Critique of brain research. Neurophysiology and freedom of will; Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2008
The subject of dignity. Critique of the German stem cell debate; PapyRossa Verlag, Cologne 2004
Editorships
Climate change and social criticism, Christine Zunke, Helena Post, Jakob Hoffmann, Jan Rickermann, Robin Forstenhäusler, Ronja Rossmann (eds.), Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2025.
"We must make science human again". Aspects and Perspectives of Natural Philosophy, Myriam Gerhard / Christine Zunke, Könighausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012.
The Science of Powerlessness – an epistemological reflection on the societal (de)formations of our thinking, in: Doris Maja Krüger (ed.), Karl Marx in History. The Origins and Reception of Marx’s Critique, transcript Verlag, expected to be published in September 2024.
The naturalised conception of humanity as ‘Homo neurobiologicus”, in: Astrid Hackel/Ralf Schöppner (eds.), Automat and Autonomy. On the Relationship between Human, Technology and Society, Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2022, pp. 177–190.
When Categorisation Gets Stuck: Enlightenment Reason Between a Control Complex and Unavailability. In: “For the True is not the Whole…” Contributions to Ulrich Sonnemann’s Negative Anthropology, Tobias Heinze and Martin Mettin (eds.), Neofelis Verlag, Berlin, to be published in September 2021.
The Materialisation of the Psyche. Neurophysiology as a Mirror of an Alienated Society. In: Psychotherapy between Clinical Practice and Cultural Criticism, Sebastian Edinger et al. (eds.), Psychosozial-Verlag, 2021, pp. 41–64. ISBN-13: 978-3-8379-2883-9.
The Sting of the Subject. In: Critique and System, Epistemological Foundations of Critical Theory, M. Städtler (ed.), zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2020, ISBN: 9783866746244.
From the ‘cunning’ distinction between animals and humans to the ideology of their similarity. How reason goes to the dogs. In: Gerhard Schweppenhäuser (ed.), Sven Kramer (ed.) Journal of Critical Theory, Issue 50/51, Vol. 26 (2020), pp. 251–270.
The Other of Nature (by J.C. Schmidt). Review of * *, Issue II 2016, *Philosophisches Jahrbuch*, published by Thomas Buchheim, Volker Gerhardt, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Isabelle Mandrella, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer and Wilhelm Vossenkuhl P.p. Karl Alber Publishers, Issue II 2016, pp. 618–620.
Nature as a Myth of Domination International Yearbook for Philosophical Anthropology, Volume 6: Man and Society between Nature and History. On the Relationship between Philosophical Anthropology and Critical Theory, Ebke/Edinger/Müller/Yos (eds.), de Gruyter 2016, pp. 117–132.
A Dispute over Values. What the Euthanasia Debate Reveals about Our Individualised, Performance-Oriented Society. In: *Die Zeit* No. 9, 26 February 2015, p. 34.
Nature and Society in the Spotlight of Freedom In: What Kind of Nature Do We Need? An Analysis of a Fundamental Anthropological Problem of the 21st Century. Gerald Hartung/Thomas Kirchhoff (eds.), Karl Alber Verlag, Freiburg/Munich 2014, pp. 397–413. (ISBN 978-3-495-48482-1).
Biology and Ideology of Homo sapiens. Theory and Practice of Heteronomous Determinants of Human Nature. In: Journal of Critical Social Theory and Philosophy 2014, Vol. 1, No. 1 (ISSN 2194-5632), I. Elbe, S. Elmers et al. (eds.), de Gruyter Verlag Berlin/Boston 2014, pp. 4–39.
Organ donation – gift or commodity? co-authored with Francisco Gomez, Extrablatt 2013.
Not everything that deceives is mere illusion. Brain research between advances in knowledge and the production of ideology. In: Journal of Critical Theory, Issue 34/35 2012, W. Bock, S. Kramer, G. Schweppenhäuser (eds.), zu Klampen Verlag, Lüneburg 2012, pp. 141–162.
The Ambivalent Nature of Modernity. On Hegel’s Concept of Nature and the Positivist Understanding of Nature In: Hegel and Modernity. Hegel Yearbook 2012. A. Arndt, M. Gerhard, J. Zovko (eds.), Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2012, pp. 62–67.
