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Karl-Otto Apel

1922 - 2017

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Karl-Otto Apel (; German: [ˈaːpl̩]; 15 March 1922 – 15 May 2017) was a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He specialized on the philosophy of language and was thus considered a communication theorist. He developed a distinctive philosophical approach which he coined transcendental pragmatics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl-Otto Apel is the 530th most popular philosopher (down from 493rd in 2019), the 1,513th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,315th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Karl-Otto Apel ranks 530 out of 1,267. Before him are Ludwig Büchner, Anaxarchus, Sivananda Saraswati, Manuel Chrysoloras, Charles Taylor, and Saul Kripke. After him are Polemon, Ahmad Sirhindi, Carl Stumpf, Gianni Vattimo, Myia, and Charles W. Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Karl-Otto Apel ranks 87. Before him are Jake LaMotta, Denholm Elliott, Richard Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Sven Nykvist. After him are Carl Reiner, Dana Zátopková, Annemarie Schimmel, Veronica Lake, Árpád Göncz, and Damiano Damiani. Among people deceased in 2017, Karl-Otto Apel ranks 91. Before him are Abdul Halim of Kedah, Lubomyr Husar, Fats Domino, Charlie Murphy, Anita Pallenberg, and John Berger. After him are Kim Jong-nam, Ljubiša Samardžić, Adam West, Tony Atkinson, Hans Schäfer, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl-Otto Apel ranks 1,513 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613), and Walter Rauff (1906). After him are Joachim Fest (1926), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Carl Stumpf (1848).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Karl-Otto Apel ranks 67. Before him are Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Hermann Lotze (1817), Johannes Althusius (1563), Axel Honneth (1949), Karl Löwith (1897), and Ludwig Büchner (1824). After him are Carl Stumpf (1848), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), Albert of Saxony (1316), Karl Korsch (1886), Hans Vaihinger (1852), and Philipp Mainländer (1841).

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