Erhard Oeser

Erhard Oeser (born June 18, 1938 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is an Austrian scientific theorist .

Life

After studying philosophy in Munich and Vienna , he earned his doctorate in 1962. phil., completed his habilitation in 1968 and in 1972 became full professor of philosophy and philosophy of science at the University of Vienna . From 1994 to 2004 he headed the Institute for Philosophy of Science and Science Studies at this university, and from 2005 to 2006 the Institute for Philosophy of Science.

Together with the Viennese biologists Rupert Riedl and Franz Wuketits , he addressed the general relevance of evolutionary epistemology and, with Hans Hass, the energon theory .

His early research was about information technology , v. a. in terms of language, terminology and standardization. In the processing of language he dealt with neurology and brain research on both a technical and intellectual level , he worked closely with the neurologist Franz Seitelberger .

Inter- and transdisciplinarity are particularly important to him. In his most recent works he dealt with the cultural history of the human-animal relationship, most recently with the roots of xenophobia .

Publications (selection)

• Concept and system of abstraction . Oldenbourg, Vienna / Munich 1969
• Kepler. The emergence of modern science . Musterschmidt, Göttingen 1971, ISBN 3-7881-0058-3 .
• Science and information . Oldenbourg Verlag (Scientia nova), Vienna / Munich 1976.
  • Volume 1: Theory of Science and Empirical Science Research. ISBN 3-7029-0094-2 .
  • Volume 2: Knowledge as an information process. ISBN 3-7029-0095-0 .
  • Volume 3: Structure and dynamics of empirical systems. ISBN 3-7029-0096-9 .
• Theory of Science as a Reconstruction of the History of Science . Oldenbourg (Scientia nova) Vienna / Munich 1979.
  • Volume 1: Metrization, formation of hypotheses, theory dynamics. ISBN 3-7029-0129-9 .
  • Volume 2: experiment, explanation, prognosis. ISBN 3-7029-0130-2 .

• with Elfriede Maria Bonet (Ed.): The problem of realism . (= Vienna studies on the theory of science. Volume 2). Edition S Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7046-0114-7 .
• System - classification - evolution. Historical analysis and reconstruction of the epistemological foundations of biology. New edition. Braumüller, Vienna / Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-7003-1155-9 .
• with Franz Seitelberger: brain, consciousness, knowledge. (= Dimensions of modern biology. Volume 2). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3-534-12647-5 .
• Psychozoic. Evolution and Mechanism of Human Knowledge. Parey, Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-489-63234-6 .
• The adventure of collective reason. Evolution and Involution of Science. Parey, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-489-63134-X .
• Evolution and self-construction of the law. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-205-05314-1 .
• Popper, the Vienna Circle and the Consequences: The Fundamental Debate of the Philosophy of Science. Facultas, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85114-803-7 .
• Dog and human. The story of a relationship. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-89678-496-X .
• Cat and human. The story of a relationship. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-534-18244-8 .
• Horse and man. The story of a relationship. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-534-19067-6 .
• The hunt to the North Pole. The tragedy and madness of the polar explorers . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-20790-9
• History of Brain Research: From Antiquity to the Present. Primus, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-89678-431-5 ; 2nd Edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-23216-1 .
• The search for the second earth. Illusion and Reality of Space Research , Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-22147-9 .
• Disasters. Driving force of evolution. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-712-5 .
• The realm of the Mahdi. Rise and fall of the first Islamic state of God 1885–1897. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86312-312-3 .
• Cheops' secret. The scientific conquest of Egypt . von Zabern, Darmstadt / Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4632-0 .
• The fear of the stranger. The roots of xenophobia . Theiss Verlag / Wissenschaftliche Buchgemeinschaft Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3151-9 .

Technical article

• Evolution as a universal research program. In: Economy - Society - Nature. Approaches to sustainable economic activity. Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Eberhard K. Seifert. Metropolis, Marburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89518-841-1 , pp. 105-122.

Festschriften

• Stephan Haltmayer, Franz M. Wuketits, Gerhard Budin (eds.): Homo pragmatico-theoreticus. Philosophy - Interdisciplinarity and Evolution - Information. Erhard Oeser on his 60th birthday. (= Viennese works on philosophy. Volume 4). Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York / Oxford / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-631-34539-9 .
• Stephan Haltmayer, Franz M. Wuketits, Gerhard Gotz (eds.): Homo universalis. Evolution, information, reconstruction, philosophy. Erhard Oeser to celebrate his 70th birthday. (= Viennese works on philosophy. Volume 21). Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York / Oxford / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-59177-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Erhard Oeser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography on austria-forum.org
• Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research