Karl-Otto Apel | |
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Born | |
Died | 15 May 2017 Niedernhausen, Germany | (aged 95)
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Critical theory Pragmatism |
Institutions | University of Mainz University of Saarbrücken University of Frankfurt am Main |
Main interests | Philosophy of language, ethics |
Notable ideas | Transcendental pragmatics |
Karl-Otto Apel (German: [ˈaːpl̩]; 15 March 1922 – 15 May 2017) was a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He specialized on the philosophy of language and was thus considered a communication theorist. He developed a distinctive philosophical approach which he called "transcendental pragmatics."