Münster Lectures in Philosophy Volume 2 Series editor Department of Philosophy, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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Julia F. G ohner Eva-Maria Jung Editors : Reintegrating Philosophy
Editors Julia F. G ohner Department of Philosophy Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany Eva-Maria Jung Department of Philosophy Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany Münster Lectures in Philosophy ISBN 978-3-319-24967-4 ISBN 978-3-319-24969-8 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24969-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016932879 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface is distinguished professor in the humanities, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami. She gained international acclaim for her work in philosophy of logic (especially nonclassical, fuzzy logics), her plea for the epistemological position of foundherentism, and her contributions to the philosophy of law. In numerous books and articles on logic, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and metaphysics as well as pragmatism, feminism, and philosophy of law, she has greatly influenced contemporary philosophy throughout the past 40 years. Haack has been awarded various honors and prizes, both for her research and teaching. In 2004, she was included in Peter J. King s 100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World s Greatest Thinkers, and in 2005 she was listed as one of the ten most important woman philosophers of all time. Haack s impact on contemporary philosophy, her professional renown, and the broad range of topics covered would have been reason enough to invite her to deliver the 17th Münster Lectures in Philosophy. Her eagerness to discuss her work and elaborate on its details and implications has commended her all the more. From the 6th 8th of November in 2013, the Department of Philosophy had the honor of welcoming her as their guest in Münster. Her public evening lecture The Fragmentation of Philosophy, the Road to Reintegration set the stage for a colloquium, which took place on the following 2 days. During the colloquium, groups of students and junior faculty of the Department of Philosophy in Münster presented papers on diverse aspects of Haack s philosophy some inquisitive, some slightly critical, but all of them well prepared after thorough occupation with Haack s work. Haack took the time to patiently explain her motivations, to comment constructively on ideas proposed, and to reply to the critical points that were raised. What ensued was a lively and stimulating philosophical exchange, which gave students and faculty an opportunity to profit from meeting a philosopher of international fame in a personal, nonhierarchical, and productive context. This, after all, is the idea at the very heart of the Münster Lectures in Philosophy. v
vi Preface All contributions to the Münster Lectures including the evening lecture, the students papers, and Haack s replies are contained in this volume, alongside her essay The World According to Innocent Realism: The One and the Many, the Real and the Imaginary, the Natural and the Social, which is here published in English for the first time. The editors would like to thank everybody involved in organizing the lecture and the colloquium and in preparing the publication, especially Stefan Klatt of the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics, Claudia Güstrau, Lars Kiesling, Sibille Mischer, Oliver R. Scholz, Tanja Uek otter, and Rebecca Walsh. Furthermore, we cordially thank Gertrud Grünkorn and academic publisher De Gruyter for their financial support, as well as Raphael Hüntelmann, whose publishing company Ontos has supported the Münster Lectures for many years. We are particularly grateful to Lucy Fleet and her colleagues at Springer for generously offering us to publish this and future volumes of the Münster Lectures and for helping us with the preparation of the manuscript. The students at Münster and our colleagues have done a wonderful job at preparing their contributions for the colloquium, and we wish to express our gratitude to each and every author. Last, and certainly not least, we wish to thank for her willingness to partake in this unique event, for her energy in preparing the evening lecture and the replies, and for her general cooperation. Without her, the event would not have been the success that it was. August 2015 Münster Julia F. G ohner Eva-Maria Jung
Contents Part I Lectures 1 The Fragmentation of Philosophy, the Road to Reintegration... 3 2 The World According to Innocent Realism: The One and the Many, the Real and the Imaginary, the Natural and the Social... 33 Part II Colloquium 3 Problems at the Basis of s Foundherentism... 59 Nikolai Ruppert, Riske Schlüter, and Ansgar Seide 4 How Innocent Is Innocent Realism?... 71 Julia F. G ohner, Tim Grafe, Yannis Krone, and Johannes Ueberfeldt 5 Deviant Rules: On s The Justification of Deduction... 85 Sascha Bloch, Martin Pleitz, Markus Pohlmann, and Jakob Wrobel 6 The (Dis)continuity of Philosophy: Reflections on s Critical Common-Sensism... 113 Christoph Fischer and Eva-Maria Jung 7 Lessons in Multiculturalism and Objectivity? Puzzling Out s Philosophy of Education... 123 Markus Seidel and Paul-Christoph Trüper 8 Pragmatism, Evolutionary Theory and the Plurality of Legal Systems: On s Philosophy of Law... 133 Helena Baldina, Andreas Bruns, and Johannes Müller-Salo vii
viii Contents 9 Evaluating Philosophy: s Contribution to Academic Ethics... 147 Simon Derpmann, Dominik Düber, Thomas Meyer, and Tim Rojek Part III Responses 10 The Role of Experience in Empirical Justification: Response to Nikolai Ruppert, Riske Schlüter, and Ansgar Seide... 157 11 The Real, the Fictional, and the Somewhere-in-Between: Response to Julia Friederike G ohner, Tim Grafe, Yannis Krone, and Johannes Ueberfeldt... 167 12 The Grounds of Logic: Response to Sascha Bloch, Martin Pleitz, Markus Pohlman, and Jakob Wrobel... 175 13 The Continuum of Inquiry: Response to Christoph Fischer and Eva-Maria Jung... 181 14 The Aims of Education: Response to Markus Seidel and Christoph Trüper... 189 15 The Evolution of Legal Systems: Response to Helena Baldina, Andreas Bruns, and Johannes Müller-Salo... 195 16 Ethics in the Academy: Response to Simon Derpmann, Dominik Düber, Thomas Meyer, and Tim Rojek... 203