Gerald L. Eberlein (5 May 1930 – 12 August 2010) was a German

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educator.

Biography

Eberlein was born in

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to Kurt Karl and Alice Caroline (b. Seiffermann) Eberlein. Gerald L. Eberlein became Ph.D at the

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, in 1962. He was

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at the University of Münster and at the

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, Germany, 1963-1970. Between 1971 and 1972 he was visiting professor at the

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. 1972-1975 he was associate professor of

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, economy and politics at the University of the Saarland, Germany. Eberlein was professor of sociology at the

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, Germany, 1975-1998. In 1998 he became professor emeritus. Gerald L. Eberlein has one child, Viviane Caroline. He was living in Pöcking, Germany at the time of his death.

Works

* ''Der Erfahrungsbegriff der heutigen empirischen Sozialforschung'', 1963 * ''Theoretische Soziologie heute'' (with N. Dietrich), 1971 * ''Die Finalisierung der Wissenschaften'', 1983 * ''Maximierung der Erkenntnisse ohne sozialen Sinn? Für eine wertbewusste Wissenschaft'', 1987 * ''Schulwissenschaft, Parawissenschaft, Pseudowissenschaft'', Stuttgart 1991

Editor

* ''Kleines Lexikon der Parawissenschaften'', 1995 * ''Theory and Decision: An International Journal for Philosophy and Methodology of the

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'', 1970–2001 * ''Theory and Decision Library: An International Series in Philosophy and Methodology of the Social and

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'', 1974–1998

Member

* Society for Scientific Exploration * Prof. Eberlein was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Nicolas-Benzin-Stiftung Nicolas-Benzin-Stiftung - Impressum
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1930 births 2010 deaths German sociologists Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich German male writers {{Germany-sociologist-stub