Background
Lenk, Hans Albert Paul was born on March 23, 1935 in Berlin. Son of Albert and Annemarie (Jaeger) Lenk.
Lenk, Hans Albert Paul was born on March 23, 1935 in Berlin. Son of Albert and Annemarie (Jaeger) Lenk.
Doctor of Philosophy, Kiel University, 1961. Habilitation in philosophy, Technology University, Berlin, 1966. Habilitation in sociology, Technology University, Berlin, 1969.
Assistant Professor Technology University of Berlin 1962, Association Professor 1966, Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Rat und Professor) 1969. Chair, and Professor, of Philosophy, Karlsruhe University since 1969. Professor Philosophy of Social Sciences and Theory of Planning, European Faculty of Land Use and Development, Strasbourg since 1983.
Dean, College, of Humanities and Social Sciences 1973-1975. Visiting Professor University of 111. 1973, University of Massachusetts 1976, University of Sao Paulo and Santa Maria, Brazil 1979, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1980, Caracas 1981, Oslo 1983, Tokyo 1983, Madras 1986 and 3 Austrian universities 1985.
Green Honours Chairman Texas Christian University, Fort Worth 1987. President Institute Philosophic Society for Study of Sport 1980-1981, Institute Olympic Union 1980-1990, European Forum, Baden since 1980. Vice-President European Academy, of Sciences and Philosophy of Law since 1986.
President General Society for Philosophy in Germany since 1991. President 1959, 1960, Scientific Diem Plaque 1962, Sievert.
Author, editor of more than 110 books, including: Kritik der logischen Konstanten, 1968, Metalogik und Sprachanalyse, 1973, Wozu Philosphie, 1974, Pragmatische Pilosophie, 1975, Team Dynamcis, 1977, Social Philosophy of Athletics, 1979, Pragmatische Vernuft, 1979, Zur Sozialphilosophie der Technik, 1982, Elgenleistung, 1983, Die achte Kunst, 1985, Zwischen Wissenschaftstheorie und Sozialwissenschaft, 1986, Zwischen Sozialpsychologie und Sozialphilosophie, 1987, (with others) Technik und Ethik, 1987, Das Prinzip Fairness, 1989, Tagebuch einer Rückreise an einen nie zuvor besuchten Ort: Lambarene, 1990. Editor: Wissenschaft und Ethik, 1991. Co-editor: Technikverantwortung, 1991, Mitternachtssonnenende, 1991, Promethisches Philosophieren zwischen Praxis und Paradox, 1991, Wirtschaft und Ethik, 1992, Zwischen Wissenschaft und Ethik, 1992, Philosophie und Interpretation, 1993, Epistemological Issues in Classical Chinese Philosophy, 1993, Interpretationskonstrukle, 1993, Neue Relaitaton-Herausforderung der Philosophie, 1993, Macht un Machbarkeit der Technik, 1994, Von Deutungen zu Wertungen, 1994, Schemaspicle, 1995, Interpretation und Realitaet, 1995, Einfuhrung in die angewandte Ethik, 1997, Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie: Interpretation-Interaktion-Intervention, 1998, Technikethik und Wirtschaftsethik, 1998, Konkrete Humanitaet, 1998, Coed: Advances in the Philosophy of Technology, 1998, Spots oa Olympia, 1998, Praxisnahe Philosophie, 1999, Kreative Aufstiege, 2000., Erfassrung der Wirklichbeit, 2000, Hacia una Humanidad Concreta, 2000, Albert Schweitzer- Ethik als Konkrete Humanitat, 2000, Humanitat Interkulturalitat und Menschenrechte, 2001, Advances and Problems in the Philosophy of Technology, 2001, Kleine Philosophie des Gehirns, 2001, Das Denken und sein Gehalt, 2001, Sprachen der Philosophie, 2001, Denken und Handlungsbindung, 2001, Filosofia, Interpretacion y Rendimiento, 2001, Rosenmondtagsphilosophie, 2002, Grasping Reality: Regarding an Interpretation- Realistic Epistemology, 2002.
President European Forum Baden, since 1980, International Olympic Union, 1981-1990. President Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Deutschland, 1991-1993. German committee United Nations Educational, 1985-1991.
Member European Academy of Sciences and Philosophy of Law (vice president since 1986), International Philosophic Society for Study of Sport (president 1980-1981), Society for Philosophy of Technology, American Academy Kinesiology Education, International Academy of Philosophy of the Sciences, International Federation of Philosophical Societies, World Society of Philosophy (vice president 1998-2003), German Hungarian Society of Philosophy (president), International Institute of Philosophy(board member 1996-1999), Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, since 2003.
Reading, running, writing, skiing, swimming.
Married Ulrike Lenk Reincke. Children: Ulf, Uta, Ulrich.