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Paul Hoyningen-Huene (born July 31, 1946 in Pfronten, West Germany) is a German philosopher who specializes in general philosophy of science and research ethics. He is best known for his Neo-Kantian interpretation of Thomas S. Kuhn's ideas. Hoyningen-Huene, until 2014, held the chair for theoretical philosophy, particularly philosophy of science at Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) and was director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science.^[1]

Biography

Hoyningen-Huene studied physics as well as philosophy at the University of Munich, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and the University of Zurich. He received a graduate degree in theoretical physics from the University of Munich in 1971 and earned his doctorate in theoretical physics at the University of Zurich in 1975. He was then an assistant with Hermann Lübbe at the Seminar for Philosophy at the University of Zurich. Hoyningen-Huene taught at the Universities of Zurich and Bern (Switzerland) and at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). In 1984-1985, he was a visiting scholar with Thomas S. Kuhn at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and from 1987-1988 he was a senior visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsburgh.^[2]^[3]

In the period of 1990-1997, Hoyningen-Huene held the chair for foundational theory and history of the sciences, particularly the exact sciences, at the University of Konstanz (Germany). In 1997 he became the founding director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science at the University of Hannover (Germany).^[3] In 2010, the center was integrated into the newly founded Institute of Philosophy under the direction of Hoyningen-Huene.^[4]
Hoyningen-Huene held positions as visiting professor in Switzerland (1980, 1987, 2010, 2012), Jugoslavia (1989, 1990), Denmark (1995, 2000) and Norway (1999).^[3]

Areas of work

Hoyningen-Huene's work has focused on issues in general philosophy of science, particularly on the philosophical writings of Thomas S. Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend and the subject of incommensurability. In his influential book Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science he presents a Neo-Kantian reconstruction of Kuhn's philosophy of science and opposes an irrationalist interpretation of Kuhn.^[5]
In addition, Hoyningen-Huene is interested in the limits of reductionism in science, emergentism and the development of a theory of anti-reductionist arguments.^[6]^[7] His most recent book Systematicity: The Nature of Science is devoted to the question of the nature of science (including the social sciences and humanities) and develops the thesis that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge by being more systematic.^[8]

In the field of ethics of science, Hoyningen-Huene has primarily dealt with questions concerning the responsibility of scientists and engineers.^[7]

Awarded memberships

2009: International Academy of Science, Munich^[9]
2001: Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences^[9]

Selected publications

Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences: Some Problems and Perspectives (ed. with Franz M. Wuketits), Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989
Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science. Translated by Alexander T. Levine. (With a Foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2. Ed., 1993. [1]
Incommensurability and Related Matters. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 216 (ed. with Howard Sankey). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001
Formal Logic. A philosophical approach. Translated by Alexander T. Levine. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2004.
Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 255 (ed. with Léna Soler and Howard Sankey). Berlin: Springer, 2008
Systematicity: The Nature of Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. [2]

References

^ "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Hoyningen-Huene". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
^ Sankey, Howard (1996). "Interview: Paul Hoyningen-Huene". Metascience. 10 (2): 59–70. doi:10.1007/BF02988888. S2CID 170812744.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ "Nachrichten aktuell" (PDF). Information Philosophie (4): 134. 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Hoyningen-Huene, Paul (1993). Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226355511.
^ "Hoyningen-Huene´s Google Scholar Profile". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page, Publications". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ Hoyningen-Huene, Paul (2013). Systematicity: The Nature of Science. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199985050.
^ ^a ^b http://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/.../CV_Hoyningen-Huene_Paul_D.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

[Institute_-_Web-1] "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Hoyningen-Huene". Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[Interview-2] Sankey, Howard (1996). "Interview: Paul Hoyningen-Huene". Metascience. 10 (2): 59–70. doi:10.1007/BF02988888. S2CID 170812744.

[Faculty_Page-3] "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page". Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[Information_Philosophie-4] "Nachrichten aktuell" (PDF). Information Philosophie (4): 134. 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Reconstructing-5] Hoyningen-Huene, Paul (1993). Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226355511.

[scholar-6] "Hoyningen-Huene´s Google Scholar Profile". Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[Publications-7] "Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page, Publications". Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[Systematicity-8] Hoyningen-Huene, Paul (2013). Systematicity: The Nature of Science. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199985050.

