Horst Friedrich (Author)

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Horst Günther Friedrich (born September 12, 1931 in Breslau ; † December 25, 2015 in Landsberg am Lech ) was a German philosopher of science and critic of the academic world of science who, with regard to research into the history of the earth, mankind and civilization, was diffusionist , neocatastrophic and took positions critical of chronology . He was also active in the field of Karl May research.

Life

Friedrich first attended the secondary school in Breslau. Since his family had to flee Silesia at the end of the Second World War , his schooling was interrupted; but he was able to continue it later at the secondary school in Grafing near Munich . He completed his degree in communications engineering at the Technical University of Munich and graduated with a diploma. In addition to his professional activity in industry, he then studied the philosophy of science and the history of science and received his doctorate in 1974 at the Faculty of General Sciences at the Technical University of Munich under Joachim Otto Fleckenstein with a thesis on the natural sciences of the 17th century.

research

As a science philosopher and critic, Friedrich u. a. in favor of bringing about a "knowledge explosion" at colleges and universities through an institutionalization of academic diversity of opinion. He also emphasized that scientific doctrines and worldviews - because of their basically provisional and time-related character - should be viewed with skepticism.

As a neo-catastrophist, Friedrich turned against essential theories represented by the natural sciences . In his century error “Ice Age” (1997) he expresses the thesis that there was no ice age in the form postulated by the geosciences . As an alternative theory, the, u. a. influenced by the works of Immanuel Velikovsky , Friedrich a " Typhon scenario " similar to Velikovsky's worlds in collision . According to this, the earth was exposed to a catastrophic close encounter through a stray who appeared from the depths of space together with Venus. This resulted in a jerky tilting of the earth's axis. The ice ages are incorrect interpretations of geological findings and not longer phases in the history of the earth, but their traces were created in a very short period of time. In the myths of mankind, the events of that time would have found their way into the flood, for example . In Earth Disasters and Human Development (1998), he also included impact scenarios in his considerations.

In addition to various non-fiction books, Friedrich has published more than 200 articles in German, English and French on various topics in various international periodicals , including a. at Bipedia - Le Bulletin de la Bipédie Initiale , EFODON-Synesis , Frankfurter Briefe - Association news of the Giordano Bruno Society eV , KMG news , messages of the Karl May Society , messages of the Nicolas Petrol Foundation , Reports of the Midwestern Epigraphic Society , Transwelten , in the chronology-critical bulletin Vorzeit-Frühzeit-Gegenwart , in Wissenschaft ohne Grenzen as well as in the magazine for anomalies .

Others

Horst Friedrich was u. a. Long-standing member of the US MIDWESTERN EPIGRAPHIC SOCIETY, which presented him with the Barry Fell Award in 2008 , and of the Karl May Society . He was also a scientific adviser to the Nicolas Gasoline Foundation , which promotes work on the cultural history of Judaism and the history of medicine.

reception

The linguist Gerd H. Hövelmann wrote in the Zeitschrift für Anomalistik about the scientific debate: "Unfortunately, Friedrich's discussion always remains blanket and vague (...) where it should have become concrete in the interests of his own argument."

Fonts

  • The conception of electric effluvias among naturalists of the Baroque age . Technical University, Munich 1974 (dissertation).
  • Velikovsky, Spanuth and the Sea Peoples Discussion. Arguments for an emigration of Atlanto-European Late Bronze Age megalithic peoples around 700 BC In the Mediterranean area . Self-published, Wörthsee 1988.
  • Still a mystery: the origin of the Bavarians . EFODON, Wessobrunn 1995, ISBN 3-9804300-3-0 .
  • Alchemy: what is it? EFODON, Hohenpeißenberg 1996, ISBN 3-9804300-7-3 .
  • Paving the way for a new science! EFODON, Hohenpeißenberg 1996, ISBN 3-9804300-8-1 .
  • Mistake of the century “Ice Age”? EFODON, Hohenpeißenberg 1997, ISBN 3-932539-02-8 .
  • Earth disasters and human development. Our primary cataclysmic trauma . EFODON, Hohenpeißenberg 1998, ISBN 3-932539-06-0 .
  • Dreamers and dream worlds. Truth and lie in the cognitive process of our time . König, Greiz 2005, ISBN 3-934673-45-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bernhard Beier: Dr. Horst Friedrich. Atlantisforschung.de, accessed on February 4, 2019 (biography on a private website).
  2. ↑ See z. B .: H. Friedrich, The emergence of Upper and Lower Egypt in a diffusionistic view ( memento from July 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), published in EFODON-SYNESIS No. 9/1995; as well as: Horst Friedrich, CULTURAL DIFFUSION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTIFACETED PROBLEM "in the MIDWESTERN EPIGRAPHIC NEWSLETTER, REPORTS OF THE MIDWESTERN EPIGRAPHIC SOCIETY - A CHAPTER OF THE EPIGRAPHIC SOCIETY ( German , 11-8-05 / online version No. 4 at Atlantisforschung.de )
  3. ↑ See, for example: Horst Friedrich, The Ice Age Discussion Gets Started! ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. published in EFODON-SYNESIS No. 15/1996; as well as: Horst Friedrich, A cataclysmically archetypal dimension in history? , published in Pre-Early-Present 1-90 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.efodon.de
  4. ↑ See for example: Horst Friedrich: Baiern's "dark centuries" Can a shortening of the early medieval chronology shed light on two so far unsolved problems of the Baierian beginnings? , from: Vorzeit-Frühzeit-Gegenwart, 1-1991 (online at: HISTORY & CHRONOLOGIE. Critique. Shortening. Reconstruction ; accessed on June 16, 2012); and: Horst Friedrich, Invented History? On the need for a history of historiography  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Giordano Bruno Society eV, 1999@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.giordano-bruno.com  
  5. ↑ a b Source: Horst Friedrich , in the Karl May Wiki (accessed on June 16, 2012)
  6. ↑ See e.g. B .: Horst Friedrich, Paving the way for a new science! EFODON, Hohenpeissenberg 1996
  7. ↑ Source: The Dr. Horst Friedrich Archive at Atlantisforschung.de (accessed on June 16, 2012)
  8. ↑ See: Barry Fell Award 2008 - Laudations for Dr. Horst Friedrich , at: Atlantisforschung.de (accessed on June 16, 2012)
  9. ↑ Source: Nicolas Petrol Foundation , under: Imprint (accessed on June 16, 2012, text now offline)
  10. ↑ Volume 5 (2005), Continued Discussions, p. 273
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Horst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich, Horst Günther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher of science and critic of academic science
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2015
Place of death Landsberg am Lech