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Hans Albert

1921 - 2023

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Hans Albert (German: [ˈalbɛʁt]; 8 February 1921 – 24 October 2023) was a German philosopher. He was professor of social sciences at the University of Mannheim from 1963, and remained at the university until 1989. His fields of research were social sciences and general studies of methods. He was a critical rationalist, paying special attention to rational heuristics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Albert is the 850th most popular philosopher (down from 600th in 2019), the 2,919th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,703rd in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hans Albert ranks 850 out of 1,267. Before him are Hossein Nasr, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Józef Maria Bocheński, Hans Robert Jauss, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, and Peter John Olivi. After him are Cheng Hao, François Bernier, Émile Boirac, Francesco Filelfo, Jean Guitton, and Yuriy Drohobych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Hans Albert ranks 171. Before him are Gaston Reiff, Meir Amit, Sergio Sollima, Heinz G. Konsalik, Hans Robert Jauss, and Kisshomaru Ueshiba. After him are Isabella Karle, Tadeusz Różewicz, Wolfgang Lotz, Luis García Berlanga, Jackie Stallone, and Ernest Gold. Among people deceased in 2023, Hans Albert ranks 178. Before him are George Pell, Dmitry Utkin, Sherif Ismail, Irenaios, Suzanne Somers, and Peter Bieri. After him are Robert Hanssen, Marouf al-Bakhit, Yuri Temirkanov, Shane MacGowan, Boniface Alexandre, and Jim Hines.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Albert ranks 2,921 out of 7,253. Before him are Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994), Reiner Klimke (1936), Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797), and Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664). After him are Johanna Wolf (1900), Klaus Voormann (1938), Hans Herrmann (1928), Johannes Popitz (1884), Gottfried Kirch (1639), and August Leopold Crelle (1780).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Hans Albert ranks 108. Before him are Friedrich Pollock (1894), Paul de Lagarde (1827), Leo Löwenthal (1900), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743), and Hans Robert Jauss (1921). After him are August Böckh (1785), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), Rudolf Stammler (1856), and Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773).

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