Richard Raatzsch (born 1957 in Halle an der Saale, East Germany) is a German

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. Since 2008, he has been Chair of Ethics within the European Business School (EBS) at Reichartshausen Castle in Oestrich-Winkel/Rheingau (Germany).

Life

Raatzsch studied philosophy and history at

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...

(then East Germany). After earning his Ph.D. at that institution, he pursued a teaching and research career at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

, first at the Institute for Logic and Philosophy of Science ("Institut für Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie"), and subsequently at the Institute for Philosophy ("Institut für Philosophie"). In 1999, he earned the habilitation degree for a study of

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...

's ''

Philosophical Investigations ''Philosophical Investigations'' () is a work by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, published posthumously in 1953. ''Philosophical Investigations'' is divided into two parts, consisting of what Wittgenstein calls, in the preface, ''Bemer ...

''; the study was published in book form under the title ''Eigentlich Seltsames. Wittgensteins Philosophische Untersuchungen. Ein Kommentar'' (''Something Strange. Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. A Commentary'') in 2003. In 2004, Raatzsch served as Chair of Political Philosophy and Philosophical Anthropology at the

University of Potsdam The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, northeastern Germany. The university is mainly situated across three campuses in the city. Some faculty buildings are part of the New Palace o ...

(Germany). He also taught at the University of St Gallen (Switzerland) and

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

(Norway). From 2006 to 2008, a Heisenberg Grant enabled him to do research at

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

(UK); since then, he has been a "life member" of Clare Hall College Cambridge (UK). From 1996 on, Raatzsch has been editor of the international periodical ''Wittgenstein Studies''.

Major research areas

* Philosophy of Language * Philosophy of Mind * Metaphilosophy * Ethics * Political Philosophy

Books

* ''Philosophiephilosophie'' 'Philosophy of Philosophy'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2000 * ''Eigentlich Seltsames. Wittgensteins Philosophische Untersuchungen. Ein Kommentar'' 'Something Strange. Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. A Commentary'' Vol. 1: ''Einleitung und Kommentar PU 1-64.'' Schöningh, Paderborn – Munich – Zurich 2003 * ''Autorität und Autonomie'' 'Authority and Autonomy'' mentis, Paderborn 2007 * ''Apologizing Evil: Iago's Case.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton – Oxford 2009(Review, by, Lydia Goehr: * ''Die Macht des Bösen.'' In: ''Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie'' 58 (2010), H. 5, S. 811–815 )

Essays

* PI 1 – Setting the Stage. In: Grazer Philosophische Studien 51 (1996), p. 47–84. * Über Wesen und Wert der Vorurteile. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 50 (2002), p. 646–653. * Intending to Act Intentionally. In: conceptus 35 (2002/03), S. 103–108. * Das Wesen der Welt sichtbar machen. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 52 (2004), p. 445–465. * On Knowing what One Does. In: Grazer Philosophische Studien 61 (2006), p. 251–283.

References

External links

Richard Raatzsch
University Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Raatzsch, Richard 1957 births Living people 20th-century German philosophers 21st-century German philosophers University of Wittenberg alumni