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 Technical University Stuttgart, Germany, in 1962. He was assistant professor at the University of Münster and at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

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

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

. 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

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

, 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