Herbert Keuth

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Hans Herbert Keuth (born December 4, 1940 in Moers ) is a German philosopher . He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Tübingen .

Keuth first studied economics and received his doctorate in 1970 with a thesis on the logic of norms in science and sociology . In 1976 he completed his habilitation at the University of Mannheim . His academic teacher there was Hans Albert . In 1979 he took over a professorship for scientific theory in Tübingen.

In his habilitation thesis, published under the title Reality and Truth , Keuth subjected Karl Popper's conception of realism and his theory of truth to a thorough criticism. In particular, it is directed against Popper's thesis that Alfred Tarski rehabilitated the correspondence theory of truth for science. In Keuth's view, Tarski's explication in no way reveals how Popper can finally speak of "truth" as the "correspondence of statements with the facts they describe". In addition, Keuth criticized Popper's theory of truthfulness and his 3-worlds theory .

In science and value judgment as well as in knowledge or decision Keuth criticized the critical theory , especially the theses represented by Jürgen Habermas , and defended the positions of Max Weber and Popper on the other hand . He also turned against the idea advocated by Karl-Otto Apel and Wolfgang Kuhlmann that a philosophical ultimate justification was possible. Following Albert, Keuth argued for an epistemic skepticism and fallibilism .

With The Philosophy of Karl Poppers , Keuth finally gave a comprehensive introduction to Popper's philosophical legacy.

Fonts

  • On the logic of the norms . Duncker & Humblot, 1972. ISBN 3-4280-2693-4 .
  • Reality and truth. On the critique of critical rationalism. JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Tübingen 1978. ISBN 3-16-840692-9 .
  • Science and Value Judgment. On discussion of value judgments and the argument about positivism. Tubingen 1989.
  • Knowledge or decision. On the critique of critical theory. Tubingen 1993.
  • Karl Popper's philosophy. 2. corr. Edition. Mohr: Tübingen 2011. ISBN 978-3-16-150660-4 (UTB).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Keuth: The philosophy of Karl Poppers. Mohr: Tübingen 2000. p. 173
personal data
SURNAME Keuth, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keuth, Hans Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor, professor of philosophy at the University of Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Moers