Helmut Seiffert

Helmut Seiffert (born April 27, 1927 in Hameln , † November 5, 2000 in Erlangen ) was a German philosopher and scientific author.

Seiffert studied humanities in Göttingen . He then worked in business, but during this time also dealt with economics and sociology . From 1965 he was engaged in logic and basic mathematical research in Erlangen . He was later appointed honorary professor at the University of Kassel .

He is the author of several basic works on the philosophy of science and hermeneutics . His "Introduction to the Theory of Science", published for the first time in 1969, has seen numerous new editions.

Monographs

• Marxism and bourgeois science. Munich: CH Beck, 1971, ISBN 3-406-02475-0
• Language today. An introduction to linguistics. Munich: CH Beck 1977, ISBN 3-406-04949-4
• Hand dictionary of the philosophy of science. Edited by Helmut Seiffert u. Gerard Radnitzky . Munich: dtv 2nd edition 1994, ISBN 978-3-423-04586-5
• Introduction to Hermeneutics. Stuttgart: UTB 1992, ISBN 978-3-8252-1666-5
• Introduction to the philosophy of science. 4 volumes:
  • Vol. 1: Speech analysis, deduction, induction in natural and social sciences. Munich: CH Beck 13th edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-406-51063-2
  • Vol. 2: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Historical Method, Dialectics. Munich: CH Beck 11th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-406-54135-3
  • Vol. 3: Action theory, modal logic, ethics, systems theory. Munich: CH Beck 3rd edition 2002, ISBN 978-3-406-36450-1
  • Vol. 4: Dictionary of epistemological terminology. Munich: CH Beck 1997, ISBN 978-3-406-42200-3
• "Even a murder is a piece of life" - The little book of language accidents , Munich: CH Beck 2000, ISBN 3-406-45933-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Introduction to the philosophy of science by Helmut Seiffert
2. ↑ About the author

Web links

• Literature by and about Helmut Seiffert in the catalog of the German National Library