Alexander Gerner

alexandergerner@yahoo.com

 Philosophy of Attention/ Filosofia da Atenção

 Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences/ Filosofia das Ciências Cognitivas

 Philosophy of the Image and Perception/ Filosofia da Imagem e da Percepção

 Aesthetic experience/ Experiência estética

 Science and Art/ Ciência e Arte

 Neuroaesthetics and Neuroethics/ Neuroestética e Neuroética

 Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis/ Diagramatologia e a praxis do diagrama

 Abduction and Dynamic Epistemology/ Abdução e Epistemologia dinâmica

 Process Philosophy/ Filosofia do processo

 Creation, Invention and Discovery/ Criação, Invenção e Descoberta

 Phenomenology /Fenomenologia

 Aesthetics and politics/ estética e politica

 Diagrammatic thinking. In: Vít Havránek/tranzit (Ed.) Atlas of Transformation: jrp-ringier Zürich 2011, 173-184, 2011.

 O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.). Studies in Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis. College Publications (=Studies in Logic 24, Logic and Cognitive Systems) London 2010

 "Notes on Diagrams and maps". In: O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.). Studies in Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis. College Publications (=Studies in Logic 24, Logic and Cognitive Systems) London 2010 p. http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2010/07/studies-in-diagrammatology-and-diagram.html

 "Critical notes on two forms of reductionism: some shortcomings of both strong conceptual and strong neuroaesthetic accounts of aesthetics". In: Olga Pombo, Silvia Di Marco, Marco Pina (Eds.). Neuroaesthetics. Can science explain art? Lisboa: Fim de Século 2010, 139-163

 "Visita guiada no jardim do´aqui e agora´" (2010) http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2010/11/visita-guiada-no-jardim-do-aqui-e-agora.html

">Thresholding<. Cracks in the "landscape of experience" (2010) http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2010/10/thresholding-sergio-costa-galeria-pedro.html

 "Visions of Europe. Notes on the activation of the Lisbon treaty" (activação do Tratado de Lisboa) (2009)

 "Quantas dimensões têm a sombra?" Introduction of the catalogue "Pintar a Sombra. Miguel Rondon" Centro Cultural de Estremoz (2009) http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2009/06/o-pintar-das-sombras-miguel-rondon.html

 "On `My Paradoxical Knives´ by Ali Moini" (2009) http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-my-paradoxical-knives-by-ali-moini.html

 "Precarious Giants of the Upside Down" (2009) http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2009/04/precarious-giants-of-upside-down.html

 "Pontes diplomáticos e a arte politica. Alkantara 2008". Sinais de Cena 10/2008, 103-106. also: http://jacarandascienceandart.blogspot.com/2009/06/pontes-diplomaticas-e-arte-politica.html

 O. Pombo, A. Gerner (Eds.) Abduction and the Process of Scientific Discovery. Lisbon (CFCUL): Publidisa. 2007. 383p.

2011-2012 Knowledge Dynamics in the Field of Social Sciences: Abduction, Intuition and Invention CFCUL/ University of Sevilha (Spain) Heads: Prof. Salgueiro /Prof. Pombo http://cfcul.fc.ul.pt/projectos/Projecto_Knowledge/projecto_knowledge.htm

2007-2011 Image in Science and Art Center of Philosophy of Science, (CFCUL) University of Lisbon. Project Coordinator: Prof. Pombo http://ica.fc.ul.pt/index_en.html
- Workshop organisation Task I Philosophy of the Image (2008)
- Organisation of the International Workshop for Task III Diagrammatic thinking "Diagrammatology and Diagram Praxis" (2009) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências University of Lisbon

2009-2010 Consciousness, Self and Emotion (IFL), New University of Lisbon
Coordinator: Dr. Jorge Gonçalves

2008-2009 Jornadas Ibéricas. Acções Integradas Luso-Espanholas Universal logics and Unity of Science University of Sevilha (Spain), CFCUL University of Lisbon Coordinators: Prof. Nepumuceno/ Prof. Pombo

2007-2009 Theories of Rationality. Phenomenology and Neokantism Coordinator: Prof. Feron University of Évora/ University of Lisbon (CFUL) FCT financed: PTDC/FIL/71833/2006

2005-2008 Peirce, Abduction and the Process of Scientific Discovery CFCUL

2011
Notes on Thomas Metzinger “The Ego Tunnel” and “non-standard self experiences”. IFL, 7.1.2011/21.1.2011

(Reading course)

