- Gerhard Streminger
Gerhard Streminger is an
Austria nPhilosopher and author, born inGraz in 1952 . From 1970, he studied philosophy and mathematics in Graz, Goettingen,Edinburgh with G.E.Davie andOxford withJ. L. Mackie . He gained his PhD in 1978 at theUniversity of Graz , where he held posts from 1975 until 1997. In 1981 he was Visiting Professor at theUniversity of Minnesota , Minneapolis.Streminger was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Graz in 1988 and received the title of University Professor in 1995.He received several awards and prizes: 1974 a scholarship of the
Deutsche Akademische Auslandsdienst ; 1978 one of the British Council; and he was awarded the 1991/92Humboldt Scholarship . In 2006 he gained theDavid Hume Award of theKellmann Society for Humanism and Enlightenment [http://www.kellmann-stiftung.de "Kellmann-Stiftung Humanismus und Aufklärung"] .Streminger is generally considered as an engaged agnostic/
agnosticism . He is a member of the [http://www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.de/ "Giordano Bruno Stiftung"] , a society to promote evolutionary humanism.Streminger is widely known as editor and translator of works of
David Hume . His biographies and commentaries on Hume andAdam Smith are seen as the standard of research on theScottish Enlightenment in the German speaking world. Besides, he published many articles on this subject and the Philosophy of Religion. His philosophically most important work "Gottes Guete und die Uebel der Welt" deals comprehensively withTheodicy |Problem of evil .Publications
His most important publications are:
Adam Smith. Reinbek: Rowohlt 1989 (2. ed.: 1999, German).
Gottes Guete und die Uebel der Welt. Das Theodizeeproblem. Tuebingen: Mohr 1992 (German and Italian).
David Hume. Sein Leben und sein Werk. Paderborn: Schoeningh 1994 (2. ed.: 1994; paperback: 1995, German).
Der natuerliche Lauf der Dinge. Marburg: Metropolis 1995 (German).
ECCE TERRA. Norderstedt b. Hamburg (books on demand) 2008 (German).
References
External links
* [http://www.streminger.com Gerhard Stremingers Website, partly English]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
