Jürgen Mittelstraß

Jürgen Mittelstraß (born October 11 1936 in Düsseldorf) is a German philosopher especially interested in the philosophy of science.

He was born in Düsseldorf in 1936 and studied philosophy, history and protestant theology at Bonn, Erlangen, Hamburg and Oxford from 1956 till 1961.He received his Ph.D. from the University of Erlangen in 1961, where he afterwards wrote his habilitation until 1968.He was influenced by the "Erlanger Konstruktivismus".In 1970 he became a professor of philosophy in Konstanz and from 1970 to 2005 he was a full professor of philosophy of science there.He is one of the editors of the "Enzyklopädie Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie (4 Bände, 1980-1996)".

He is member of numerous scientific and philosophical societies and has received several awards. He has been awarded honourable Ph.D. degrees from 4 universities, the Humbold-Universität Berlin, the University of Pittsburgh the University of Iaşi/Romania, and the University of Tartu, Estonia.

He is married and has four daughters.

Member of e.g.

* Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Pontificia Academia Scientiarum

awards e.g.

* Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1989
* Bundesverdienstkreuz, 1.Klasse; (Great Cross of Merit First Class)
* honourable Ph.D. of the Humboldt-Universität Berlin
* honourable Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh
* honourable Ph.D. of the University of Iaşi, Romania

ome works

* Die Rettung der Phänomene (1962, Dissertation)
* Neuzeit und Aufklärung (1970)
* Die Möglichkeit von Wissenschaft (1974, ISBN 3-518-07662-0)
* Wissenschaft als Lebensform (1982, ISBN 3-518-27976-9
* Der Flug der Eule (1989, ISBN 3-518-28396-0)
* Die unzeitgemäße Universität (1994, ISBN 3-518-28759-1)
* Die Häuser des Wissens (1998, ISBN 3-518-28990-X)
* Wissen und Grenzen (2001, ISBN 3-518-29166-1 )

External links

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* [http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Philo/Philosophie/Mitarbeiter/mittelstrass/homepage.htm Homepage von Mittelstraß]
* [http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/documents/sv%2099(5of5).pdf Article 'On Transdisciplinarity'] at the website of the Holy See