1947: born in Darmstadt, Germany
1958-68: high school and army service
1969-75: studies of mathematics and philosophy at the University of
Munich. First degree (Diplom) in
mathematical logics. Adviser: K. Schütte
1975-76: research assistent (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in a
DFG-projekt led by A. Kamlah at the
University of Osnabrück
1976-78: assistent professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) for
foundations of mathematics and didactics,
University
of Osnabrück
1976: dissertation on physical space-time theories. Adviser: W. Stegmüller
1978-83: assistent professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at
the Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und
Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Munich
1979: marriage with Phillio Marcou
1979-82: leader of a DFG-research project on the historical and systematical role of measurement in
physics (collaborators: U.Gähde, F.Mühlhölzer, F.R. Wollmershäuser)
1982: publication of Empirische Theorien: Modelle - Strukturen - Beispiele
1982-83: fellow at the Netherland Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS)
1983: habilitation at the Philosophical Faculty, University of Munich. Written thesis on theory and measurement
1984: tenured professor at the Philosophical Faculty, University of Munich
1987: publication of An Architectonic for Science (together with Moulines and Sneed)
1985-90: leader of a DFG-research project on reference in natural science (collaborators: B.Lauth, G.Zoubek)
1986: guest professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, spring term
1991-92: leader of a DFG-research project on crisis modelling (collaborators: A.Gayhoff, J.Sander)
1993: publication of Soziale Institutionen
1995: research award of the Academy of Finland, guest of the Academy in Helsinki
1997: publication of
- Die Wissenschaft und ihre Methoden
- Models for Genetics (together with C.M.Dawe)
- Teorias: modelos, estructuras y ejemplos
1999: listed in Marquis' "Who is Who in the World"
2001: professor emeritus (Professor i.R.), for health reasons