Christian Maurer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4299818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Maurer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Maurer |
| SIGNATURE | MAURER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Fribourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3996-5040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Can I Trust You?—Handling Unreliable Human Action Advice in Interactive Reinforcement Learning
Interactive Reinforcement Learning (IntRL) with human advice has shown great potential for human-guided self-improvement of robots and can accelerate learning compared to traditional Reinforcement Learning. However, most existing approaches assume perfectly correct advice or partially incorrect advice is only accounted for by assessing trustworthiness of human advice equally across all states. This can lead to problems in practical scenarios, whe…
Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Dental Students—Rula Applied to Objective Kinematic Data
Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is already prevalent in dental students despite their young age and the short duration of dental practice. The current findings state that the causes of MSD are related to posture during dental work. This study aims to investigate the ergonomic risk of dental students. In order to analyze the ergonomic risk of dental students, 3D motion analyses were performed with inertial sensors during the performance of standard…
Ergonomic Comparison of Four Dental Workplace Concepts Using Inertial Motion Capture for Dentists and Dental Assistants
When the inventory is arranged in a dental practice, a distinction can be made between four different dental workplace concepts (DWCs). Since the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases in dental professionals is very high, preventive solution need to be investigated. As the conventionally used DWCs have, to date, never been studied in terms of their ergonomics, this study aims to investigate the ergonomic risk when working at the four different D…
On the power of natural reason
This article presents two letters from the Glaswegian theologian John Simson (1667–1740) to his former student Archibald Campbell (1691–1756), professor of ecclesiastical history at St. Andrews as of 1733. After Simson’s condemnation for heresy in 1727–1728, Simson was in regular contact with Campbell, who also came to be scrutinised by a Committee for Purity of Doctrine in 1735–1736. The two letters by Simson address Campbell’s claim that withou…
The Movement Profile of Habitual Vacuuming as a Cyclic Movement—A Pilot Study
In summary, the generalization of a movement profile is possible for the trunk and the lower extremities due to the relative homogeneity. In future it will be necessary to identify factors influencing variability in order to draw conclusions about movement ergonomics
Contexts of religious tolerance
This article is an introduction to a special issue on ‘Contexts of Religious Tolerance: New Perspectives from Early Modern Britain and Beyond’, which contains essays on the contributions to the debates on tolerance by non-canonical philosophers and theologians, mainly from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Scotland and England. Among the studied authors are the Aberdeen Doctors, Samuel Rutherford, James Dundas, John Finch, George Keith, John Si…
Self-love, Egoism and the Selfish Hypothesis
Analyses of one of the central debates at the dawn of the Enlightenment: are people motivated only by self-interest?The dawn of the Enlightenment saw heated debates on self-love. Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into the contributions to these debates from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Jo…
The grievances from toleration’
In this article, I analyse some pre-Humean arguments for and against tolerance by early eighteenth-century Scottish philosophers and theologians. I present these in dialogue with the Confession of Faith, which constituted the central doctrinal pillar of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Kirk viewed tolerance rather suspiciously as a danger for its unity, and if the Confession asserted liberty of conscience against the Catholics, it insiste…
Stoicism and the Scottish Enlightenment
When considering the imprint of Stoicism on contemporary French philosophy, there is a great temptation to focus on two quite recent and very famous cases, namely Deleuze and Foucault, and to enter into a close discussion with the already substantial literature devoted to the few texts where they dealt with Stoicism. 1 This chapter adopts a quite different approach: many other philosophers will be studied in the following pages, both in order to …
Doctrinal issues concerning human nature and self-love, and the case of Archibald Campbell's Enquiry
This chapter focuses on a prominent theme of the debates in theology and philosophy that characterise the period leading into the Enlightenment, namely on doctrinal issues concerning human nature i
Thomas Ahnert, The Moral Culture of Scottish Enlightenment, 1690–1805
Archibald Campbell and the Committee for Purity of Doctrine on Natural Reason, Natural Religion, and Revelation
This article discusses Archibald Campbell's (1691–1756) early writings on religion, and the reactions they provoked from conservative orthodox Presbyterians. Purportedly against the Deist Matthew Tindal, Campbell crucially argued for two claims, namely (i) for the reality of immutable moral laws of nature, and (ii) for the incapacity of natural reason, or the light of nature, to discover the fundamental truths of religion, in particular the exist…
What Can an Egoist Say against an Egoist? On Archibald Campbell's Criticisms of Bernard Mandeville
Like Bernard Mandeville, Archibald Campbell develops a profoundly egoistic conception of human psychology. However, Campbell attacks numerous points in Mandeville's moral philosophy, in particular Mandeville's treatment of self-love, the desire for esteem, and human nature in general as corrupt. He also criticises Mandeville's corresponding insistence on self-denial and his rigorist conception of luxury. Campbell himself is subsequently attacked …
