Peter Ekberg

Peter Ekberg ( b. 1972 ) is a Swedish writer, educator and philosopher.

Life

Peter Ekberg studied philosophy at the University of Gothenburg. His master's thesis was titled "Models of human thought ". In addition to his study of philosophy, he took courses in astronomy, physics, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, history of science and human ecology at the same university. After graduation, he worked as a philosophy teacher at a senior high school in the center of Gothenburg. Ekbergs areas of interest are classical philosophical problems, such as logic and formal methods, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, analytical (modern) philosophy, artificial intelligence, representation and memory in neural networks. 2007 Ekberg was accepted for graduate studies in philosophy and the planned dissertation deals with the imagination ( mental images and " Dynamic Imagery "). Peter Ekberg published since 2003, articles in professional journals.

Work

His book, " TÆNK själv! - En inspirationsbok för unga filosofer " was printed in 2009 at Bonnier Carlsen Publishing, with pictures of the Swedish illustrator and author Sven Nordqvist. The book is published in several countries in 2010. The German version of the Oetinger publisher has the title "Can I know what I know? " The Danish version is from the ABC -Verlag ( " SELV TÆNK !") And the Korean version is produced by Gimm -Young Publishers.

Awards

Ekberg was 2010 for the " slang Bellan " nominated, an award of section "Children and Youth books " of the Writers' Association for the best debut book in the category "Children and Youth".