Illies, C.F.R. (Christian)
Research profile
AS PER MARCH 2008, CHRISTIAN ILLIES ACCEPTED A POSITION AS PROFESSOR AT THE OTTO-FRIEDRICH UNIVERISTY BAMBERG (CHAIR FOR PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY). SINCE HE IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF 3TU.ETHICS, THIS PERSONAL PAGE IS NOT KEPT UP TO DATE.
Christian F. R. Illies (1963) is professor of culture and technology at the Technical University Delft (KIVI-NIRIA-Leerstoel) and assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Eindhoven University of Technology.
After his studies of biology, philosophy and history of art in Heidelberg and Konstanz (Master of Science, specialisation in Neurophysiology, Konstanz 1989), Christian Illies continued his studies of philosophy in Paris (Ecole Normale Supèrieure Fontenay/St. Cloud) and in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (DPhil, Oxford University 1995). The topic of his dissertation was Kant’s ethical philosophy; in this work he attempts to bring together analytical and continental approaches to Kant. From 1995 to 2002, he has worked as a Hochschulassistent at Essen University; in 1999 he was a visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana) and in 2001 at the European College of Liberal Arts in Berlin. In 2002, he completed his Habilitation (advanced second doctorate) at the Technical University of Aachen with a thesis on foundational issues in ethics, in particular on the use of transcendental arguments in practical philosophy. In 2006, he got appointed to the KIVI-NIRIA Leerstoel in Delft.
Christian Illies’ academic teaching and research have dwelt upon moral philosophy (esp. modern ethical theories and meta-ethics, but also applied ethics, esp. in the areas of bioethics), and philosophy of technology, science and biology (esp. theory of evolution, its scientific structure and relevance to anthropology and to moral philosophy). A further research interest is philosophy of the built environment.
Scientific publications (selection)
Illies, C.F.R. 2007. Jenseits Der Gene: Von Der Möglichkeit Eines Lebenssinns Im Biologischen Zeitalter. In Zufall Mensch? Das Bild Des Menschen Im Spannungsfeld Von Evolution & Schöpfung, edited by L. Klinnert. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.available online
Illies, C.F.R. 2007. Orientierung Durch Universalisierung: Der Kategorische Imperativ Als Test Für Die Moralität Von Maximen. Kant-studien, 306-328.available online
Illies, C.F.R. 2007. Technik, Mensch, Natur: Eine Metaphysische Ortsbestimmung Im Anschluss an Hans Jonas. In Prinzip Zukunft: Im Dialog Mit Hans Jonas, edited by R. Seidel and M. Endruweit. Paderborn: Mentis.available online
Illies, C.F.R. 2007. Was Kant Von Darwin Lernen Kann: Evolutionstheoretische Hilfestellungen Fur Eine Universelle Vernunftethiek? Zeitschrift fur philosophische Forschung, 27-50.
Illies, C.F.R. 2006. Ehrfurcht Statt Begrundung? Albert Schweitzers Versuch Einer Grundlegung Der Ethik. In Ethik Des Lebens, edited by M. Hauskeller. Zug: Graue Edition.
Illies, C.F.R. 2006. Technik in Der Modernen Welt. Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 114-127.
Hösle, V., and C.F.R. Illies. 2005. Darwin. Bamberg: Buchner.
Hösle, V., and C.F.R. Illies (eds.). 2005. Darwinism and Philosophy. Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press.available online
Hösle, V., and C.F.R. Illies. 2005. Introduction. In Darwinism and Philosophy, edited by V. Hösle and C. F. R. Illies. Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press.available online
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Architektur Als Kunst. Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, 57-76.
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Book Review [Bespreking Van Het Boek Kants Kritik Der Praktischen Vernunft: Ein Kommentar]. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 11.
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Darwin's Apriori Insight: On the Status of the Priciple of Natural Selection. In Darwinism and Philosophy, edited by V. Hösle and C. F. R. Illies. Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame Press.available online
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Der Tod Ist Unser Geschöpf. Cicero, 54-58.available online
Professional/Popular publications (selection)
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Book Review [Bespreking Van Het Boek Darwin Und Gott. Das Verhältnis Von Evolution Und Religion]. Philosophisches Jahrbuch 112:225-229.
Illies, C.F.R. 2005. Wie Lehrt Man Philosophie? Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Philosophie und Ethik, 73-74.
Teaching
DAA02 Ethics for ID students
0EE90 Engineering course and Multidisciplinary Project
0K110 Ethics
0K111 Ethics and system design
0LP52 An introduction into Ethics
0L011 Ethics & Technology for ST
0L140 Philosophy of architecture building and planning
