Paul Cilliers
Biographical Information
Paul Cilliers is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch in South
Africa and also gives courses at the Sustainability Institute, a non-profit, learning-center
trust situated in nearby Lyndoch. He teaches Cultural Philosophy, Deconstruction and
Philosophy of Science. In addition to a PhD in Philosophy (obtained in 1994) and a lively
interest in literature and music, he has a degree in Electronic Engineering and worked
professionally as an engineer for many years, specializing in computer modeling and pattern
recognition using neural networks. His research is focused on the philosophical and
ethical implications of complexity theory and he has published widely in the field. He
teaches mainly cultural philosophy and deconstruction, as well as courses on the philosophy
and ethics of science. He is the author of Complexity and Postmodernism (Routledge
1998). Professor Cilliers has also been a Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Study
of Coherence and Emergence, Boston, USA, and at the Institut für Philosophie, Philipps
University of Marburg, Germany (2000). |
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