| Michael Eldred is an Australian philosopher, mathematician, translator and musician currently living in Cologne, Germany.
Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. M.Sc. B.Sc. (Hons.) Univ. Sydney Place of Birth: Katoomba NSW Australia Nationality: Australian |
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| 1969:
Matriculated from Katoomba High School as Dux.
1974: Bachelor of Science (Honours in Pure Mathematics) University of Sydney. Honours thesis in Pure Mathematics on Russell's Paradox constructs the predicate calculus in a category with finite products. 1975: Master of Science (Pure Mathematics) University of Sydney. Thesis (under the guidance of the category theorist, G. Max Kelly) on the theory of monads, a theory of mathematical theories that conceptualizes the universal nature of certain constructions in mathematics. 1978: Master of Arts Preliminary (First class honours in Philosophy) University of Sydney. 1984: Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophy) University of Sydney. The doctoral dissertation, formally supervised by György Markus, but carried out in the Sydney-Konstanz Project 1976-1984 and published in Copenhagen in 1984, is a philosophical reading of Marx's critique of political economy, as the basis of a phenomenological theory of the bourgeois form of society. It deals also with foundational questions in economics, especially the theory of value and money. |
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| 1970-74:
B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. course of study at Sydney University with major
in Mathematics
1973-77: Employed an actuarial trainee, a tutor in pure mathematics and a mathematical statistician. 1975-77: M.A. Preliminary at Sydney University with first class honours in Philosophy 1978-1984: Post-graduate study in philosophy at Sydney University, with a research stay at Constance University, Germany 1980-81 1982: Move from Sydney to settle in Constance. Continuation of philosophical work. 1984-1992: Start of freelance translation work, along with teaching activities in Constance, Munich, Zurich, Witten-Herdecke 1993: Move to Cologne, Germany. Self-employed as translator. Continuation of philosophical work. For digitized publications, please look up the artefact inventory. 2011-2013: Engaged as phenomenological ethicist in the project A Culture of Privacy and Trust for the Internet of acatech, the National Academy of Science and Engineering, Berlin. |
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| Prizes Awarded and Scholarships Held:
1969: Andreas Medal for Dux of Katoomba High School 1970: Horner Exhibition for Mathematics (Sydney University) 1975: G.S. Caird Scholarship for Philosophy (Sydney University) 1976: Lithgow Scholarship for Philosophy (Sydney University) 1970-1973: Scholarship of the Australian Federal Repatriation Department 1974: Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship 1978-1979, 1982-1984: Sydney University Research Scholarship 1980-1981: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship to Universität Konstanz |
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