Philosophy abroad teaches people not only knowledge, but also logic and speculative methods. So what do you need to know about studying philosophy in Germany?

German philosophers are world-famous, and Hegel, Marx and Engels have all made indelible contributions in the history of world philosophy. The University of Cologne, the University of Freiburg and the Philosophy Department of Bielefeld University in Cologne (with 30 research institutes and 43 majors) have the largest scale in this field in Germany. FRIEDRICHSCHILLER University)-University of Jena 65438+At the beginning of the 9th century, a series of great philosophers such as Fessette, reinhold, Schelling, Hegel and Foster appeared in Jena. The Department of Philosophy History of Heidelberg University has majors such as philosophy, history, eastern European history, political science and art history. Training journalists is a major of Dortmund University, and many famous journalists from German TV stations and newspapers and media come from this university.

In the history of world philosophy, German philosophy has accumulated a lot since ancient Greek philosophy, so it goes without saying that French philosophy and Anglo-American philosophy rose suddenly in the 20th century, and German philosophy certainly did not shine. However, at the turn of the century, the masters of French philosophy and Anglo-American philosophy died or retired one after another, and the situation of German philosophy, which was ready to go, attracted more attention from the world. However, after Luther, German became a philosophical intermediary language to communicate with Latin, Greek and other philosophical traditions. All traditional philosophical problems were brought into the thinking tension of German philosophy, and then great masters came forth in large numbers. French philosophy in the 20th century absorbed the problem consciousness of German philosophy to some extent and became a philosophical language, which led to the dazzling light of French philosophy in the late 20th century. As far as China's philosophy is concerned, it has a history of nearly 1.50 years of translation acceptance. Almost all western traditional classics have been translated into Chinese classics, and with the digestion of the history of Indian Buddhist philosophy for thousands of years, Chinese, as a philosophical thinking language in the 265,438+0th century, has its own unique potential and advantages. Coupled with the efforts of China philosophers in the 20th century, such as Mou Zongsan and Tang Junyi, it seems that the dawn is just around the corner. However, only by understanding the situation of world philosophy and completing the preparation of appropriate knowledge structure can we produce world-class masters. On the other hand, the so-called masters in China should not stop at the forefront. There is still a big gap in their tolerance, breadth of study and mastery of language. The so-called Tsinghua liberal arts spirit? Crossing China and the West, Transcending Ancient and Modern Times? It has important guiding significance.

There is a lot of information about American philosophy in China, and several major philosophy departments in American universities, such as new york University, Princeton University and Harvard University, are all famous. But the map of the philosophy department of German universities seems not very clear. German philosophy department has no special grade difference (like the United States), but it has its own style, which is often where the master of philosophy in our very unknown universities is located. However, as far as the important philosophical towns (the situation of contemporary German philosophers is explained separately) are concerned, they are nothing more than Tubingen University (known as the world's first philosophy department), Humboldt University in Berlin, Frankfurt University, Munich University and Heidelberg University.

Here is a brief introduction to the five philosophy departments in Germany:

(1) Department of Philosophy, University of Tubingen

The philosophy department of the University of Tubingen, founded in 1477, is one of the oldest and largest philosophy departments in Germany and has always had an important influence in the field of world philosophy. There are five university professors and four supernumerary professors in this department. In addition, there are 7 professors, private lecturer 12, retired professor 1 1 person, honorary professor 1 person (philosopher Tugenhart). Most of the professors in this department are world-renowned scholars in professional fields and are engaged in research work in many fields at the same time. Most philosophers are engaged in the research on the basic theory of philosophy in the traditional sense of Europe, but at the same time they also study the basic problems of the Anglo-American analytical philosophy tradition and philosophy history. The study of philosophy and the history of philosophy is often integrated. Research field and level: ontology; Epistemology; Logic and philosophical logic; Classical philosophy (Greek philosophy research has a world-class level); German idealism (world-class); French philosophy research (world-class level); Hermeneutics; Modern empiricism and its problems; Structuralism and neo-structuralism; Moral philosophy; Applied ethics (mainly scientific ethics, interdisciplinary comprehensive research, with worldwide influence); Political philosophy (world-class); Aesthetics; Modernity theory; Subjective research.

Lehrstuhl 1 f？ R Philosophie, Professor, Research Center for Political Philosophy

h？ Oh, Otfrid Khufu. The famous professor Hefei teaches here. Study Aristotle, Kant, moral philosophy, political philosophy (law and state philosophy), applied ethics (ecological ethics, medical ethics, economic ethics, etc.). ) and epistemology. He is unique in the fields of legal philosophy, legal ethics, Kant's philosophy and so on, with more than 100 works and articles. According to the statistics of German philosophical information, his citation rate has been among the top ten German philosophers in recent years. He is one of the most influential philosophers in contemporary Germany. Since 1980, some authoritative magazines, newspapers, TV stations and radio stations in Germany, Switzerland and France have made a lot of reports and comments on his theory and thought. How much is the spirit of translation in China?

Lehrstuhl 2 f？ Professor of philosophy, seat 2

Dr Anton Friedrich Koch mainly studies Aristotle, Hegel, Quine, ontology, subjectivity and semantic philosophy.

Lehrstuhl 3 f？ Professor of philosophy, seat 3

Manfred Frank, M Frank, was born in 1945. He studied philosophy with Tugenhart, Gadamer and Henrik successively. His main research topics are self-consciousness phenomenon, Kant and Kantianists, early Roman philosophy and early German idealism, hermeneutics, literary theory, aesthetics of classical times and early French philosophy. Mr. Xian Gang from the Philosophy Department of Peking University in China has been studying Schelling's philosophy since then, and has translated many of his works.

lehrstuhl Heidelberger Heidelberg Chair IV

Professor Prof Michael Heidelberg, Ph.D., has a large public span, philosophy of science, 65438+ history of philosophy of science, logic, philosophical logic, Psychopsysicher parallelism theory, history of body-soul theory, cognitive science, psychological philosophy,1epistemology from the end of the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

Professor f? Lectures on philosophy of language and spirit.

This seat is temporarily vacant.

Professor f? Lecture on practical philosophy:

Dr. Sabin, Professor? Ring is a female professor who studies meta-ethics and aesthetics and emphasizes the position of emotion in value theory. She is currently engaged in the study of social science philosophy, especially economic philosophy.

② Philosophy Department of Humboldt University in Berlin

The philosophy department of Humboldt University in Berlin is the largest in Germany. At present, the department has 9 lectures and 25 teachers. The research focuses on philosophy of mind, scientific theory, logic, cultural philosophy, political philosophy and ethical system, as well as ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, early modern philosophy and German idealism in history. The famous philosophers who have taught in our department are johann gottlieb fichte, Friedrich Schleiermacher, georg wilhelm friedrich hegel, Friedrich william joseph Schelling, Lotz (Rudolf Herman), Herman Helmholtz (Herman Helmholtz), Dilthey (wilhelm dilthey), Zimmer (George Zimmer), Hartman (Nikola Hartman) and Cassirer (Ernst Cassirer). At present, the speakers of each lecture are: