Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details:

Date of Birth:

15. March 1922

Place of Birth:

Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany

1950:

Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn

Area of Specialisation:

Ethics, Philosophy of Language and Human Sciences

Academic Positions:

1961:

Lecturer at the University of  Mainz

1962-1969:

Full Professor for Philosophy at the University of Kiel

1969-1972:

Full Professor for Philosophy at the University of Saarbrücken

1972-1990:

Full Professor for Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt am Main

1990:

Professor Emeritus

Visiting Positions:

September-October 1970:

Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Humanities Wesleyan University, Middletown/Co., U.S.A.

January - May 1975:

Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette/Ind., U.S.A.

October 1976 - January 1977:

Theodor Heuß Visiting Professor at the New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty, New York, U.S.A.

March 1977:

Ernst Cassirer Lectures at Yale University, New Haven/Co., U.S.A.

October 1977:

Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Canada

February 1983:

Guest Professor at the Istituto per gli Studi Filosofici, Neapel, Italien

März 1983:

Guest Professor at Philosophical Institute of the University of Rome, Italy

September 1984:

Guest Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigaciones Eticas, Argentina

March-April 1987:

Guest Professor at the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, France

March 1988:

Guest Professor at the Istituto per gli Studi Filosofici, Neapel, Italy

September - October 1990:

Guest Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

October 1993:

Guest Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (promoted by DAAD)

October 1994:

Guest Professor at the University Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (Promoted by DAAD)

November 1995:

Ferrater Mora Lectures at the University of Gerona, Spain

August 1996:

Guest Professor at the University of Gama Filho Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 May 1998:

Guest Professor at the University of Roma tre, Rome Italy

October 1998:

Guest Professor in Korea: Tasan Memorial Lectures

März 1999:

Guest Professor in Lonvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Chaire Cardinal Mercier

Awards, Honours and Memberships:

Since September 1972:

Membre titulaire de l´Institut International de Philosophie, Paris, France

Since July 1988:

Member of the Nordland-Academy for Arts and Sciences, Melbu/Vesteralen,

Norway

October 1988:

Premio Internazionale Galileo Galilei (The Rotary Club of Italy)

Since March 1989:

Member of the Academia Europea, London, U.K.

October 1989:

Premio Internazionale di Filosofia "Federico Nietzsche", Palermo, Italy

May 1993:

Full Member of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea (Salzburg)

11. Juni 1993:

Dr. h.c. The University of Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

04. October 1993:

Dr. h.c. The University of Santiago des Estero, Argentina

06. October 1993:

Dr. h.c. The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

08. November 1994:

Professor Principal  h.c. Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru

11. Juli 2000:

Dr. h.c. The Free University Berlin, Germany

September 2000:

Dr. h.c. The University Rosario, Argentina

September 2000:

Honour Citizen of the City "Mar del Plata", Argentina

20. Dezember 2001

Distinguist Service Cross to Group of the Earnings/Service Medal of the Federal Republic of Germany

(Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)