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Early Life
Hans Reichenbach was born in Hamburg, Germany on September 22nd 1891. At home his family consisted of 3 siblings, his Mother, and his Father. During his time in school he would be a very active member in the socialist student movements. He attended Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart Germany where he studied civil engineering for one year. After this, he moved among cities while studying mathematics, philosophy, and physics. -
The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality.
The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality is Reichenbach's doctoral thesis written in 1915. His thesis is a cumulation of many of the problems he's viewed in life, in it he -
Doctoral dissertation
During his travels, he attempted to become a student under Paul Natorp. However, Natorp would not accept him. Reichenbach was forced to finish his dissertation on his own after not being accepted. Eventually, Reichenbach's dissertation was accepted by philosopher Paul Hensel and a mathematician Max Noether. -
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Military Service
Reichenbach served in the German army signal corps for 2 years. He was injured in 1916 while fighting on the Russian front and was discharged from active duty in 1917. -
The Theory of Relativity and A Priori Knowledge
Reichenbach had attended a lecture held by Einstein, this lecture changed Reichenbach's viewpoint on relativity. This led to Reichbach writing "The Theory of Relativity and A Prior Knowledge" -
The Theory Of Probability
Reichenbach published his "The Theory of Probability" in 1935, this was a revision of his previous works and allowed him to express his idea more. His theory was not well received, even by Karl Popper. -
Death of Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach died on April 9th, 1953. He died due to a heart attack in Los Angeles where he was working on scientific laws and problems in the philosophy of time. -
References and a short audio on Hans Reichenbach
Video/Audio link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjqWP3wp3wY References: Glymour, Clark, and Frederick Eberhardt. “Hans Reichenbach.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1 Nov. 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/reichenbach/ Murzi, Mauro. “Hans Reichenbach (1891—1953).” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, www.iep.utm.edu/reichenb/