Gerard Radnitzky
Gerard Alfred Karl Norbert Maria Hans Radnitzky (born July 2, 1921 in Znojmo , South Moravia , Czechoslovakia ; † March 11, 2006 in Korlingen ) was a German - Swedish professor of philosophy of science .
Life
Radnitzky graduated from high school in Znojmo. During the Second World War he served in the Wehrmacht's Air Force as a pilot, most recently on the Me 262 fighter-bomber . In April 1945 he deserted to Sweden, where he spent most of his life and acquired Swedish citizenship. He began studying psychology and statistics there , but did not finish it. Instead, he graduated from the University of Stockholm , the kandidatexamen (comparable to a Bachelor ) at the University of Gothenburg , the Licentiatexamen (one step before the doctor ) in applied philosophy and docent ( habilitation ) in the philosophy of science.
Radnitzky was a full professor for philosophy of science at the Ruhr University in Bochum and at the University of Trier . He was also a member of the Mont Pelerin Society . He was a supporter of Friedrich August von Hayek and Karl R. Popper . The German Society for Human Dying (DGHS) awarded the scientific theorist with the Arthur Koestler Prize 2004. He was also the recipient of the Adam Smith Prize awarded by the Danish Libertas Society in 2002.
Radnitzky was co-editor of the journal Enlightenment and Criticism and published there and in other specialist journals as well as in the paleolibertarian monthly magazine peculiarly free and the right-wing conservative weekly newspaper Junge Freiheit .
In his contributions there he lamented the “ guilt cult of the Germans”, the “Sudeten German Holocaust”, and referred to Churchill and Eisenhower as “war criminals and mass murderers”. According to his historical understanding, the Munich Agreement was the “correction of one of the mistakes of the Versailles Treaty ” and only the “ tenacious resistance on the Eastern Front ” would have saved “the edge of Europe from Soviet totalitarianism”.
Fonts (selection)
- An Economic Theory of the Rise of Civilization and its Policy Implications: Hayek's Account Generalized. In: ORDO - Yearbook for the Order of Economy and Society . Vol. 38, 1987, pp. 47-90.
- Edited with Helmut Seiffert : Handlexikon zur Wissenschaftstheorie. Edited by Helmut Seiffert and Gerard Radnitzky. Ehrenwirth, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-431-02616-8 .
- The historical tragedy of German liberalism , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 24, 1999.
- With Philipp Egert: A real historical lie: FDR and Pearl Harbor. ( Memento of February 6, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) In: peculiarly free . No. 17, September 2001, pp. 29–31 (PDF file; 71 kB).
- The damn 20th century. Memories and reflections of a politically incorrect. Olms, Hildesheim 2006, ISBN 3-487-08460-0 .
Honors
- Do Ideas Matter? Essays in Honor of Gerard Radnitzky , Ed. Hardy Bouillon ( CNE , Brussels July 2001).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerard Radnitzky in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerard Radnitzky: The damned 20th century. Memories and reflections of a politically incorrect. Olms, Hildesheim 2006, ISBN 3-487-08460-0 .
- ↑ Enlightenment and Criticism permanent editorial
- ↑ http://ef-magazin.de/autor/gerard-radnitzky/
- ^ List of authors ( Memento from March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Junge Freiheit
- ^ The stupid thing about the Prohibition Act Der Standard from March 3, 2006.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radnitzky, Gerard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Radnitzky, Gerard Alfred Karl Norbert Maria Hans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science theorist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Znojmo , South Moravia , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2006 |
| Place of death | Korlingen |