Preliminary diploma thesis from 2008 in the field of Philosophy - Theoretical (Epistemology, Science, Logic, Language), grade: 1.1, Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen in Frankfurt am Main, language: German.

Abstract: The work of German philosopher and diploma theologian Matthias Alexander Schmidt presents the most significant work of Australian philosophy professor David J. Chalmers, "The Conscious Mind - In Search of a Fundamental Theory," published in 1996. As part of a seminar on "Analytical Philosophy of Mind," led by Prof. Dr. Heinrich Watzka SJ in St. Georgen, the student Matthias Alexander Schmidt decided to make this subject the focus of his philosophical scientific preliminary diploma thesis. The essays of most authors read in the seminar included works by Davidson, Lewis, Kim, Dretske, and Frankfurt, among others.