthetics have for a theory of modernity? In this volume, renowned scholars explore these questions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1524/9783050063638
ISBN:: 978-3-05-006108-5
ISBN:: 978-3-05-006363-8
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Modern Philosophy
Subject:: 18th and 19th Century Philosophy
Subject:: Aesthetics
Subject:: Philosophy of Culture
Publisher:: Akademie Verlag

Book 2014

Blindheit und Hellsichtigkeit

Künstlerkritik an Politik und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart

Cornelia Klinger

Volume 16 in this series

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This study examines the place of the arts in contemporary society. Beyond the illusion of autonomy and beyond strategies of pure aestheticization, what standing can art have in society and how can it change its status? In seeking answers to these questions, the author turns back to the 20th century and to the sometimes competing, sometimes complementary aesthetic currents of modernism and the avant-garde.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1524/9783050063669
ISBN:: 978-3-05-005230-4
ISBN:: 978-3-05-006366-9
ISBN:: 9783110412161
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Modern Philosophy
Subject:: 20th and 21st Century Philosophy
Subject:: Political Philosophy and Social Philosophy
Subject:: Aesthetics
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)