[leopoldina.org-9] ttp://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/.../CV_Hoyningen-Huene_Paul_D.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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+'''Paul Hoyningen-Huene''' (born July 31, 1946 in [[Pfronten]], [[West Germany]]) is a German philosopher who specializes in general [[philosophy of science]] and [[research ethics]]. He is best known for his [[Neo-Kantian]] interpretation of [[Thomas S. Kuhn]]'s ideas. Hoyningen-Huene, until 2014, held the chair for theoretical philosophy, particularly philosophy of science at Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) and was director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science.<ref name="Institute - Web">{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Hoyningen-Huene|url=https://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/de/hoyningen-huene|accessdate=2 August 2023}}</ref>
-'''Paul Hoyningen-Huene''' (* born July 31, 1946 in Pfronten/Allgäu, West-Germany) is a German philosopher who specializes in general [[philosophy of science]] and [[Research ethics|ethics of science]]. He is best known for his Neo-Kantian interpretation of [[Thomas S. Kuhn]]´s ideas. Hoyningen-Huene holds the chair for theoretical philosophy, particularly philosophy of science at Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany) and is director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science.<ref name="Institute - Web">{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Chairs|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/profs.html?&L=1|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>
 == Biography ==
-Hoyningen-Huene studied physics as well as philosophy at the [[University of Munich]], the [[Imperial College of Science and Technology]], London, and the [[University of Zurich]]. He received a graduate degree in theoretical physics from the University of Munich in 1971 and earned his doctorate in theoretical physics at the University of Zurich in 1975. He was then an assistant with Hermann Lübbe at the Seminar for Philosophy at the University of Zurich. Hoyningen-Huene taught at the Universities of Zurich and Bern (Switzerland) and at [[ETH Zurich]] (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). In 1984-1985, he was a visiting scholar with Thomas S. Kuhn at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at [[MIT]], and from 1987-1988 he was a senior visiting fellow at the [[Center for Philosophy of Science]] in Pittsburgh.<ref name=Interview>{{cite journal|last=Sankey|first=Howard|title=Interview: Paul Hoyningen-Huene|journal=Metascience|year=1996|volume=10|pages=59–70|url=http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF02988888.pdf|accessdate=8 May 2013|doi=10.1007/BF02988888|issue=2}}</ref><ref name="Faculty Page">{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/hoyningen.html?&L=1|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>
+Hoyningen-Huene studied physics as well as philosophy at the [[University of Munich]], the [[Imperial College of Science and Technology]], London, and the [[University of Zurich]]. He received a graduate degree in theoretical physics from the University of Munich in 1971 and earned his doctorate in theoretical physics at the University of Zurich in 1975. He was then an assistant with Hermann Lübbe at the Seminar for Philosophy at the University of Zurich. Hoyningen-Huene taught at the Universities of Zurich and Bern (Switzerland) and at [[ETH Zurich]] (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). In 1984-1985, he was a visiting scholar with Thomas S. Kuhn at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at [[MIT]], and from 1987-1988 he was a senior visiting fellow at the [[Center for Philosophy of Science]] in Pittsburgh.<ref name=Interview>{{cite journal|last=Sankey|first=Howard|title=Interview: Paul Hoyningen-Huene|journal=Metascience|year=1996|volume=10|pages=59–70|doi=10.1007/BF02988888|issue=2|s2cid=170812744 }}</ref><ref name="Faculty Page">{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/hoyningen.html?&L=1|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>
-In the period of 1990-1997, Hoyningen-Huene held the chair for foundational theory and history of the sciences, particularly the exact sciences, at the [[University of Konstanz]] (Germany). In 1997 he became the founding director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science at the [[University of Hannover]] (Germany).<ref name="Faculty Page" /> In 2010, the center was integrated into the newly founded Institute of Philosophy under the direction of Hoyningen-Huene.<ref name="Information Philosophie">{{cite journal|title=Nachrichten aktuell|journal=Information Philosophie|year=2009|issue=4|pages=134|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/philosem/InPhi/Files/sonstige/info.pdf|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref> <br>
+In the period of 1990-1997, Hoyningen-Huene held the chair for foundational theory and history of the sciences, particularly the exact sciences, at the [[University of Konstanz]] (Germany). In 1997 he became the founding director of the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science at the [[University of Hannover]] (Germany).<ref name="Faculty Page" /> In 2010, the center was integrated into the newly founded Institute of Philosophy under the direction of Hoyningen-Huene.<ref name="Information Philosophie">{{cite journal|title=Nachrichten aktuell|journal=Information Philosophie|year=2009|issue=4|pages=134|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/philosem/InPhi/Files/sonstige/info.pdf|accessdate=8 May 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <br>
