Prof Wolfgang Schirmacher

Professor Wolfgang Schirmacher is a philosopher of media technology. In 1998, Wolfgang Schirmacher founded the Media and Communications division of The European Graduate School, serving as dean and program director until 2015. Heavily influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, Schirmacher has coined the interrelated concepts of the Homo generator and life techniques, as well as offered his own highly affirmative interpretation of the notion of artificial life.