Hans Albert

1921 - 2023

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movement: Western philosophy

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Cologne

occupation: philosopher, sociologist, university teacher

award received: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ernst Hellmut Vits Award, honorary doctor of the University of Athens, honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class

Hans Albert (8 February 1921 – 24 October 2023) was a German philosopher. He was professor of social sciences at the University of Mannheim from 1963, and remained at the university until 1989. His fields of research were social sciences and general studies of methods. He was a critical rationalist, paying special attention to rational heuristics. Albert was a strong critic of the continental hermeneutic tradition coming from Heidegger and Gadamer. Source: Wikipedia (en)