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Wilhelm Windelband

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Wilhelm Windelband

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German philosopher (1848–1915)

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Wilhelm Windelband was a German philosopher, university teacher, and historian who worked in the field of philosophy. Born in Potsdam and a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia, he was educated at the University of Göttingen, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His doctoral advisor was Hermann Lotze. Windelband served as a professor at the University of Freiburg, Heidelberg University, the University of Zurich, and Leipzig University. He was a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Academy of Sciences of Turin.

Windelband participated in the Franco-Prussian War and practiced Lutheranism. He wrote in German and produced works including *History of Philosophy*, *A History Of Philosophy Volume I Greek Roman And Medieval*, *History of Ancient Philosophy.*, *Immanuel Kant und Seine Weltanschauung*, and *Lehrbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie*. He died in Heidelberg on 1915-10-22.

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Works
26

Top works

  • History of Philosophy (Torchbks.)
  • A History Of Philosophy Volume I Greek Roman And Medieval
  • History of Ancient Philosophy.
  • Die Geschichte der Neueren Philosophie in Ihrem Zusammenhange Mit der Allgemeinen Kultur und Den Besonderen Wissenschaften Dargestellt; Volume 2
  • Immanuel Kant und Seine Weltanschauung

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1886-01-25
Active to
1954-11-30
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Discography

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5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Born
( 1848-05-11 ) 11 May 1848, Potsdam , Brandenburg , Prussia
Died
22 October 1915 (1915-10-22) (aged 67), Heidelberg , Grand Duchy of Baden , German Empire
Education
University of Jena , University of Berlin , University of Göttingen , (Dr. phil., 1870), Leipzig University , (Dr. phil. hab., 1873)
Thesis
Die Lehren vom Zufall (The Theories of Chance) (1870)
Doctoral advisor
Hermann Lotze
Other advisor
Kuno Fischer
Era
19th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Neo-Kantianism ( Baden school ), Foundationalism
Institutions
University of Zürich , University of Freiburg , University of Strasbourg , University of Heidelberg
Doctoral students
Emil Lask , Heinrich Rickert
Notable students
Roy Wood Sellars
Main interests
Metaphysics , philosophical logic
Notable ideas
The nomothetic – idiographic distinction

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Encyclopedic overview

Wilhelm Windelband (/ˈvɪndəlbɑːnt/; German: [ˈvɪndl̩bant]; 11 May 1848 – 22 October 1915) was a German philosopher of the Baden school.

His grave in Heidelberg

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