Self-Interest and Sociability
Pathologia , A Theory of the Passions
The present article is an edition of the Pathologia (1706), a Latin manuscript on the passions by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713). There are two parts, i) an introduction with commentary (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679795), and ii) an edition of the Latin text with an English translation (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679796) . The Pathologia treats of a series of topics concerning moral psy…
Reading Shaftesbury's Pathologia
The present article is an edition of the Pathologia (1706), a Latin manuscript on the passions by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713). There are two parts, i) an introduction with commentary (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679795), and ii) an edition of the Latin text with an English translation (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679796) . The Pathologia treats of a series of topics concerning moral psy…
Archibald Campbell's views of Self-Cultivation and Self-Denial in context
This paper discusses the accounts of self-cultivation and self-denial of Archibald Campbell (1691–1756). It analyses how he attempts to make room for moral self-improvement and for the control of the passions in a thoroughly egoistic psychological framework, and with a theory of moral motivation that focuses on a specific kind of self-love, namely the desire for esteem. Campbell's views are analysed in the context of his criticisms of both Franci…
Hutcheson's Relation to Stoicism in the Light of his Moral Psychology
Without questioning Hutcheson's general affinities with the Stoics, this article focuses on two important differences in moral psychology that show the limits of the appropriation of Stoicism in Hutcheson's ethics of benevolence. First, Hutcheson's distinction between calm affections and violent passions does not fully match with the Stoic distinction between constantiæ and perturbationes, since the emotion of sorrow remains in Hutcheson's table …
Das Messiasgeheimnis des Markusevangeliums
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Hutcheson's Relation to Stoicism in the Light of his Moral Psychology
Without questioning Hutcheson's general affinities with the Stoics, this article focuses on two important differences in moral psychology that show the limits of the appropriation of Stoicism in Hutcheson's ethics of benevolence. First, Hutcheson's distinction between calm affections and violent passions does not fully match with the Stoic distinction between constantiæ and perturbationes, since the emotion of sorrow remains in Hutcheson's table …
Doctrinal issues concerning human nature and self-love, and the case of Archibald Campbell's Enquiry
This chapter focuses on a prominent theme of the debates in theology and philosophy that characterise the period leading into the Enlightenment, namely on doctrinal issues concerning human nature i
Archibald Campbell's views of Self-Cultivation and Self-Denial in context
This paper discusses the accounts of self-cultivation and self-denial of Archibald Campbell (1691–1756). It analyses how he attempts to make room for moral self-improvement and for the control of the passions in a thoroughly egoistic psychological framework, and with a theory of moral motivation that focuses on a specific kind of self-love, namely the desire for esteem. Campbell's views are analysed in the context of his criticisms of both Franci…
What Can an Egoist Say against an Egoist? On Archibald Campbell's Criticisms of Bernard Mandeville
Like Bernard Mandeville, Archibald Campbell develops a profoundly egoistic conception of human psychology. However, Campbell attacks numerous points in Mandeville's moral philosophy, in particular Mandeville's treatment of self-love, the desire for esteem, and human nature in general as corrupt. He also criticises Mandeville's corresponding insistence on self-denial and his rigorist conception of luxury. Campbell himself is subsequently attacked …
Das Messiasgeheimnis des Markusevangeliums
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Hutcheson's Relation to Stoicism in the Light of his Moral Psychology
Without questioning Hutcheson's general affinities with the Stoics, this article focuses on two important differences in moral psychology that show the limits of the appropriation of Stoicism in Hutcheson's ethics of benevolence. First, Hutcheson's distinction between calm affections and violent passions does not fully match with the Stoic distinction between constantiæ and perturbationes, since the emotion of sorrow remains in Hutcheson's table …
Archibald Campbell's views of Self-Cultivation and Self-Denial in context
This paper discusses the accounts of self-cultivation and self-denial of Archibald Campbell (1691–1756). It analyses how he attempts to make room for moral self-improvement and for the control of the passions in a thoroughly egoistic psychological framework, and with a theory of moral motivation that focuses on a specific kind of self-love, namely the desire for esteem. Campbell's views are analysed in the context of his criticisms of both Franci…
Self-Interest and Sociability
Pathologia , A Theory of the Passions
The present article is an edition of the Pathologia (1706), a Latin manuscript on the passions by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713). There are two parts, i) an introduction with commentary (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679795), and ii) an edition of the Latin text with an English translation (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679796) . The Pathologia treats of a series of topics concerning moral psy…
Reading Shaftesbury's Pathologia
The present article is an edition of the Pathologia (1706), a Latin manuscript on the passions by Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713). There are two parts, i) an introduction with commentary (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679795), and ii) an edition of the Latin text with an English translation (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2012.679796) . The Pathologia treats of a series of topics concerning moral psy…
