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Julian
Nida-Rümelin was born on November 28th, 1954, in Munich into a family
with a long artistic tradition. He studied philosophy, physics, mathematics and
political sciences. In 1983 he accomplished his PhD in philosophy at the
University of Munich and then became an assistant professor at the Department of
Political Sciences of said university. His state doctorate followed in 1989 at
the Department of Philosophy in Munich. After spending one year in Minnesota as
a visiting professor, he was appointed to the Chair of the Centre of Science Ethics
at the University of Tübingen. From 1993 to 2003 he held a chair of philosophy
at the University of Göttingen and then moved to Munich as a full professor of
Political Theory and Philosophy at the University of Munich. From 1998
to 2000 he was the Head of the Municipal
Department of Arts & Culture of Munich; from January 2001 to October
2002 Nida-Rümelin held a ministerial office as the State Minister for Culture
and Media and was thus a member of the national government. Among
others, he is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the
International Forum for Culture and Economy and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy
of Sciences and Humanities. Latest
publications: Philosophie und Lebensform (Philosophy and Foms of Life), Munich 2009, Demokratie
und Wahrheit (Democracy and Truth), Munich 2006, translated into Greek 2009, and Struktureller Rationalität,
Stuttgart 2001 (Structural Rationality) both translated into Chinese 2008 and
2006 respectively. Further
publications: Humanismus als Leitkultur. Ein Perspektivenwechsel (Humanism as a
Guiding Culture – A Change of Perspective), Munich 2005; Über menschliche
Freiheit (On Human Liberty), Stuttgart 2005. Memberships Academy for Medical Ethics Göttingen Founding Member of the Society for
Analytical Philosophy Founding Member of the German
Society for Studies in Political Thought Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society American Philosophical Association Society for Philosophical Praxis United Nations Agency of Germany Academic Counsellor to the
Interdisciplinary Research Association of Junior Researchers on the topic
"Functions of the Consciousness" Academic Counsellor to the "Stiftung für
die Rechte zukünftiger Generationen" – "Foundation for the Rights of
Future Generations" Articles on practical rationality, theoretical and applied ethics, political theory and philosophy of science. Books: "Politische
Philosophie der Gegenwart. Rationalität
und politische Ordnung" (Contemporary Political Philosophy. Rationality
and Political Order), "Julian Nida-Rümelin über Vernunft und Freiheit" (Julian Nida-Ruemelin on Reason and Liberty), Berlin: De Gruyter (forthcoming). "Philosophie und Lebensform" (Philosophy and Life Form), Frankfurt Main: stw 2009. "Klassiker der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts" (Classic of the Philosophy
of the 20th century, ed. together with Elif Özmen), Stuttgart:
Kröner 2007 "Philosophie der Gegenwart"
(Contemporary Philosophy), (ed. together with "Demokratie und Wahrheit"
(Democracy and Truth), "Humanismus als Leitkultur. Ein
Perspektivenwechsel" (Humanism as the Leading Culture – Changing the Perspective), "Über
menschliche Freiheit" (On Human Liberty), "Handbuch
Angewandte Ethik" (Handbook Applied Ethics), (second extended edition),
Stuttgart: Kröner 2005 "Entscheidungstheorie
und Ethik / Decision Theory and Ethics" (Second extended edition), Munich:
Utz 2005 "Ethische
Essays" (Ethical Essays), Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp 2002 "Ökologische
Ethik und Rechtstheorie" (Ecological Ethics and the Theory of Law), (together
with Dietmar v.d.Pfordten), Baden-Baden: Nomos 22002 "Strukturelle Rationalität. Ein
philosophischer Essay über praktische Vernunft" (Structural Rationality. A Philosophical Essay on Practical
Reason) "Rationalität in der praktischen
Philosophie" (Rationality in Practical Philosophy), (together with
Th. Schmidt), Berlin: Akademie 2000 "Rationality, Rules, and Structure" (ed. together with "Rationality, Realism,
Revision". Proceedings of the 3rd international Congress of the
"Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie" – "Society for
Analytical Philosophie", September 15-18, 1997, in "Demokratie
als Kooperation" (Democracy as Cooperation), Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp
1999 "Ästhetik
und Kunstphilosophie von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" (Esthetics and Art
Philosophy from the Antiquity to the Present Day), (ed. together with "Ethische und Politische
Freiheit" (Ethical and Political Liberty), (ed. together with Wilhelm "Economic Rationality and
Practical Reason", Handbuch "Angewandte Ethik" (Handbook of Applied Ethics, ed.), Stuttgart: Kröner 2006 "Ökologische Ethik und Rechtstheorie" (Ecological Ethics and the Theory of Law, together with Dietmar v.d. Pfordten), Baden-Baden: Nomos 1995 "Logik kollektiver Entscheidungen" (Collective Choice, together with Lucian Kern), Munich/Vienna: Oldenbourg 1994 "Praktische Rationalität" (Practical Rationality), Berlin: de Gruyter 1994 "Kritik des Konsequentialismus" (Critique of Consequentialism), Munich/Viena: Oldenbourg 1993, 21995 "Philosophie der Gegenwart" (Contemporary Philosophy), Stuttgart: Kröner 1991, 21999 "Lexikon der philosophischen
Werke" (Dictionary of Philosophical Works), Edited Book-Series Human Project, Perspectives in Analytical
Philosophy, Theory and Decision Library, Series
A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences (General Editor) Scientia Nova (Oldenbourg),
Co-editor Editorial Boards
Erkenntnis.
An International Journal of Analytic Philosophy Zeitschrift
für Philosophische Praxis (Journal for Philosophical Praxis) Jahrbuch für
Wissenschaft und Ethik (Almanac for Science and Ethics) UNIVERSITAS. Orientierung in der Wissenswelt (Navigation in the World of Knowledge) Zeitschrift für Politik (Journal for Politics) "Politica e Societa" (Politics
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