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Maren Wehrle is Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy at Erasmus School of Philosophy. Maren Wehrle, obtained a Master degree in Philosophy, German Literature and Historical Anthropology at the University of Freiburg, Germany (2006). In 2011 she received a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Freiburg with a dissertation entitled ‘Horizonte der Aufmerksamkeit. Entwurf einer dynamischen Konzeption der Aufmerksamkeit aus phänomenologischer und kognitionspsychologischer Sicht‘. From 2012 until 2017 she worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy (Center of Phenomenoloigcal and Continental Philosophy: Husserl Archives) of KU Leuven, Belgium. Her areas of specializations are Phenomenology, Philosophical and Historical Anthropology, Feminist Philosophy and Cognitive Psychology. Wehrle has authored many articles on topics like embodiment, habit, normality, attention, and normativity. She has written a monograph on Attention in Phenomenology and Cognitive Psychology, ‘Horizonte der Aufmerksamkeit‘ (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag 2013), and recently an 'Introduction to the Method of Phenomenology' ('Phänomenologie. Eine Einführung'. In Methoden der Philosophie. Springer 2022). Together with other colleagues she edited (with M. Ubiali) the volume ‘Feeling and Value, Willing and Action’(Phaenomenologica: Springer 2015), a handbook on Edmund Husserl (together with S. Luft), ‘Husserl Handbuch. Leben-Werk-Wirkung’ (Metzler: Stuttgart 2018), and recently the transdisciplinary volume 'Access and Mediation. Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Attention' (with Diego D'Angelo and Elizaveta Solomonova).
Current Projects: 'Flagship Integrative Neuromedicine', Convergence Health and Technology, EMC, EUR, and TU Delft, internal funding (Principle Investigator/Team Leader EUR): https://convergence.nl/flagship-integrative-neuromedicine/
Areas of competence (for PhD supervision): Phenomenology, Philosophical and Historical Anthropology, Cognitive Sciences, Feminist Philosophy/Gender Studies, Philosophy of Technology
[Most of her recent work is available here.]: http://eur.academia.edu/MarenWehrle
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Introductie: Who wants to live forever?
Wehrle, M. & Bauer, K., 1 Jun 2025, In: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte. 117, 2, p. 83-89 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Eine phänomenologische Genealogie und Kritik der Normalität leiblicher Erfahrung
Wehrle, M., 28 Mar 2025, Phänomenologien des Politischen. Staudigl, M. (ed.). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, p. 51-80 29 p.Translated title of the contribution :A phenomenological genealogy and critique of the normality of bodily experience Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Normative technology and the body: The 4N Approach to Technology
Wehrle, M. & Förster, Y., 1 Jan 2025, Intersections of Feminist Technoscience and Phenomenology: Subjectivity, Embodiment, Agency. p. 203-231 29 p.Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Normality, as a Concept in Phenomenology
Wehrle, M., 17 Dec 2024, Encyclopedia of Phenomenology. de Warren, N. & Toadvine, T. (eds.). p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Phenomenology of Broken Habits: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Habitual Action
Wehrle, M., 1 Jan 2024, Phenomenology of Broken Habits. : Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives on Habitual Action. Ryberg Ingerslev, L. & Mertens, K. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge, p. 15-35 318 p. (Routledge Research in Phenomenology).Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Changing Institutions with Sara Ahmed
Koekoek, C. (Organiser), Noorani, S. (Organiser), Wehrle, M. (Organiser), van de Wijdeven, T. (Organiser), Yasmin, N. (Organiser) & van Leeuwen, B. (Organiser)
19 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Professional
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‘Smells like teen spirit. Plasticity beyond adaption and prediction
Wehrle, M. (Speaker)
9 May 2024 → 10 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Academic
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‘The Sound of Silence. Or how to speak about the normality and objectivity of secondary qualities.
Wehrle, M. (Speaker)
8 Apr 2024 → 9 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Academic
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A normal brain, a normal mind.
Wehrle, M. (Speaker)
11 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Popular
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Unmaking a Murder. An evening on psychopaths and neuromodulation
Wehrle, M. (Speaker)
30 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Popular
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Efficiently finding the best nano brain medicine? Bring everyone to the table
18/06/25
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Reports on Philosophy and Social Criticism from Erasmus University Provide New Insights (Can the "real World" Please Stand Up? the Struggle for Normality As a Claim To Reality)
28/03/23
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Neurological Disorders have significant impact on patients and health systems
Wehrle, M., Brinks, D., Gao, Z., Franken, I., Wieser, M. & Franken, I.
17/08/22
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-Erasmus University Rotterdam : Neurological Disorders have significant impact on patients and health systems
Wehrle, M., Brinks, D., Gao, Z., Franken, I., Wieser, M. & Franken, I.
16/08/22
2 items of Media coverage
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