 Hoyningen-Huene held positions as visiting professor in Switzerland (1980, 1987, 2010, 2012), Jugoslavia (1989, 1990), Denmark (1995, 2000) and Norway (1999).<ref name="Faculty Page" />
-== Areas of Work ==
+== Areas of work ==
+Hoyningen-Huene's work has focused on issues in general [[philosophy of science]], particularly on the philosophical writings of [[Thomas S. Kuhn]] and [[Paul Feyerabend]] and the subject of [[Commensurability (philosophy of science)|incommensurability]]. In his influential book ''Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science'' he presents a [[Neo-Kantian]] reconstruction of Kuhn's philosophy of science and opposes an irrationalist interpretation of Kuhn.<ref name=Reconstructing>{{cite book|last=Hoyningen-Huene|first=Paul|title=Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science|year=1993|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0226355511|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Wd4pvst3moC}}</ref>  <br>In addition, Hoyningen-Huene is interested in the limits of [[reductionism]] in science, [[emergentism]] and the development of a theory of anti-reductionist arguments.<ref name=scholar>{{cite web|title=Hoyningen-Huene´s Google Scholar Profile|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wRk4ZoQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=Publications>{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page, Publications|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/hoypub.html?&L=1|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>  His most recent book ''Systematicity: The Nature of Science'' is devoted to the question of the nature of science (including the social sciences and humanities) and develops the thesis that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge by being more systematic.<ref name=Systematicity>{{cite book|last=Hoyningen-Huene|first=Paul|title=Systematicity: The Nature of Science|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780199985050|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mk8oSTk78oQC}}</ref>
-Hoyningen-Huene´s work has focused on issues in general [[philosophy of science]], particularly on the philosophical writings of [[Thomas S. Kuhn]] and [[Paul Feyerabend]] and the subject of [[Commensurability (philosophy of science)|incommensurability]]. In his influential book ''Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science'' he presents a [[Neo-Kantian]] reconstruction of Kuhn´s philosophy of science and opposes an irrationalist interpretation of Kuhn.<ref name=Reconstructing>{{cite book|last=Hoyningen-Huene|first=Paul|title=Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science|year=1993|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0226355511|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=-Wd4pvst3moC&printsec}}</ref>  <br>In addition, Hoyningen-Huene is interested in the limits of [[reductionism]] in science, [[emergentism]] and the development of a theory of anti-reductionist arguments.<ref name=scholar>{{cite web|title=Hoyningen-Huene´s Google Scholar Profile|url=http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wRk4ZoQAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=Publications>{{cite web|title=Website of the Institute of Philosophy - Faculty Page, Publications|url=http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/hoypub.html?&L=1|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>  His most recent book ''Systematicity: The Nature of Science'' is devoted to the question of the nature of science (including the social sciences and humanities) and develops the thesis that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge by being more systematic.<ref name=Systematicity>{{cite book|last=Hoyningen-Huene|first=Paul|title=Systematicity: The Nature of Science|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780199985050|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=mk8oSTk78oQC&pg}}</ref>   <br>
 In the field of ethics of science, Hoyningen-Huene has primarily dealt with questions concerning the responsibility of scientists and engineers.<ref name="Publications" />
-== Major Works ==
+== Awarded memberships ==
+*2009: International Academy of Science, Munich<ref name="leopoldina.org">http://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/.../CV_Hoyningen-Huene_Paul_D.pdf{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-=== Selected Books ===
-''Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences: Some Problems and Perspectives'' (ed. with [[Franz M. Wuketits]]), Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989
-''Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science.'' Translated by Alexander T. Levine. (With a Foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2. Ed., 1993. [http://books.google.de/books?id=-Wd4pvst3moC&dq]
-''Incommensurability and Related Matters.'' Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 216 (ed. with Howard Sankey). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001
-''Formal Logic. A philosophical approach.'' Translated by Alexander T. Levine. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2004.
-''Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities.'' Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 255 (ed. with Léna Soler and Howard Sankey). Berlin: Springer, 2008
