Hans Lenk

Hans Lenk ( born March 23, 1935 in Berlin) is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Karlsruhe and Olympic champion in rowing.

Life

Steering studied mathematics, philosophy, sociology, sports science, and psychology in Freiburg and Kiel. He was also a rower ( Ratzeburg Rowing Club ), was twice European champion, four times German champion and won at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 with the trained by Karl Adam Germany aft the gold medal. In the 60s, he was automatically goes to Berlin as an amateur rowing coach and won a world championship as a coach ( Roller 1966).

After his habilitation ( in philosophy and sociology) at the TU Berlin steering taught first in Berlin until 1969 he followed a call to the chair of philosophy at the University of Karlsruhe. Lenk was appointed to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1981 in the National Academy of Kinesiology, 1995 in the International Academy of Philosophy of Science and 2003. After his presidency of the General Society for Philosophy in Germany (1990-1993) he was a board member of the World Society for Philosophy FISP (1993-2008) and was its Vice-President ( 1998-2003). 2005 steering was elected as the first German president of the Institut International de Philosophie (the " World Academy of Philosophy ").

In addition to questions of applied philosophy ( philosophy of science, morality, art, social, sporting and economic philosophy ) a focus of Lenk's philosophy lay in the theory of interpretation constructs. After that we always only means of interpretations access to the world, there is no description nichtinterpretative the world. The interpretation is always done by so-called schemes, the Formative basis of our knowledge and actions. However, the inevitability of interpretation leads to Lenk at no relativism, but to a limited, pragmatic realism. Lenk's "schema - interpretationistischer realism" has parallels with Hilary Putnam's conception of internal realism and Röds " problematistischer transcendental philosophy ", but is more oriented psychology and neuroscience.

Steering has also written books on social philosophy, philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. He has published over 140 books (about 30 on sport) and a total of over 3000 titles. In 2013 he published his autobiographical work Ratzeburg Goldwasser - from Lake Albano to Lambarene in which he looks back on his life as an athlete and humanities researchers.

Steering is among many awards winners of the first time in 2010 conferred DOSB Ethics Prize, an honor that recognizes outstanding contribution to the promotion of ethical values ​​in sport. 2012 Hans Lenk was inducted into the Hall of Fame of German sport.

Writings

His most important works include the books:

• Criticism of the logical constants. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1968, ISBN 3-11-002565-5.
• Values ​​- Objectives - reality of the modern Olympic Games. 2 edition. Hofmann, Schorndorf 1964, ISBN 3-7780-4172- X.
• Own performance. Fromm, Osnabrück / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7201-5164-6.
• Between science and ethics. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-518-28580-7.
• Philosophy and interpretation. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-518-28660-9.
• Interpretation and reality. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-518-28779-6.
• Schema games. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-518-58193-7.
• Introduction to the theory of knowledge. UTB ( Fink), Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8252-2005-2.
• Concrete humanity. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-518-28850-4.
• Practical philosophy. Carbon Hammer ( Enlrge ), Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-17-015791-4.
• Interpretation constructs. For a critique of the interpretive reason. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3- 518-58152 -X.
• Apprehension of reality. King & Neumann, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-8260-1743-9.
• Creative climbs. The philosophy and psychology of creativity. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-518-29056-8.
• Albert Schweitzer. Ethics as a real humanity. LIT, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-8258-4826-4.
• Thinking and its content. Oldenbourg, München 2001, ISBN 3-486-56472-2.
• Thinking and action loyalty. Karl Alber, Freiburg 2001, ISBN 3-495-47989-9.
• Small Philosophy of the brain. Wiss. Buchges. Primus, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-534-15057-0.
• Success or fairness? . LIT, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-8258-6105-8.
• Nature - Environment - Ethics ( with M. Maring ). LIT, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6486-3.
• Grasping Reality. World Scientific, Singapore, 2003, ISBN 981-238-024-8.

Recent publications:

• Consciousness as a schema interpretation. Mentis, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-89785-372-8.
• Responsibility and conscience of the researcher. Study Verlag, Innsbruck 2006, ISBN 3-7065-4211-0.
• The flexible multiple beings. Introduction to modern philosophical anthropology between organic, techno and cultural studies. Velbrück Wiss. , Weilerswist 2010, ISBN 978-3-938808-59-7.
• Creative plurality. Anthropological perspectives. Project Verlag, Bochum / Freiburg, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89733-284-3.
• Ratzeburg Goldwasser - from Lake Albano to Lambarene. Project Verlag, Bochum / Freiburg, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89733-290-4.

Awards

• Silver Bay Leaf of the Federal President in 1959, 1960
• Wiss. Diem plaque 1962
• Sievert Award ( Olympian International) 1972/3
• Noel Baker Research Prize (UNESCO) in 1978
• Outstanding Academic Book Award (USA ) 1979
• Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, October 4, 2005
• Eight honorary doctorate (Moscow, Budapest, Pecs, Rostov / Don, Córdoba / Arg. , DSHS Cologne)
• Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• DOSB Ethics Award, 2010