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Günter Ropohl (born 14 June 1939 in Cologne, Germany) is a German philosopher of technology. == Biography == Günter Ropohl studied mechanical engineering and philosophy at Stuttgart University, where he was a scholar of the philosopher Max Bense. After his PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in 1970, he wrote his Habilitation thesis in Philosophy und Sociology at Karlsruhe University 1978 under the supervision of Hans Lenk. His work deals with the systems theory of "Technik" (engl. ''technique''), leading to the concept of general technology.〔published under the title ''Eine Systemtheorie der Technik'' 1979, 2nd. ed. under the title ''Allgemeine Technologie'', 1999, 3rd ed. 2009, open source: ()〕 In 1979, Ropohl became Professor at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH). Soon after, in 1981, he became Professor for Allgemeine Technologie (general technology) and philosophy of technology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (until 2004). In the 1980s, he visited his colleague and friend Carl Mitcham in the United States. From 1983 to 1991, i.e. during the period of the Cold War, he was course director and visiting lecturer at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (Croatia). In 1988, he was invited as visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY. Ropohl is an honorary member of the German Engineering Association (VDI), due to his interdisciplinary engagement for the philosophy of technology. He is co-editor of an anthology of the ''classics'' in the philosophy of technology in a Continental-European tradition.〔 * Hubig, Ch., Huning, A. and Ropohl, G. (Eds.), ''Nachdenken über Technik. Die Klassiker der Technikphilosophie'', Berlin 2000. 3rd ed. 2013 (to be translated into English and Chinese in the next years).〕 Ropohl published 15 monographs, (co-)edited another 15 books and published more than 180 articles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Günter Ropohl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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