University / institution contact details
Position: Arabische und jüdische Philosophie des Mittelalters
Universität zu Köln (University of Cologne)Thomas-Institut (Thomas-Institute)
Universitätsstraße 22
Köln
50923
Germany
http://www.thomasinstitut.uni-koeln.de/
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
1. Bible and Related Literature: R
7: Medieval exegesis: R
2. History of the Jewish People: R
12: Medieval: R
4. Jewish Thought and Philosophy: TR
Ancient Philosophy, including Philo: TR
Medieval Philosophy: TR
Modern Philosophy: TR
7. Languages: TR
Arabic, including Judeo-Arabic: TR
10. Jewish Studies and Resources: TR
81: Codicology: R
85: On-line resources: R
11. Digital Humanities: TR
86: Digital humanities: R
Description
David WIRMER is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Jewish Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Cologne (since 2013). He earned his PhD in philosophy at the University of Bonn (2010). At the Thomas-Institute, Cologne, he co-directs the trilingual, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin edition of Averroes’ writings on Natural Philosophy, a long-term project of the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. His publications include Averroes: Über den Intellekt (Freiburg 2008), Vom Denken der Natur zur Natur des Denkens: Ibn Bāǧǧa’s Theorie der Potenz als Grundlegung der Psychologie (Berlin 2014).