Helmut F. Spinner

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Helmut F. Spinner (born January 28, 1937 in Offenburg ) is a German philosopher , scientific theorist and sociologist .

Spinner's focus is on science studies , the theory of rationality and the philosophy of technology ; he founded the Karlsruhe approach of integrated knowledge research .

Having grown up around critical rationalism , Spinner's philosophical approach is characterized by the fact that, inspired by Paul Feyerabend , he tried to expand the principles of fallibilism (opposition: strategy of justification ) and theoretic pluralism (opposition: theoretical monism ), and not least of all the critical rationalism to relate himself and his followers.

Life

Helmut F. Spinner studied at the Universities of Mannheim, Cologne, Heidelberg and London (1970/71 London School of Economics , the first European Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, before Karl R. Popper , after Imre Lakatos , JN Watkins ) economics , law and psychology (with a diploma); Philosophy , philosophy of science and sociology (with doctorate and habilitation); 1970 Doctorate to Dr. phil., 1979 habilitation for science studies and sociology of science, 1983 habilitation for sociology.

Teaching and research activities at the Universities of Mannheim, London, Bamberg, Gießen, Heidelberg, Marburg, Karlsruhe.

Helmut Spinner was appointed professor at the University of Mannheim in 1985 , and in 1987 he was appointed professor for philosophy and head of the Studium Generale at the University of Karlsruhe . Spinner retired on March 31, 2002 ; he lives in Brühl near Mannheim .

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Main directions and time periods of the philosophical-scientific work, divided according to lead projects for multi-year interdisciplinary focal points:

  • 1970 to approx. 1980 : Critical rationalism as a science and social philosophy ; Pluralism as a cognitive and social model
  • 1980 ff .: Rationality Project of Double Reason
  • 1985 ff .: Problem-solving project
  • 1990 ff .: Knowledge order project as an introduction to the Karlsruhe approach to "framing" the knowledge topic
  • 1996 ff .: Knowledge types project as a conceptual foundation for the content-related filling of the knowledge order
  • 1998 ff .: Knowledge behavior project to investigate knowledge activities and functions
  • 2000 ff .: Karlsruhe Approach to Integrated Knowledge Research (KAW) with the three main fields of the knowledge types, knowledge order and knowledge behavior project

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Publications (selection, for a detailed list of his work see Spinners homepage at KIT, especially papers and English publications):

  • Problem-solving processes in the knowledge society - an interdisciplinary basic course on philosophical, scientific and social problem-solving (Leske + Budrich)
  • 2001: With Michael Nagenborg and Karsten Weber : Building blocks for a new information ethic (Philo-Verlag)
  • 1998 and 2001: The architecture of the information society: Draft of a knowledge-based overall concept (Philo-Verlag)
  • 1994: The Whole Rationalism of a World of Opposites: Case Studies on Double Reason (Suhrkamp)
  • 1994: The knowledge order: A guiding concept for the third basic order of the information age (Studies on the knowledge order, vol. 1, Leske + Budrich)
  • 1985: The "scientific ethos" as a special ethic of knowledge (Mohr)
  • 1982: Is Critical Rationalism Ended? (Beltz)
  • 1978: Popper and politics (Dietz)
  • 1977: Justification, Criticism and Rationality (Vieweg)
  • 1974: Pluralism as a cognitive model (Suhrkamp)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1970ff. until around 1980: KR / Critical Rationalism as a philosophy of science and society; Pluralism as a model of knowledge and society. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 1980ff .: DV / Rationality Project of the> Double Reason <. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 1985ff .: PL / problem solving project (later linked to the knowledge behavior project of the Karlsruhe approach). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 1990ff .: Knowledge order project (as an introduction to the Karlsruhe approach to> framing <the knowledge topic). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 1996ff .: Knowledge types project (as a conceptual basis for the content of the knowledge order). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 1998ff .: Knowledge behavior project (for the investigation of knowledge activities and functions). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 2000ff .: KAW / Karlsruhe approach of integrated knowledge research with the three main fields of the knowledge types, knowledge order and knowledge behavior project. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Welcome to the homepage of Helmut F. Spinner. February 7, 2003, accessed on April 24, 2019 (overview of Helmut Spinner's work).
  9. ↑ Scientific activity - A. Publication activities - II. Treatises (selection). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Scientific activity - A. Publication activities - III. English publications. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Spinner, Helmut F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, scientific theorist, sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenburg , Baden-Wuerttemberg