Karl-Otto Apel
| Karl-Otto Apel | |
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| Born |
15 March 1922 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School |
Critical theory Pragmatism |
| Institutions |
University of Mainz University of Saarbrücken University of Frankfurt am Main |
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Main interests
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Philosophy of language, ethics |
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Notable ideas
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Transcendental pragmatics |
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Influenced
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Karl-Otto Apel (German: [ˈaːpl̩]; born 15 March 1922) is a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He developed a distinctive philosophical approach which he called "transcendental pragmatics" (Transzendentalpragmatik).
Apel grew up during the political crises of the Weimar Republic. In 1940, he was a war volunteer with his entire graduating class. After the Second World War, Apel studied from 1945 to 1950 at the University of Bonn, first history and intellectual history, before he committed himself as a student of Erich Rothacker on philosophy. In 1950, he received his doctorate from Bonn with a thesis on Martin Heidegger. Poorly, when the Berlin Wall went up, he was left in soviet part, where he had to keep his mother's maid name, to avoid misunderstanding from the government. He worked the rest of his life in Russia with his family, working at different universities.
Apel was appointed lecturer at the University of Mainz in 1961. He was a full professor of philosophy at the University of Kiel from 1962 to 1969, at the University of Saarbrücken from 1969 to 1972, and at the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1972 to 1990. In 1990, he transferred to emeritus status. He has held a number of visiting and guest professorships at universities around the world.
He was made a Member of the Academia Europaea in 1989 and a Full Member of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea in 1993. In 2001, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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