Brain and Mind. On the Relationship between Matter and Freedom and the Contrast between Empirical Research and Reflexivity. In: ‘... if time permits.’ On the Tradition and Relevance of Critical Theory. Malte Völk, Oliver Römer, Sebastian Schreull et al. (eds.), Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster 2012, pp. 289–303.
The Real-Existing Difference. What the difference between men and women can teach us about biology. In: Ambivalent Masculinities. Discourses on Masculinity from an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Uta Fenske, Gregor Schuhen (eds.), Verlag Barbara Budrich, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto 2012, pp. 43–59.
The Meaning of Life. Darwin and Creationism. In: ‘The Spirit of Spiritless States’: Critique of Religion and Social Theory. Maxi Berger, Tobias Reichardt, Michael Städtler (eds.), Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster 2012, pp. 129–142.
Artificial Life and Ratio Perversa. Craig Venter as the Newton of the Blade of Grass? In: The Nature of Man. Aspects and Perspectives of the Philosophy of Nature. Myriam Gerhard, Christine Zunke (eds.), Könighausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012, pp. 73‒104.
The Objectivity of Nature In: Truth and History. The Broken Tradition of Metaphysical Thought. Festschrift for the 70th Birthday of Günther Mensching. Alia Mensching-Estakhr, Michael Städtler (eds.), Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012, pp. 275‒290.
There is only one rational reason for wanting to realise freedom in society: morality In: Morality under Critique. Ingo Elbe, Sven Ellmers (eds.), Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2011, pp. 11–37.
Seemingly reasonable. Why and for whom social biologism is so attractive In: BioSkop, Journal for the Observation of the Life Sciences, BioSkop e.V., Essen, Vol. 14, No. 56, Dec. 2011, pp. 14‒15.
Biology and Ideology. On the similarities between monkeys and investors In: ZAG, Anti-Racist Journal, No. 58, 2011, pp. 14‒15.
On the Life of the Metaphysical Corpse in the Cellar of Biology In: Hegel Yearbook 2010. A. Arndt, P. Cruysberghs, A. Przylebski (eds.), Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2010, pp. 186–190.
Back to Feeling. On the Galloping Counter-Enlightenment in the Neurosciences In: Jungle World No. 30, 29 July 2010, pp. 19‒23.
The sociobiological world view – painting by numbers? In: ‘We must make science human again’. Aspects and perspectives of the philosophy of nature. Myriam Gerhard, Christine Zunke (eds.), Könighausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2010, pp. 99–112.
What is life? In: Oldenburg Yearbook of Philosophy 2009. Myriam Gerhard (ed.), BIS-Verlag of the University of Oldenburg 2010, pp. 113–126.
Philosophy is inconceivable without its history. In: Oldenburg Yearbook of Philosophy 2009, Myriam Gerhard (ed.), BIS-Verlag, University of Oldenburg, 2010, pp. 29–39.
The brain is not free – so what? In: BioSkop, Journal for the Observation of the Life Sciences, BioSkop e.V., Essen, Vol. 12, No. 46, June 2009, pp. 8–9.
‘[S]o arbitrariness, however, if it is to be freedom, can be called an illusion’ In: Hegel-Jahrbuch 2008. A. Arndt, P. Cruysberghs, A. Przylebski (eds.), Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2008, pp. 82–86.
The Evolution of the Spirit In: Myriam Gerhard (ed.), Oldenburg Yearbook of Philosophy 2008, BIS-Verlag of the University of Oldenburg 2008, pp. 69‒94.
The Brain as Material and Idea In: What is an Idea? Georgi Kapriev, Günther Mensching (eds.), Wehrhahn Verlag, Hanover 2007, pp. 21‒36.
Revolution or Evolution? In: *Analyse & Kritik*, Association for Political Education, Analysis and Criticism e. V. (eds.), 17 November 2006, Vol. 36, No. 511, p. 17.
The Rebelliousness of Fantastic Animals That Actually Exist In: Hegel Jahrbuch 2004. A. Arndt, K. Bol, H. Ottmann (eds.), Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2004, pp. 232‒236.
False Anthropology of Difference. Biologism under the guise of non-sexism In: Forum Wissenschaft, BdWi (eds.), 4/2004, pp. 14‒17.
Mere Human Material? On the Use of Embryos in Stem Cell Research In: Forum Wissenschaft, BdWi (eds.), 3/2004, pp. 31‒35.