Thomas Metzinger Explained

Thomas Metzinger
Birth Date:12 March 1958
Birth Place:Frankfurt, West Germany
Era:Contemporary philosophy
Region:Western philosophy
Education:Goethe University Frankfurt
Institutions:University of Giessen
University of Osnabruck
University of Mainz
Notable Ideas:Phenomenal Self model (PSM)

Thomas Metzinger (born 12 March 1958) is a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus of theoretical philosophy at the University of Mainz. His primary research areas include philosophy of mind, philosophy of neuroscience, and applied ethics, particularly focusing on neurotechnology, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.

Academic career

Metzinger studied philosophy, ethnology, and theology at Goethe University Frankfurt. He received his doctorate there in 1985, with a thesis on the mind-body problem. In 1992, he completed his habilitation at the University of Giessen. In 2000, Metzinger was appointed professor of philosophy of cognitive science at Osnabrück University, but moved to the University of Mainz in the same year.[1]

Metzinger cofounded in 1994 of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness,[2] [3] of which he has been a board and committee member, and was the 2010 president.[4] From 2005 to 2007 he was president of the German Cognitive Science Society.[5] Metzinger is an Adjunct Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies,[6] a co-founder of the German Effective Altruism Foundation,[7] president of the Barbara Wengeler Foundation,[8] and on the advisory board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation[9] and the MIND Foundation.[10] From 2008 to 2009, he served as a Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study;[11] from 2014 to 2019, he was a Fellow at the Gutenberg Research College; from 2019 to 2022, he was awarded a Senior-Forschungsprofessur by the Ministry of Science, Education and Culture.[12] In 2019 he founded the MPE project.[13] From 2018 to 2020, Metzinger worked as a member of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.[14] In 2022 he was elected into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[15]

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  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger (März 2014) . dead . http://web.archive.org/web/20190306044349/https://www.ub.uni-mainz.de/prof-dr-thomas-metzinger/ . 2019-03-06 . University of Mainz . de.
  2. Web site: Prof. Thomas Metzinger . 2024-08-10 . Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . en-US.
  3. Web site: About Us . 2024-08-14 . theASSC.org . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Past Leadership . 2022-06-17 . Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Alte Vorstände . dead . http://web.archive.org/web/20200811042103/https://www.gk-ev.de/?page_id=55 . 2020-08-11 . Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft ev . de.
  6. Web site: Fellows . http://web.archive.org/web/20240521133857/https://www.fias.science/en/fellows/ . 2024-05-21 . 2024-08-12 . Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.
  7. Web site: deutschlandfunkkultur.de . 2016-04-17 . Philosophiemagazin - Nächstenliebe – möglichst kosteneffizient . 2024-08-14 . Deutschlandfunk Kultur . de.
  8. Web site: Der Vorstand . 2024-08-14 . Barbara-Wengeler-Stiftung . de-DE.
  9. Web site: Advisory board . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20231203042816/https://www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.de/en/structure/advisory-board?page=3 . 2023-12-03 . Giordano Bruno Foundation.
  10. Web site: Scientific advisory board . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240606063903/https://www.mind-foundation.org/about/who-we-are/ . 2024-06-06 . MIND foundation.
  11. Web site: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin . 2024-08-14 . Thomas Metzinger, Dr. phil. . de-DE.
  12. Web site: Archiv von Mitteilungen des Philosophischen Seminars Philosophisches Seminar . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240414041244/https://www.philosophie.fb05.uni-mainz.de/archiv-von-mitteilungen-des-philosophischen-seminars/ . 2024-04-14 . 2024-08-12 . Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz . de-DE . Die Seniorforschungsprofessur hat eine Laufzeit von drei Jahren (bis zum 31.03.2022). . The senior research professorship has a term of three years (until March 31, 2022)..
  13. Web site: The MPE project . 2024-08-14 . Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz .
  14. Web site: 2018-06-12 . AI HLEG - steering group of the European AI Alliance . 2024-08-12 . European Commission . en.
  15. Web site: List of Members Thomas Metzinger . National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

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