Karl-Otto Apel

Karl-Otto Apel 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 coined transcendental pragmatics.

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Who was born first?

• Karl-Otto Apel and Iannis Xenakis were born the same year
• Karl-Otto Apel and Cornelius Castoriadis were born the same year
• Karl-Otto Apel and Michael Ventris were born the same year
• Karl-Otto Apel and Elissa Aalto were born the same year
• Karl-Otto Apel and Hussein-Ali Montazeri were born the same year

Timeline

1. Cornelius CastoriadisMarch 11, 1922 – December 26, 1997
2. Elissa AaltoNovember 22, 1922 – April 12, 1994
3. Hussein-Ali MontazeriSeptember 22, 1922 – December 20, 2009
4. Iannis XenakisMay 29, 1922 – February 4, 2001
5. Karl-Otto Apel (this page)March 15, 1922 – May 15, 2017
6. Michael VentrisJuly 12, 1922 – September 6, 1956

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