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Erhard Scheibe

1927 – 2010

German philosopher and mathematician

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Lived 1927 – 2010 (aged 82). Erhard Scheibe was a German philosopher, mathematician and university teacher.

Erhard Scheibe (24 September 1927 – 7 January 2010) was a German philosopher of science. His works discuss the philosophy of physics and the interpretations of quantum mechanics. He was professor at the University of Heidelberg.

Scheibe studied in Göttingen, where he also received his doctorate in mathematics in 1955. From 1957, he was an assistant to Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. In 1963, he habilitated in philosophy at the University of Hamburg with his thesis "Die contingenten Sätze in der Physik," which dealt with philosophical problems of quantum mechanics. He then became a full professor of philosophy in Göttingen. In 1977, he was elected a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. From 1983 until his retirement in 1992, he held the chair for the philosophy of natural sciences in Heidelberg.

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University of Göttingen
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University of Göttingen, Heidelberg University

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German philosopher and mathematician (1927–2010)

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Erhard Scheibe was born on 24 September 1927 in Berlin.

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Erhard Scheibe died on 7 January 2010 in Hamburg.

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Erhard Scheibe was a philosopher, mathematician and university teacher.

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Erhard Scheibe was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Erhard Scheibe

· Wikidata: Q1350934

· DBpedia: Erhard Scheibe

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