Thomas Gil

Thomas Gil is a Spanish-born German philosopher, currently University Professor of Practical Philosophy at Technische Universität Berlin.

Born in Madrid (Spain) on October 21, 1954, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Münster in 1981 and his Habilitation from the University of Stuttgart in 1992.

After having held teaching appointments as an assistant professor and as associate professor at the University of Cologne and Stuttgart University from 1985 till 1995, he became in 1995 full professor of philosophy at the University of St. Gallen and in 1996 the Chaïm Perelman Professor at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium).

Beginning in 1998, he has been University Professor at Technische Universität Berlin. Ethik (Etica. Dalla polis greca alla società del rischio), 1993. Demokratische Technikbewertung, 1999. Kritik der klassischen Geschichtsphilosophie, 1999. Die Rationalität des Handelns, 2003. Die Praxis des Wissens, 2006. Kritik des Empirismus, 2009. Actions, Normativity, and History, 2010. On Reasons, 2011. Mind Functions, 2012. Scientific Reasoning, 2012. Die Kunst der Unterscheidung, 2013.