Hans Albert

Hans Albert, born in 1921, received his doctorate in 1952. From 1952 to 1958, he was an assistant at the Research Institute for Social and Administrative Sciences in Cologne, and in 1957 he became a Privatdozent. From 1963 to 1989, he held the chair of sociology and philosophy of science at the University of Mannheim; he became emeritus in 1989.