Philosophy
Kant’s metaphysical foundation of moral action
On 22nd April 2025, I defended my master thesis at the University of Amsterdam on „Kants metaphysische Begründung der moralischen Handlung“ (“Kant’s metaphysical foundation of moral action”). The thesis marked the completion of my master study philosophy, which allowed me to profoundly study Kant’s philosophy, which is today as actual as ever. Read the summary […]
Read more...Heidegger’s Philosophy of Technology
On September 23, 2013, I received my B.A. degree in philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The title of my thesis is “Heideggers Philosophie der Technik: Romantizismus, Mystik oder Пοίησις?” (Heidegger’s Philosophy of Technology: Romanticism, Mysticism or Poiesis?). […]
Read more...Auf den Spuren Martin Heideggers
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Auf dem kleinen Platz vor dem historischen Rathaus war alles für das Stadt- oder Sommerfest vorbereitet, von denen es in dieser Jahreszeit so viele in Süddeutschland gibt. Aber wo war das Messnerhaus? […]
Die Stimme der Energie
‘Die Stimme de Energie’ (The voice of energy) is the title of a soundtrack from the album ‘Radioactivity’ of the German electropop-group Kraftwerk. In this intriguing text, the dependence of our modern, technological society on energy is expressed by the ambiguity of servitude and mastery. […]
Read more...Can Heidegger’s ‘romanticism’ save us?
I am discussing in this essay , presented in the bachelor course ‘Questions on technology’ of Dr. A.W. Prins, Heidegger’s philosophy of technology in the light of Ihde’s post-phenomenlogical criticism (in German). […]
Read more...Freezing summer
I wrote this hermeneutic reflection on a hot summer day in Washington D.C., on the little terrace of a bed-and-breakfast, close to Dupont Circle and Kramerbooks & Afterwords, one of my favourite bookstores. Wild roses, silent walls and frozen flags – trying to understand Hölderlin. […]
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