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Hermann Cohen
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Hermann Cohen was a German philosopher and university teacher associated with the Marburg School and Western philosophy. Born in Coswig in 1842, he died in Berlin in 1918. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and the University of Marburg. Cohen worked at the University of Marburg and the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. His academic focus included philosophy, gnoseology, epistemology, and metaphysics.
He was influenced by Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Albert Lange, and Plato. Cohen’s notable works include *Kants Theorie der Erfahrung*, *Kants Begründung der Ethik*, *Deutschtum und Judentum - Philosophie und Staatsgesinnung*, *El judaísmo y el progreso religioso de la humanidad*, and *Briefe*. He taught students such as Boris Pasternak, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Franz Rosenzweig, and Paul Natorp. Cohen is described in the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron and is buried at Weißensee Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1918
- Works
- 108
Top works
- Religione della ragione dalle fonti dell'ebraismo
- L. 44 [Section symbol] 1 D. de aedilicio edicto XXI, 1.
- Kants Theorie der Erfahrung
- Kants Begründung der Ethik
- Deutschtum und Judentum - Philosophie und Staatsgesinnung
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1842-07-04 ) 4 July 1842, Coswig , Anhalt-Bernburg, German Confederation
- Died
- 4 April 1918 (1918-04-04) (aged 75), Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Education
- Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau , University of Breslau , University of Berlin , University of Halle (Dr. phil., 1865), University of Marburg ] (Dr. phil. hab., 1873)
- Thesis
- Die Systematischen Begriffe in Kants Vorkritischen Schriften Nach Ihrem Verhältniss Zum Kritischen Idealismus (The Systematic Terms in Kant's Pre-critical Writings According to Their Relationship to Critical Idealism) (1873)
- Doctoral advisors
- Friedrich Albert Lange (Dr. phil. hab. advisor)
- Other advisor
- F. A. Trendelenburg
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Neo-Kantianism ( Marburg school )
- Institutions
- University of Marburg
- Doctoral students
- Paul Natorp
- Notable students
- Ernst Cassirer , Nicolai Hartmann , Franz Rosenzweig
- Main interests
- Ethics
- Notable ideas
- Principle of the infinitesimal method
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Family name
- Cohen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Place of birth
- Coswig
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Friedrich Albert Lange
- Doctoral student
- Ernst Cassirer
- Field of work
- Jewish studies
- Movement
- Western philosophy
- Image
- Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia e9 615-0.jpg
- Work location
- Marburg
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- date of birth
- 1842-07-04
- date of death
- 1918-04-04
- Commons category
- Hermann Cohen
- name in native language
- Hermann Cohen
- place of burial
- Weißensee Cemetery
- time period
- contemporary philosophy
- influenced by
- René Descartes
- student
- Franz Rosenzweig
- writing language
- German
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- philosophy
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hermann Cohen (/ˈkoʊən/; German: [ˈkoːən]; 4 July 1842 – 4 April 1918) was a German Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most important Jewish philosopher of the nineteenth century".
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