23. juli
avholdes prøveforelesningene – en over et selvvalgt tema, og en over et
oppnevnt tema:
10.00-10-45: Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Gott und Begriff?
12.00-12.45: Wie
wirkt Natur? Überlegungen zum Prinzip der Kausalität in der Natur.
24. juli klokken
11.00-14.00 forsvarer Falter sin avhandling «Natur neu denken.
Erfahrung – Bedeutung – Sinn. Grundlagen naturphilosophischer
Praxis».
Bedømmelseskomiteen:
Professor Emeritus Anders Lindseth, Universitetet i Nordland (leder)
Dr. phil. Rudolf Seising, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München
Dr. phil. Karin Hutflötz, Akademie der
bildenden Künste, München
Både prøveforelesninger og disputas avholdes i Auditorium Elias Blix
(A13).
Prøveforelesningene og disputasen foregår på
tysk, og blir ledet av professor Johan Arnt Myrstad.
Om
avhandlingen:
Reinhard Falter M.A.
has submitted his treatise Natur neu denken. Erfahrung –
Bedeutung – Sinn. Grundlagen naturphilosophischer Praxis (Rethinking
Nature. Experience - meaning
- sense. Foundations of practice in philosophy of nature) as a thesis for obtaining the
degree doctor philosophiae at
the Faculty of Professional Studies, University of
Nordland. As a work founded in practical experience his
thesis is related to the research done at the
Centre for Practical
Knowledge.
Due to the modern
conception of nature, we see nature as a human environment to
be mastered and to be used for cultural purposes rather
than as our origin which has to be thoughtfully
considered, so that man as a natural being,
especially in his historically shaped
culture, does not suffer any damage.
Although nature conservation nowadays, ecologically motivated, warns us
about severe consequences of the modern utilization
of nature, the importance of the existential lack of a
conscious integration of man into
experienced nature is less
considered. In his treatise Natur neu denken,
Reinhard Falter wants the modern man to reconsider his
relationship to nature. He writes: "Rethinking nature
also means rethinking nature
protection, to rethink it as protection of man by nature, not via
seeing nature as something weak and in need of protection but
rather via man's dependence on certain natural circumstances,
above all due to the fact that the nature surrounding man ensures a
specific basic relationship". In his work Falter
presents the conception of nature in its development and he criticizes the
modern conception of nature in its present condition.