What Can an Egoist Say against an Egoist? On Archibald Campbell's Criticisms of Bernard Mandeville
Like Bernard Mandeville, Archibald Campbell develops a profoundly egoistic conception of human psychology. However, Campbell attacks numerous points in Mandeville's moral philosophy, in particular Mandeville's treatment of self-love, the desire for esteem, and human nature in general as corrupt. He also criticises Mandeville's corresponding insistence on self-denial and his rigorist conception of luxury. Campbell himself is subsequently attacked …
Stoicism and the Scottish Enlightenment
When considering the imprint of Stoicism on contemporary French philosophy, there is a great temptation to focus on two quite recent and very famous cases, namely Deleuze and Foucault, and to enter into a close discussion with the already substantial literature devoted to the few texts where they dealt with Stoicism. 1 This chapter adopts a quite different approach: many other philosophers will be studied in the following pages, both in order to …
Doctrinal issues concerning human nature and self-love, and the case of Archibald Campbell's Enquiry
This chapter focuses on a prominent theme of the debates in theology and philosophy that characterise the period leading into the Enlightenment, namely on doctrinal issues concerning human nature i
Thomas Ahnert, The Moral Culture of Scottish Enlightenment, 1690–1805
Archibald Campbell and the Committee for Purity of Doctrine on Natural Reason, Natural Religion, and Revelation
This article discusses Archibald Campbell's (1691–1756) early writings on religion, and the reactions they provoked from conservative orthodox Presbyterians. Purportedly against the Deist Matthew Tindal, Campbell crucially argued for two claims, namely (i) for the reality of immutable moral laws of nature, and (ii) for the incapacity of natural reason, or the light of nature, to discover the fundamental truths of religion, in particular the exist…
Self-love, Egoism and the Selfish Hypothesis
Analyses of one of the central debates at the dawn of the Enlightenment: are people motivated only by self-interest?The dawn of the Enlightenment saw heated debates on self-love. Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into the contributions to these debates from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Jo…
The grievances from toleration’
In this article, I analyse some pre-Humean arguments for and against tolerance by early eighteenth-century Scottish philosophers and theologians. I present these in dialogue with the Confession of Faith, which constituted the central doctrinal pillar of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Kirk viewed tolerance rather suspiciously as a danger for its unity, and if the Confession asserted liberty of conscience against the Catholics, it insiste…
The Movement Profile of Habitual Vacuuming as a Cyclic Movement—A Pilot Study
In summary, the generalization of a movement profile is possible for the trunk and the lower extremities due to the relative homogeneity. In future it will be necessary to identify factors influencing variability in order to draw conclusions about movement ergonomics
Contexts of religious tolerance
This article is an introduction to a special issue on ‘Contexts of Religious Tolerance: New Perspectives from Early Modern Britain and Beyond’, which contains essays on the contributions to the debates on tolerance by non-canonical philosophers and theologians, mainly from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Scotland and England. Among the studied authors are the Aberdeen Doctors, Samuel Rutherford, James Dundas, John Finch, George Keith, John Si…
Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Dental Students—Rula Applied to Objective Kinematic Data
Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) is already prevalent in dental students despite their young age and the short duration of dental practice. The current findings state that the causes of MSD are related to posture during dental work. This study aims to investigate the ergonomic risk of dental students. In order to analyze the ergonomic risk of dental students, 3D motion analyses were performed with inertial sensors during the performance of standard…
Ergonomic Comparison of Four Dental Workplace Concepts Using Inertial Motion Capture for Dentists and Dental Assistants
When the inventory is arranged in a dental practice, a distinction can be made between four different dental workplace concepts (DWCs). Since the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases in dental professionals is very high, preventive solution need to be investigated. As the conventionally used DWCs have, to date, never been studied in terms of their ergonomics, this study aims to investigate the ergonomic risk when working at the four different D…
On the power of natural reason
This article presents two letters from the Glaswegian theologian John Simson (1667–1740) to his former student Archibald Campbell (1691–1756), professor of ecclesiastical history at St. Andrews as of 1733. After Simson’s condemnation for heresy in 1727–1728, Simson was in regular contact with Campbell, who also came to be scrutinised by a Committee for Purity of Doctrine in 1735–1736. The two letters by Simson address Campbell’s claim that withou…
Can I Trust You?—Handling Unreliable Human Action Advice in Interactive Reinforcement Learning
Interactive Reinforcement Learning (IntRL) with human advice has shown great potential for human-guided self-improvement of robots and can accelerate learning compared to traditional Reinforcement Learning. However, most existing approaches assume perfectly correct advice or partially incorrect advice is only accounted for by assessing trustworthiness of human advice equally across all states. This can lead to problems in practical scenarios, whe…
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