Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Balzer

Personal Information.

I was born in Darmstadt (near Frankfurt, Germany), and lived there until 1968. In 1968 - 1969 I was in the army. In 1970 - 1975 I studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Munich (LMU). In 1978 - 1983 I was Assistent Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at the Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Munich which exists any more. In 1979 I married Phillio Marcou from Greece. In 1984 I became Professor for Logics and Theory of Science at the Philosophical Faculty, University of Munich. Since 1982 I published several books and articles in german and in english language. I led three DFG projects (1979 - 1982, 1985 - 1990, 1991 - 1992). From 1999 and in the following years, I was listed in Marquis' "Who is Who in the World". In 2001 I became professor emeritus, for health reasons.

Selected Publications

1. 2024: Balzer, W. Theorien und Methoden der Wissenschaft. Verlag Karl Alber.
2. 2019: Balzer, W. and Brendel K. R. Theorie der Wissenschaften. Springer VS, Wiesbaden
3. 2014: Balzer, W., Kurzawe, D. and Manhart, K. Künstliche Gesellschaften - mit PROLOG. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen.
4. 2010: Balzer, W. and Kuznetnov, V. Die Tripelstruktur der Begriffe, Journal of General Philosophy of Science 41, 21-43.
5. 1993: Balzer, W. Soziale Institutionen. de Gruyter, Berlin.
6. 1992: Received Measurement Theories, in: C. Wade Savage and Philip Ehrlich (eds.), Philosophical and Foundational Issues in Measurement Theory, Hillsdale NJ, 93-117.
7. 1987: Balzer, W., Moulines, C. U. and Sneed, J. D. An 1986 Architectonic for Science. Reidel, Dordrecht.
8. 1986: Balzer, W. Theoretical Terms: A New Perspective, The Journal of Philosophy 83, 71-90.
9. 1985: Balzer, W. Theorie und Messung. Springer, Berlin.
10. 1982: Balzer, W. Empirische Theorien: Modelle, Strukturen, Beispiele. Vieweg, Braunschweig-Wiesbaden.
11. 1977/78: Balzer, W. and Sneed, J. D. Generalized Net Structures of Empirical Theories, Part I and Part II: Studia Logica 36, 195-211, 37, 167-194.