Siegfried Maser

Year of birth, place

1938
Germany

Year of death, place

2016

Biography

Siegfried Maser studied philosophy, mathematics and physics at the Technical University of Stuttgart and the University of Tübingen. In 1965, he received his PhD under Max Bense for his thesis entitled »Die ontologischen Grundlagen und ihre Folgen im Werk von Gottlob Frege« [The Ontological Foundations and Its Consequences in the Work of Gottlob Frege], going on to gain his professorship in 1968 at the University of Stuttgart with his thesis entitled »Numerische Ästhetik« [Numerical Aesthetics]. Since 1969, he has taught at numerous universities including the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Environmental Planning in Ulm, State Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig and the Bergische Universität – Comprehensive University Wuppertal. His teaching covers the fields of semiotics, information theory and communication theory, cybernetics, systems research and planning theory, as well as design theory.

Bibliography (selected)

• »Numerische Ästhetik. Neue mathematische Verfahren zur quantitativen Beschreibung und Bewertung ästhetischer Zustände«, Stuttgart/Bern: K. Krämer 1970

• »Grundlagen der Allgemeinen Kommunikationstheorie«, Stuttgart/Berlin/Köln/Mainz: Kohlhammer 1971

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