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1955
Born in Lüdenscheid (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)

1975 to 1981
Studies of physics, philosophy, and education at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

1981
State Examination for a Gymnasium Teaching Position.

1984
Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Münster. Thesis on Lakatos' Methodology and the History of Chemistry in the 18th Century.

1984 to 1989
Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Konstanz

1989
Habilitation in philosophy at the University of Konstanz with Jürgen Mittelstraß. Thesis on the Relation between Theory and Evidence in Space-Time Theories.

1989 to 1994
Akademischer Rat (tenured position) at the University of Konstanz.

1994 to 1998
Full professor for philosophy at the University of Heidelberg.

Since 1998
Full professor for philosophy at Bielefeld University.

2002 - 2009
Co-Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)

Since 2008
Member of the University Council of Bielefeld University

2008 - 2018
Member of the Selection Committee for Prizes and Awards of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Vice President 2012 - 2014, President 2014 - 2018.

2013 - 2019
Head of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Science (I²SoS)

Since 2016
Head of Division for Social Sciences and Humanities of the European Academy of Sciences

Since 2017 Member of the permanent advisory council of the Center for Science Studies of the German National Academy Leopoldina