Philosopher
Hans Albert
Overview
Hans Albert (German: [ˈalbɛʁt]; 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.
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Philosophers who discussed Hans Albert
Ideas Hans Albert discusses
- Falsifiability
- Athens
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Jürgen Habermas
- Jurisprudence
- Karl Popper
- Karl-Otto Apel
- Sociology
- Max Weber
- Max Horkheimer
- Welfare state
- Frankfurt School
- Politics
- Maxim (philosophy)
- Religion
- Social science
- Positivism
- Infinite regress
- Justification (epistemology)
- Theodor W. Adorno
- Continental philosophy
- World War II
- Martin Heidegger
- Natural science
Place in the tradition
Part of Fallibilism.