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ferdinand fellmann

ferdinand fellmann -lrb- born 1939 -rrb- is a german philosopher .
after the expulsion of his family in 1946 out of hirschberg -lrb- now jelenia góra , poland -rrb- fellmann grew up in hameln/weser -lrb- germany -rrb- .
he studied at the university of münster and the university of pavia -lrb- italy -rrb- , promoted by the `` studienstiftung des deutschen volkes '' -lrb- german national merit foundation -rrb- .
he graduated from his studies in english and romance languages and literature in 1959 .
from 1962 -- 1965 fellmann continued his studies in giessen -lrb- germany -rrb- .
he studied there under his most influential professors : professor of romance languages and literature , hans robert jauss , and professor of philosophy , blumenberg .
due to the conflict between jauss , a former ss-man , and blumenberg , who was a victim of persecution by the nazi regime , fellmann sought out to find his own way of thinking .
in 1967 fellmann completed his doctorate in bochum and in 1973 he finished his postdoctoral lecture qualification -lrb- `` habilitation '' -rrb- in münster .
a representation of his relation to blumenberg can be found in the `` journal information philosophie '' -lrb- 2008 , issue 3 , 49-54 -rrb- .
fellmann was appointed professor of philosophy in 1980 .
in 1985 , he occupied the position of guest professor in naples -lrb- italy -rrb- and translated texts of giordano bruno , giambattista vico , and benedetto croce .
later he moved away from historicism and towards systematic themes .
in opposition to the dominance of analytic philosophy at the german universities , fellmann remained devoted to continental -lrb- `` alteuropäisch '' , old european -rrb- philosophical tradition .
in 1994 he was appointed `` gründungsprofessor '' of philosophy at chemnitz university of technology , where he worked on synthesizing idealistic and materialistic forms of thought .
his concept of philosophy as practical orientation appears in his book entitled `` orientierung philosophie : was sie kann , was sie will '' , first published in 1998 .
several of fellmann 's colleagues opposed the book , calling it destructive to academic tradition .
after being emeritus professor in 2005 , fellmann served as a visiting professor in vienna -lrb- austria -rrb- and trento -lrb- italy -rrb- .
he currently lives in münster .
as unconventional thinker , he does not belong to any particular philosophical community .
in his homepage he ironically refers to himself as the accademico di nulla accademia , `` academic of no academy '' .
