Markus Gabriel b. 1980
Markus Gabriel (born 1980) is a German philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy.
Markus Gabriel is a German philosopher, professor at the University of Bonn, and the youngest holder of a German philosophy chair when he was appointed in 2009. Why the World Does Not Exist and Fields of Sense developed his New Realism, in which there is no all-encompassing world but an irreducible plurality of fields of sense, each with its own conditions of existence. His more recent work has applied the program to mind, neuroscience, and ethics, arguing in I Am Not a Brain and Moral Progress in Dark Times that the human person is irreducible to its cerebral substrate.
Key facts
- Nationality
- German
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Markus Gabriel:
“The world does not exist.”
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Attributed to Markus Gabriel:
“Existence is appearing in a field of sense.”
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Attributed to Markus Gabriel:
“I am not a brain; I am a person, and persons are not identical to any organ.”
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Attributed to Markus Gabriel:
“Moral progress is real, even when it is uneven and contested.”
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Attributed to Markus Gabriel:
“New realism is the thesis that there are objects, not only thoughts about objects.”
Frequently asked about Markus Gabriel
- When was Markus Gabriel born?
- Markus Gabriel was born in 1980.
- Where was Markus Gabriel from?
- Markus Gabriel is a German philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Markus Gabriel associated with?
- Markus Gabriel is associated with Continental Philosophy.
- What is Markus Gabriel known for?
- Markus Gabriel is a German philosopher, professor at the University of Bonn, and the youngest holder of a German philosophy chair when he was appointed in 2009.
- How many quotes are attributed to Markus Gabriel?
- There are 10 attributed quotations from Markus Gabriel in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.