Hermann Lotze
German philosopher and logician (1817–1881) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudolf Hermann Lotze (/ˈlɔːtsə/; German: [ˈlɔtsə]; 21 May 1817 – 1 July 1881) was a German philosopher and logician. He also had a medical degree and was well versed in biology. He argued that if the physical world is governed by mechanical laws and relations, then developments in the universe could be explained as the functioning of a world mind. His medical studies were pioneering works in scientific psychology.
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Hermann Lotze | |
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Born | (1817-05-21)21 May 1817 |
Died | 1 July 1881(1881-07-01) (aged 64) |
Alma mater | Leipzig University |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | German idealism[1] Neo-Kantianism[2] |
Institutions | Leipzig University University of Göttingen |
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Academic advisors | Ernst Heinrich Weber Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann Gustav Fechner Christian Hermann Weisse |
Doctoral students | Carl Stumpf Anton Marty |
Other notable students | James Ward Josiah Royce |
Main interests | Philosophical logic, metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Teleological idealism (principle of teleomechanism)[3] Regressive analysis Metaphysics has for its parts ontology, cosmology, and phenomenology |
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