Alexander Gerner
Member of the CFCUL (Center of Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon)

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Academic Degrees
PhD student in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Lisbon (Faculty of Science)
Degree of the University of Munich (6 years) in Germanistics and protestant theology

 

Research Interests
Philosophy of Attention, Philosophy of the Image; Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences; Aesthetic experience; Neuroaesthetics and Neuroethics; Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis; Abduction and Dynamic Epistemology; Process Philosophy; Creation, Invention and Discovery; Science and Art; Phenomenology; Aesthetics and Politics. 

 

Recent Publications
Books
- O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.). Studies in Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis. College Publications (=Studies in Logic 24, Logic and Cognitive Systems), London, 2010;
- O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.) Abduction and the Process of Scientific Discovery. Lisbon (CFCUL): Publidisa, 2007.

Chapters in books
- “Notes on Diagrams and maps”. In: O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.). Studies in Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis. College Publications (=Studies in Logic 24, Logic and Cognitive Systems): London, 2010;
- “Critical notes on two forms of reductionism: some shortcomings of both strong conceptual and strong neuroaesthetic accounts of aesthetics”. In: Olga Pombo, Silvia Di Marco,  Marco Pina (Eds.). Neuroaesthetics. Can science exlain art?, Lisboa: Fim de Século, 2010, pp. 139-163;
- “Diagrammatic thinking”. In: Vít Havránek/tranzit (Ed.) Atlas of Transformation: jrp-ringier Zürich, 2010, pp. 173-184. 

 

Recent Activity

  • Projects
    - 2011-2012 Knowledge Dynamics in the Field of Social Sciences: Abduction, Intuition and Invention CFCUL/ University of Sevilha (Spain) Heads: Prof. Salgueiro/Prof. Pombo
    http://cfcul.fc.ul.pt/projectos/Projecto_Knowledge/projecto_knowledge.htm
    - 2007-2011 Image in Science and Art Center of Philosophy of Science, (CFCUL) University of Lisbon. Project Coordinator: Prof. Pombo
    http://ica.fc.ul.pt/index_en.html
    - 2009-2010 Consciousness, Self and Emotion (IFL), New University of Lisbon
    Coordinator: Dr. Jorge Gonçalves
    - 2008-2009 Jornadas Ibéricas. Acções Integradas Luso-Espanholas Universal logics and Unity of Science  University of Sevilha (Spain), CFCUL University of Lisbon Coordinators: Prof. Nepumuceno/ Prof. Pombo
    - 2007-2009  Theories of Rationality. Phenomenology and Neokantism Coordinator: Prof. Feron  University of Évora/ University of Lisbon (CFUL) FCT financed: PTDC/FIL/71833/2006 
  • Conferences
    - Moderation of the Debate on Philosophy of the Image with Prof. Lambert Wiesing (Potzdam) and Prof. Ernst Pöppel (Munich), Gulbenkian conference “The Image in Science and Art”, 2011
    http://ica.fc.ul.pt/coloquio.html
    - “Beyond the myth of “the” self and its (self-)model: Notes on a cartographic self”. International Workshop “Metaphysics of Self”, UNL (IFL) 11.December 2009
    - “Notes on diagrammatic knowledge in contemporary map art”. International interdisciplinary Workshop “Diagrammatology?and Diagrammatic Praxis? 24th of March 2009, CFCUL, Anfiteatro da Fundação da FCUL
    - “Distractions of habitual attention routines: Notes on attending in aesthetic and art-object experience” , 9.3.2009, International Workshop “Neuroaethetics”, CFCUL, Anfiteatro da Fundação da FCUL
    - “Philosophical Investigation of Attention”, I Jornadas de pós-graduação. Apresentação da Investigação em curso no CFCUL 4th of March2009, FCUL.