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Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber

head of department philosophy; director Center for the History of Women Philosophers, Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Paderborn University

Associated Professorship

Philosophy

Vita

Ruth Edith Hagengruber holds a chair dedicated to the philosophy of Economics and Information Science at Paderborn University. She is also Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. She got her PhD with a thesis on Tommaso Campanella at Ludwig Maximilian-University Munich. From 2011-2019 she served in the Advisory Board of Technology in Society for the Technical University Munich and became Life-member of the International Association of Philosophy of Information Science in 2011.  On 2020 she became elected member of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. She serves as chief editor of the German Springer series Frauen in Philosophie und Wissenschaft and as co-editor of the International Springer series Women in the History of Philosophy and Science. With Mary Ellen Waithe, she co-edits the Encyclopedia of Consice Concepts by Women Philosophers and the Journal for the History of Women Philosophers at Brill’s. With De Gruyter she edits the series Women Philosophers World Heritage Collection. She serves as Vice-president of the Deutsche Akademikerinnenverband and Secretary of the International Association of Women Philosophers. 

Focus of Work

Philosophy of economics, with special reference to women philosophers.
Philosophy of computer science.
History of women philosophers.

Research and Practice projects (selection)

In der Philosophie zu Hause

Publications (selection)

Hagengruber, R. (1994) Tommaso Campanella. Eine Philosophie der Ähnlichkeit, Academia.

Hagengruber, R. (1998) Klassische philosophische Texte von Frauen. Dtv.

Hagengruber, R. (2000) Nutzen und Allgemeinheit. Zu einigen grundlegenden Prinzipien der Praktischen Philosophie, Academia.  

Hagengruber, R (2005) Mapping the Multitude. Categories in a Process Ontology, in Althoff, Klaus-Dieter et al. (Hgg.): Professional Knowledge Management Experiences and Visions. 3rd Conference WM 2005. Springer.

Hagengruber, R & Riss, U (2007) Knowledge in Action, in Stuart, Susan & Dodig-Crnkovic, Gordana (Hgg.): Computation, Information, Cognition. The Nexus and the Liminal. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 134-147.

Hagengruber, R. (2010) Von Diana zu Minerva, Akademie.

Ess, Charles & Hagengruber R (2011) The Computational Turn: Past, Presents, Futures? MV-Wissenschaft.

Hagengruber, R. (2011) Émilie Du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton, Springer.

Hagengruber R. & Riss, U. (2014) Philosophy, Computing and Information Science. Pickering & Chatto.

Green, K. and Hagengruber, R. (2015) History of Women's Ideas. The Monist, Oxford University Press.

Hagengruber, R (2015) Measuring the Value of Women. A Feminist Analysis of Economic Categories and Thought. In: Boston Stud. Philosophy, Vol. 317, Vassallo, Nicla and Amoretti, Maria C. (eds): Meta-Philosophical Reflection on Feminist Philosophies of Science. Springer, 171-183.

Hagengruber, R (2017) Creative Algorithms and the Construction of Meaning. In: Pietsch, W., u.a. Berechenbarkeit der Welt? Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 333-343.

Hagengruber, R (2018) „Mensch, Maschine, Muse. Über Arbeit im digitalen Zeitalter“, 29.10.2018: in: Industry of Things. / www.wissenschaftsjahr.de/2018/neues-aus-den-arbeitswelten/das-sagt-die-wissenschaft/mensch-maschine-musse-ueber-arbeit-im-digitalen-zeitalter/

Hagengruber, R. Emilie Du Châtelet und die deutsche Aufklärung, coedited with Hartmut Hecht (2019).

Hagengruber, R. and Hutton, S.  (2019/2021) British Journal for the History Philosophy, dedicated to Early Modern  Women Philosophers. Routledge.

Thorgeisdottier, S. and Hagengruber, R. (2020) Methodological Reflections on Women’s Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy.

 

Hagengruber, R. (2020) “Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola to Du Châtelet.” Dianoia 31, no. XXV 331–53.

Hagengruber, R. (2020) The Stolen History. In: Methodological Reflections on Women’s Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy.

Hagengruber, R. (2021) “Out of the Box – into the Green and the Blue.” In Philosophisches Jahrbuch 128. Jahrgang I/2021. 122–134.

Hagengruber, R. (2021) “Mehr wert als tausend Männer” – Luise Adelgunde Victorie Kulmus Gottsched und die wahre Minerva. In: Iffland, J. et. al. (Eds.) Musikwissenschaft der Vielfalt. Festschrift für Rebecca Grotjahn zum 60. Geburtstag, München: Allitera Verlag, 147–159.

Hagengruber, R. (2022) Epoque Emilienne. Philosophy and Science in the Age of Emily Du Châtelet 1706-1749.  

Hagengruber, R. (2022) “Du Chatelet and Kant: Claiming the Renewal of Philosophy” In: Hagengruber, R. (Ed.) Époque Émilienne. Philosophy and Science in the Age of Émilie Du Châtelet (1706 –1749), Cham: Springer, 57-85.

 

 

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Keywords

History of Women Philosophers, Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Computer Science.

Casegroup

Languages and Cultural Studies, Art and Design