2009
"Beyond the myth of "the" self and its (self-)model: Notes on a cartographic self".
International Workshop "Metaphysics of Self", UNL (IFL) 11.December 2009
"Notes on diagrammatic knowledge in contemporary map art". International interdisciplinary
Workshop "Diagrammatology?and Diagrammatic Praxis? 24th of March 2009, CFCUL,
Anfiteatro da Fundação da FCUL,
"Distractions of habitual attention routines: Notes on attending in aesthetic and art-object
experience" , 9.3.2009, International Workshop “Neuroaethetics”, CFCUL, Anfiteatro da
Fundação da FCUL
"Philosophical Investigation of Attention", I Jornadas de pós-graduação. Apresentação da
Investigação em curso no CFCUL 4th of March2009, FCUL
"On Attention Metaphors" IV Jornadas Ibéricas de Filosofia dela Ciéncia, lógica e
lenguaje Universidad Sevilha (Spain)24th February

2008
"Acerca de uma filosofia da ´atenção´ em Hans Blumenberg" . IIas Jornadas Internacionais.
As Cavernas da Modernidade. Em torno de Hans Blumemberg, University of Évora 17th of November 2008
"Mergulhar, Responder, Gritar: Para uma poética da atenção em Paul Celan e Paul Valéry"
Workshop"Poéticas" CFCUL, 28th of May 2008
"Aufmerksamkeitsdiagramme. Anmerkungen zur diagrammatischen Erkenntnisentwicklung"
Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBVA). Sponsered by the Schering Foundation for
Art&Science. 27-28.3.2008, Expert-Workshop of the research project "The World as Image".
(Accepted peer-reviewed abstract)
"`(...) a wider sense than is usual´. The diagram and the process of diagrammatic reasoning in Peirce";

10.3.2008; "Image in Science and Art" Research group, CFCUL University of Lisbon.

2007
"The phenomenon of the artistic image as a limit case of the scientific image?", "Applying
Peirce" Conference 11-13.6.2007, University of Helsinki (FI), (accepted peer-reviewed
abstract )
"The Image between Science and Art" I Jornadas Ibéricas.Filosofia Contemporanea,
Universidad de Sevilha (Spain) 18.3.2007
"Anmerkungen zur >Aufmerksamkeit< in Hans Blumenbergs >Zu den Sachen und zurück<"
(18.1.2007) University of Évora, I Jornadas Internacionais: Figuras da Racionalidade-
Neokantismo e Fenomenologia. (University of Évora/Portugal)/ Unité des
Recherches en Phénoménologies de Université de Liège (Belgium); Invited Panel Conference
in the panel "Fenomenologia do Simbólico"
"O Jogo das Imagens - Imagens em pensamento II", Research group “Image in Science and
Art; CFCUL, University of Lisbon (P)

2005
"Cavernas da Excepção. Insónias na Saída" International Conference on Michel Foucault
"Lei, Segurança e disciplina. 30 anos depois de ´Vigiar e Punir´ de Michel Foucault",
Instituto Franco-Português , 24th November 2005

Alexander Gerner is also a playwriter, theatre director, and curator based in Lisbon(Portugal). Since 1997 he has been working as a play writer (Trance 1997; prize of the authors days State Theatre of Hannover)/State Theatre Zurich, director (Zap through my life Muffathalle München; theater prize Munich 1998). Os Cães(2010) Teatro Turim, Lisbon. As a director he has worked alone and in collaborations, for example with Marie Nerland (NOR), Jacob Wren (CAN), Matthias v. Hartz/Michael Bandt (D), Andresa Soares, Nuno Figueiredo/MolaDudle (PT) and has written, directed and produced theatre and Liveart projects in german, english and portuguese. His works have been presented at Kampnagel Hamburg, Art.Genda Hamburg, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Marstall Munich National Theatre, Spiel.Art Festival, i-camp Munich, Pumpenhaus Münster (D), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich (CH), Mladi Levi Festival Ljubiljana (SLOW), Wiener Festwochen (A), BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen; Tou Scene (Stavanger); Bastard Festival (Trondheim); Meteor Festival (Bergen), Black Box Theatre Oslo (NOR), PS122 New York (USA), Centro Cultural de Belém (Box Nova), Convento do Beato, Teatro Turim, Sou/Festival AoGosto Lisbon (PT), and in non-institutional site-specific spaces as well as in art galleries.

Since 2000, he explores processes of search/discovery and creativity (as in Lost&Found. A office of search") as well as contemporary forms of performing new ways of social and political praxis inside theatre and art. His scientific research in between art and science and political social praxis as well as in his performative art as research is dealing with the following topics: attention/distraction (aesthetic experience), failures, ruptures and cracks in the landscape of intimicy and expectations, philosophy and performative praxis of (political, social, personal) orientation and (cognitive, social and experiential) transformation processes and dis-understanding(Ranciére), phenomenotecniques of diagrammatology and (personal, artistic and scientific) maps and map-making, forms of political and social cartographic self and cartographic reason, processes of invention-creation-discovery (abduction/diagrammatic reasoning), and personal and social-political utopia (He who does not work shall not eat! Undercover Ideas 1.0; Sou/ festival Ao Gosto 2010).