-''Systematicity: The Nature of Science.'' New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. [http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199985050.do#.UTiW3Bl96jc]
-=== Selected Papers ===
-* Hoyningen-Huene, P. 1987. “Context of Discovery and the Context of Justification.” ''Studies in History and Philosophy of Science'' 18: 501–515.
-* ———. 1989. "Epistemological Reductionism in Biology: Intuitions, Explications, and Objections" P. Hoyningen-Huene, F. Wuketits (eds.): ''Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences: Some Problems and Perspectives''. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 29-44.
-* ———. 1990. “Kuhn’s Conception of Incommensurability.” ''Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A'' 21 (3): 481–492.
-* ———. 1992a. “On the Way to a Theory of Antireductionist Arguments.” A. Beckermann, H. Flohr, J. Kim (Ed.): ''Emergence or Reduction? Essays on the Prospects of Nonreductive Physicalism''. Berlin: de Gruyter, 289–301.
-* ———. 1992b. “The Interrelations Between the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Science in Thomas Kuhn‘s Theory of Scientific Development.” ''The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science'' 43 (4): 487–501.
-* ———. 2005. " "Three Biographies: Kuhn, Feyerabend, and Incommensurability." R. Harris (ed.): ''Rhetoric and Incommensurability''. West Lafayette: Parlor Press, 150-175.
-* ———. 2010. "Why Is Football So Fascinating?" Ted Richards (Ed.):  ''Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game''. Chicago: Open Court, 7-22.
-* ———. (in print) "The Ultimate Argument against Convergent Realism and Structural Realism: The Impasse Objection." D. Dieks et al. (eds.): ''Recent Progress in Philosophy of Science: Perspectives and Foundational Problems''. Dordrecht: Springer.
-* Hoyningen-Huene, P., E. Oberheim, and H. Andersen. 1996. “On Incommensurability.” ''Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A'' 27 (1): 131–142.
-* Kummer, H., V. Dasser, and P. Hoyningen-Huene. 1990. “Exploring Primate Social Cognition: Some Critical Remarks.” ''Behaviour'' 112 1 (2): 84–98.
-* Oberheim, E. and P. Hoyningen-Huene. 2009. "The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories". E. N. Zalta (ed.): ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Spring 2013 Edition), [http://www.science.uva.nl/~seop/entries/incommensurability/].
-== Awarded Memberships ==
-*2009: International Academy of Science, Munich<ref name="leopoldina.org">http://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/.../CV_Hoyningen-Huene_Paul_D.pdf</ref>
 *2001: Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences<ref name="leopoldina.org"/>
+== Selected publications ==
-== Talks, Lectures and Interviews ==
+*''Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences: Some Problems and Perspectives'' (ed. with [[Franz M. Wuketits]]), Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1989
-* [http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/4170.html Talks  on the Web by Paul Hoyningen-Huene]
+*''Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science.'' Translated by Alexander T. Levine. (With a Foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2. Ed., 1993. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Wd4pvst3moC]
-* [https://itunes.apple.com/de/itunes-u/einfuhrung-in-die-logik/id548289538 Lecture Series ''Introduction to Logic'', in German]
+*''Incommensurability and Related Matters.'' Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 216 (ed. with Howard Sankey). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2001
-* [https://itunes.apple.com/de/itunes-u/theories-methods-research/id409878003 Lecture Series ''Theories and Methods of Research'']
+*''Formal Logic. A philosophical approach.'' Translated by Alexander T. Levine. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2004.
-* [https://itunes.apple.com/de/itunes-u/einfuhrung-in-die-theoretische/id409872170 Lecture Series ''Introduction to Theoretical Philosophy'', in German]
+*''Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison: Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities.'' Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 255 (ed. with Léna Soler and Howard Sankey). Berlin: Springer, 2008
-* [http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/inter.html Links to Radio- and TV-interviews with Paul Hoyningen-Huene, mostly in German]
+*''Systematicity: The Nature of Science.'' New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. [http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199985050.do#.UTiW3Bl96jc]
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-*[http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/zeww1.html?&L=1 Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science] at [[Leibniz Universität Hannover]]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220811/http://www.philos.uni-hannover.de/zeww1.html?&L=1 Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science] at [[Leibniz Universität Hannover]]
+*{{ResearchGate | id= Paul_Hoyningen-Huene | name= Paul Hoyningen-Huene}}
-*[http://uni-hannover.academia.edu/PaulHoyningenHuene Paul Hoyningen-Huene on Academia.edu]
-*[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Hoyningen-Huene/ Paul Hoyningen-Huene on Researchgate]
+*[https://uni-hannover.academia.edu/PaulHoyningenHuene Paul Hoyningen-Huene on Academia.edu]
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