Hans Albert
Hans Albert | |
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Albert in 2005 | |
| Born | 8 February 1921 |
| Died | 24 October 2023 (aged 102) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Cologne (PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | |
| Institutions | University of Mannheim |
| Main interests | Philosophy of social science, Philosophy of science, epistemology, rationality, uncertainty, justificationism |
| Notable ideas | Application of critical rationalism to social and political theory Münchhausen trilemma |
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.