Hubert Markl
Biographic Data
| ID | 6626456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hubert Markl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hubert |
| FAMILY NAME | Markl |
| SIGNATURE | MARKL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Konstanz |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Wissenschaftliche Eliten und Wissenschaftliche Verantwortung in der Industriellen Massengesellschaft
Misunderstanding and Misuse of Darwinism
The reason why I wavered a bit with this topic is that, after all, it has to do with Darwin, after a great Darwin year, as seen by a German scientist. Not that Darwin was very adept in German: Gregor Mendel’s ‘ Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden ’ (Experiments on Plant Hybrids) was said to have stayed uncut and probably unread on his shelf, which is why he never got it right with heredity in his life – only Gregory Bateson, Ronald A. Fisher, and JBS …
Challenges of Globalization for Science and Research
Globalization challenges all social systems in all nations – how then could it spare the sciences? A question however is: what is new about this? Has not this happened throughout history? And a further question is: what is special for the sciences in all this? Although globalization may not be a new thing, with a population of over 6 billion people its impact becomes all-pervasive and its consequences are severe. It is not only that science enter…
Brain drain
Brains should matter for all academics. In brawn, horsepower of any kind will always be superior. As human species, we may not have the biggest brains in relative or absolute terms, but we certainly have the best. We should never forget, however, that this superior brainpower does not only let academics excel, it is just as responsible for the best CEOs, the best artists, the best sport champions – even for the most efficient and atrocious crimin…
Science and science television in the changing world of global communication
Good science and good journalism have much in common. They both aim for knowledge generation and knowledge dissemination for the benefit of societies – at least at their best. However, beyond this common ground, there is much room for difference and conflict. In this paper I will draw up an admittedly personal list of ten obvious areas of annoyance about how the media present the results of scientific research – of course, only some of the media …
Jewish intellectual life and German scientific culture during the Weimar period
Weimar Germany was a great period in scientific development in which Jews played a prominent role. However, Nazi anti-Jewish policies led to the dismissal of many staff members and directors of the institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, who were forced to go abroad. In their new environment they became major leaders in science – notably in the new branches such as molecular biology – with a continuing loss to Germany
Who owns the human genome? What can ownership mean with respect to genes
The progressive elucidation of the structure of the human genome with the subsequent use of this information for various purposes, many of which will be of commercial value, raises questions about the ownership of the information. This article points out some of problems of defining the genome as property and explores the relevance of the usual criteria of patent law to this new situation
Warum sind Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit Zukunftsthemen
The future of nature
Through the evolution of the conscious mind in the human species, nature became aware of itself and can thus, for the first time in more than three billion years of natural evolution, influence and even, to some degree, take control of its own future development according to intentional goals. Since these goals are, at the same time, inevitably our own wishful visions, our species becomes not only nature's managing agent but also morally responsi…
Basic research for the future of Europe
Scientific research, a common heritage that laid the foundations of the modern world, stands as a unifying principle of Europe and is, among other values, a binding bridge to all nations. Being an inalienable part of humanity, the striving after knowledge embodied in scientific research is a necessary precondition if mankind is to handle successfully the consequences of globalized economies, a still growing world population with increasing life e…
Language and the evolution of the human mind
It is a great honour to have been invited to present this year's Erasmus Lecture to the distinguished plenary audience of the Academia Europaea. To deliver a lecture connected with Erasmus, this eminent European humanist, imposes an obligation from which greater minds than myself would shrink in diffidence. On the other hand, exactly such a challenge may encourage one to address a topic grand enough to be really worthy of this illustrious scholar…
Wissenschaftliche Eliten und wissenschaftliche Verantwortung in der industriellen Massengesellschaft
Umweltforschung als angewandte Naturwissenschaft
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Wissenschaftliche Eliten und wissenschaftliche Verantwortung in der industriellen Massengesellschaft
Umweltforschung als angewandte Naturwissenschaft
Language and the evolution of the human mind
It is a great honour to have been invited to present this year's Erasmus Lecture to the distinguished plenary audience of the Academia Europaea. To deliver a lecture connected with Erasmus, this eminent European humanist, imposes an obligation from which greater minds than myself would shrink in diffidence. On the other hand, exactly such a challenge may encourage one to address a topic grand enough to be really worthy of this illustrious scholar…
Basic research for the future of Europe
Scientific research, a common heritage that laid the foundations of the modern world, stands as a unifying principle of Europe and is, among other values, a binding bridge to all nations. Being an inalienable part of humanity, the striving after knowledge embodied in scientific research is a necessary precondition if mankind is to handle successfully the consequences of globalized economies, a still growing world population with increasing life e…
The future of nature
Through the evolution of the conscious mind in the human species, nature became aware of itself and can thus, for the first time in more than three billion years of natural evolution, influence and even, to some degree, take control of its own future development according to intentional goals. Since these goals are, at the same time, inevitably our own wishful visions, our species becomes not only nature's managing agent but also morally responsi…
Warum sind Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit Zukunftsthemen
Who owns the human genome? What can ownership mean with respect to genes
The progressive elucidation of the structure of the human genome with the subsequent use of this information for various purposes, many of which will be of commercial value, raises questions about the ownership of the information. This article points out some of problems of defining the genome as property and explores the relevance of the usual criteria of patent law to this new situation
Science and science television in the changing world of global communication
Good science and good journalism have much in common. They both aim for knowledge generation and knowledge dissemination for the benefit of societies – at least at their best. However, beyond this common ground, there is much room for difference and conflict. In this paper I will draw up an admittedly personal list of ten obvious areas of annoyance about how the media present the results of scientific research – of course, only some of the media …
Jewish intellectual life and German scientific culture during the Weimar period
Weimar Germany was a great period in scientific development in which Jews played a prominent role. However, Nazi anti-Jewish policies led to the dismissal of many staff members and directors of the institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, who were forced to go abroad. In their new environment they became major leaders in science – notably in the new branches such as molecular biology – with a continuing loss to Germany
Brain drain
Brains should matter for all academics. In brawn, horsepower of any kind will always be superior. As human species, we may not have the biggest brains in relative or absolute terms, but we certainly have the best. We should never forget, however, that this superior brainpower does not only let academics excel, it is just as responsible for the best CEOs, the best artists, the best sport champions – even for the most efficient and atrocious crimin…
Challenges of Globalization for Science and Research
Globalization challenges all social systems in all nations – how then could it spare the sciences? A question however is: what is new about this? Has not this happened throughout history? And a further question is: what is special for the sciences in all this? Although globalization may not be a new thing, with a population of over 6 billion people its impact becomes all-pervasive and its consequences are severe. It is not only that science enter…
Misunderstanding and Misuse of Darwinism
The reason why I wavered a bit with this topic is that, after all, it has to do with Darwin, after a great Darwin year, as seen by a German scientist. Not that Darwin was very adept in German: Gregor Mendel’s ‘ Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden ’ (Experiments on Plant Hybrids) was said to have stayed uncut and probably unread on his shelf, which is why he never got it right with heredity in his life – only Gregory Bateson, Ronald A. Fisher, and JBS …
Wissenschaftliche Eliten und Wissenschaftliche Verantwortung in der Industriellen Massengesellschaft
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