Jürgen Mittelstraß is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Jürgen Mittelstraß as German philosopher.
Jürgen Mittelstraß was born at Düsseldorf in 1936. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Oxford and University of Bonn.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Konstanz, Technical University of Munich and University of Salzburg.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
The honours record reads: Bavarian Order of Merit, Order of Merit of Berlin, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy (2012).
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Order of Merit of Berlin
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy — 2012
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize — 1989
- Held posts at University of Konstanz, Technical University of Munich and University of Salzburg
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