Name Ulrich Schrade | ||
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Died November 15, 2009, Warsaw, Poland | ||
Ulrich Schrade (July 21, 1943 in Patricken / East Prussia (now Patryki, Poland) – November 15, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland) was a philosopher, educationist and ethicist. Born in East Prussia, he was part of the Germans, who managed to remain in their homeland, when it was conquered by the Soviet Union in 1945 and parts were given to Communist Poland.
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Life
In the years 1961-1966 he studied economics under Boleslaw Kasprowicz at the Higher School of Economics in Sopot, Poland); from 1966-1969 he worked at the creation of the tire plant in Olsztyn; in the years 1969-1974 he studied philosophy under Bogusław Wolniewicz at the University of Warsaw.
Since 1974 he worked at the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences at the Warsaw University of Technology. At this university he is considered to be the founder of a specific current of philosophy of science and technology and a major contributor to the theory of higher education. Until his death he was holding the following positions:
He was a member of the Disciplinary Commission of the Higher Education Council and board member of the Polish Philosophical Society.
The core of his scientific interests were the general problems of anthropology and axiology and education theory. He was a professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and has also worked as a visiting professor at the Akademia Humanistyczna in Pułtusk (Pultusk Academy of Humanities).
Awards
Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Złoty Krzyż Zasługi), 2005
Medal of the National Education Commission (Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej)