Ernst Tugendhat

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Ernst Tugendhat
Born(1930-03-08)8 March 1930
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Charles University
    • ThesisThe concept of truth in Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger (1966)
    Main interests
    		Philosophy of language

    Ernst Tugendhat (8 March 1930 – 13 March 2023) was a Czechoslovakian-born German philosopher. He was a scion of the wealthy and influential Jewish Tugendhat family. They lived in Venezuela during the Nazi regime, and he studied first in Stanford University, then in Freiburg. He taught internationally in Europa and South America, with a focus on language analysis.[1]

    Life and career

    Villa Tugendhat, where Ernst Tugendhat grew up

    Tugendhat was born in

    Mies van der Rohe to design of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno.[3] In 1938 the family escaped the Nazi regime,[4] first to St. Gallen, Switzerland, and later to settle in Caracas, Venezuela.[5] Ernst had an older half-sister, Hanna Weiss, and three younger siblings – Herbert, Ruth, and Daniela.[6][7] The last two children were born after the family migrated to Venezuela.[7]

    Tugendhat studied classics at

    Ann Arbor, he gained his habilitation in 1966 analyzing the concept of truth in Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger.[5][8]

    Tugendhat was professor at the

    student movement and as a protest against the situation at German universities in the 1970s, Tugendhat gave up his position and relocated to Starnberg, where Jürgen Habermas worked at the time.[1] In 1980 he moved to Berlin, becoming, like his friend Michael Theunissen [de], a professor of philosophy at the Free University of Berlin.[1]

    Tugendhat retired in 1992, but was a visiting professor in philosophy at the

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (1992–1996),[4] a researcher at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (1996), and visiting professor at Charles University in Prague (1997–1998).[1][10]

    Tugendhat died in Freiburg on 12 March 2023 at age 93.[1][4]

    Awards

    Tugendhat became a honorary professor of the

    Talitha Kumi", in Beit Jala, Palestine.[13]

    Bibliography

    Publications by Tugendhat, many of them published by Suhrkamp,[14] are held by the German National Library, including:[15]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e Brumlik, Micha (13 March 2023). "Nachruf auf Ernst Tugendhat: Sprachanalyse und Mystik". taz (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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    3. ^ Gauger, Hans-Martin (5 March 2020). "Der Freiburger Philosoph Ernst Tugendhat wird 90 Jahre alt". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
    4. ^ a b c d "Mit 93 Jahren: Philosoph Ernst Tugendhat gestorben". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
    5. ^ a b c Geyer-Hindemith, Christian (8 March 2020). "Ernst Tugendhat wird 90: Was meint "ich"?". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
    6. ISBN 978-3-0356-1905-8
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    8. ^ Hesse, Michael (13 March 2023). "Philosoph Ernst Tugendhat: Der Solitär". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
    9. ^ "Student protests at Heidelberg". Ruprecht online – University of Heidelberg Homepage. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2008. from Ruprecht, issue 37, 12.07.95
    10. ^ a b Raack, Jochen (November 2006). "Das Alter – Die Herausforderung der Frustrationen" (PDF). Aufklärung und Kritik (in German). p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
    11. ^ "Distinguished Fellows: Distinguished Fellows im Überblick". Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
    12. ^ "Meister Eckhart Preis". identity-foundation.de. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
    13. ^ "Über west-östliche Mystik und höhere Traurigkeit". monde-diplomatique.de (in German). 13 January 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
    14. ^ "Ernst Tugendhat". Suhrkamp Verlag (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
    15. ^ "Publications by Ernst Tugendhat". German National Library. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

    Further reading

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