Background
Förster, Eckart Heribert was born on January 12, 1952 in Bremen, Germany. Son of Heribert and Ingeburg (Hüneken) Förster.
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Eckart Heribert Förster
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Eckart Heribert Förster, American Philosophy educator. Rhodes scholar Rhodes Trust, 1976; fellow American Council Learned Socs., 1985, Stanford Humanities Center, 1987. Advisory board Stanford Humanities Center, 1994-1996. Member Oxford Society (honorary secretary German branch since 1997), American Philosophical Association, Hölderlin Gesellschaft.
Education
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1982.
Career
Lecturer Balliol College, Oxford, England, 1980-1982, Harvard University, 1982-1983. Assistant professor Stanford University, 1983-1990, associate professor, 1990-1996, professor, 1996. Professor, endowed chair University Munich, since 1996.
Professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 2001. Visiting professor Princeton University, 1988-1989, University Federal, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1998, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1999. Chair department philosophy University Munich, 1998-2000.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory board Stanford Humanities Center, 1994-1996. Member of Berlin-Brandenburgian Academy of Sciences (Kant commission), Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Jacobi commission, Schelling commission), Schelling Gesellschaft, American Philosophical Association, Oxford Society (honorary secretary German branch since 1997).
Connections
Married Gita Satterlee van Heerden, April 27, 1996. 1 child, Kira.
