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Jürgen Habermas

German sociologist and philosopher1929 to 2026

Named beside 1 thesis as committee member, examiner or in another role; Wikidata names Erich Rothacker, Oskar Becker, and Wolfgang Abendroth as doctoral advisors and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Jürgen Habermas, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Max Horkheimer

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Theodor W. Adorno

Taught1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career8

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

Sat beside the lineage1

referee, not advisor