Günter Ropohl

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Günter Ropohl (14 June 1939 in Cologne, Germany) is a German philosopher of technology. 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.