Stascha Rohmer (born June 29 June 1966 in

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) is a German philosopher. His main research topics are

Theoretical philosophy The modern division of philosophy into theoretical philosophy and practical philosophyImmanuel Kant, ''Lectures on Ethics'', Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 41 ("On Universal Practical Philosophy"). Original text: Immanuel Kant, ''Kant’s G ...

German idealism German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It developed out of the work of Immanuel Kant in the 1780s and 1790s, and was closely linked both with Romanticism and the revolutionary ...

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and

History of Philosophy The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation, but some theorists also include myth, religious traditions, and proverbial lor ...

. He is a specialist of the

Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...

Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a 19th-century German idealism, German idealist. His influence extends across a wide range of topics from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political phi ...

and

Alfred North Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead (15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He created the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which has been applied in a wide variety of disciplines, inclu ...

and since 2008 permanent member of the Whitehead Research Project in

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. Currently he holds a visiting professorship at the

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Biography

Stascha Rohmer was born in 1966 in the city of

. His mother was the

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

Hildegard Rohmer-Stänner (1948-2022), and his father the

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Erhard Rohmer (1943-2017). Rohmer finished highschool at Beethoven-Gymnasium in the city of

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and pursued his higher studies in

Philosophy 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 ...

and

Hispanic Studies Hispanism (sometimes referred to as Hispanic studies or Spanish studies) is the study of the literature and culture of the Spanish-speaking world, principally that of Spain and Hispanic America. It may also entail studying Spanish language an ...

at the

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and

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

. Due to a proposal by Hans Poser and Michael Theunissen, Rohmer was admitted as a member of the renowned scientific organization

Studienstiftung The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: , or ''Studienstiftung'' for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on ac ...

. His PHD thesis focused on the

. His directors during his PHD were Hans Posers and Reiner Wiehl. Between the years of 1999 and 2014, Rohmer investigated and taught at the Institute for Philosophy of

Humboldt-Universität Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humboldt, ...

and at the Institute for Philosophy

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas The Spanish National Research Council (, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and techn ...

in Madrid. Rohmer’s research has been supported by many recognized scientific organizations such as the

German Academic Exchange Service The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD; ), founded in 1925, is a joint organization of German universities and student bodies to foster their international relations. Since 1 January 2020, the president has been Joybrato Mukherjee. Organisa ...

, the

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, the Meyer-Struckmann Foundation, and the

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. Between 2008 and 2010, Rohmer was holder of an Intra-European Fellowship in the Program

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) is a set of major research fellowships created by the European Union/European Commission to support research in the European Research Area (ERA). The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are among Europe's most co ...

of the

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. Rohmer wrote various monographs which parts especially from the

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and Helmuth Plessner. He also translated the Spanish

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 ...

and the English

in German and edited their work in the publishing companies

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and Karl Alber. His book ''Love - Future of an Emotion'', (original title: Liebe - Zukunft einer Emotion) was translated in Spanish and was edited in Herder publishing house, Barcelona. It was presented in the channel, TVE2 in Spain. In 2015 he becomes a full-time Professor of

Philosophy of Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

at the Faculty of Law in the Universidad de Medellín in

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. In 2016 he becomes the director of the ''

program''. One of the main goals of his research is to establish a bridging between

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and

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. He was the director of the first international congress ''Protection of Biodiversity as a Philosophical and Legal Problem'', which took place at Universidad de Medellín between the 16th to the 18th of March in 2017. He was also the director of the congress ''Somos Memoria. La Escuela de Madrid y El Exilio Español del 39'' at

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in Berlin (2013). In collaboration with

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, he directed the congress ''Nature, Technique, Culture'' at the

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(2008). Since 2008, Rohmer has been a permanent member of the Whitehead Research Project (WRP) in

(

), directed by Roland Faber. In 2019, he was working as Mercator-Fellow at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum, from 2021-23 ha was visiting professorship at the

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Publications

Monographs

* Rohmer, Stascha, ''Die Idee des Lebens. Zum Begriff der Grenze bei Hegel und Plessner'', Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2016. * Rohmer, Stascha, ''Amor.El porvenir de una emoción'' (Originaltitel: Liebe - Zukunft einer Emotion), translated from German into Spanish by Ana María Rabe and Gabriel Menéndez Torrellas, Barcelona: Herder 2013. . * Rohmer, Stascha, ''Liebe – Zukunft einer Emotion'', Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2008. * Rohmer, Stascha, ''Whiteheads Synthese von Kreativität und Rationalität, Reflexion und Transformation in Alfred North Whiteheads Philosophie der Natur'', Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2000.

Editions and Translations (selection)

* Rohmer, Stascha; Toepfer, Georg, Anthropozän – Klimawandel – Biodiversität: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das gewandelte Verhältnis von Mensch und Natur, Freiburg/München: Karl Alber 07/2021. ISBN 978-3-495-49041-9. * Rohmer, Stascha; Rabe, Ana María, ''Homo Naturalis. Zur Stellung des Menschen innerhalb der Natur'', Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2012. * Ortega y Gasset, José, ''Der Mensch ist eine Fremder. Schriften zur Metaphysik und Lebensphilosophie'', translated from Spanish into German by Stascha Rohmer (ed.), Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2008. * Whitehead, Alfred North, ''Denkweisen'' (Originaltitel:Modes of Thought), translated from English into German by Stascha Rohmer (ed.), Frankfurt on the main: Suhrkamp 2001.

Articles (selection)

* ''¿Existen maquinas vivientes? Sobre la relación entre vida y técnica'' in: Isegoria. Revista de Filosofía moral y política, Nr. 55, pp. 595–614. * ''The Self-Evidence of Civilization'', in: Roland Faber, G. Brian Henning, Clinton Combs (Hg.), “Beyond Metaphysics? Explorations in Alfred North Whitehead’s Late Thought”, book series Contemporary Whitehead Studies, New York: Rodopi Publishing House 2010, chap. 13, pp. 215–225. E- * ''Einführung in Ortega y Gassets Lebensphilosophie'', in: José Ortega y Gasset, ''Der Mensch ist ein Fremder, Schriften zur Metaphysik und Lebensphilosophie'', Freiburg/Munich: Karl Alber 2008, pp. 7–26. Rohmer, Stascha, ''Einführung in Ortega y Gassets Lebensphilosophie''
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References

External links

* * Rohmer´s home page: http://www.stascha-rohmer.de/ * Rohmer´s page at the

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