Gerhard Heinzmann (born 12 October 1950 in

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is a German philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the

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. He is known for his work on the philosophy of

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and founded the ''Archives Henri Poincaré'' in Nancy in 1992. He is an editor of the journal ''Philosophia Scientiae'' and of the ''Publications des Archives Henri Poincaré'' and a member of the

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, the European Academy of Sciences, the

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and the

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.; He was director of the ''Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Lorraine'' from 2007 to 2014, member of the Council of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from 2012 to 2015 and from 2020 to 2023, and he was the President of the ''Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences'' (2014-2021).

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