Johann Friedrich Herbart

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Johann Friedrich Herbart
Engraving by Conrad Geyer [de]
Born	(1776-05-04)4 May 1776 Oldenburg, Duchy of Oldenburg
Died	14 August 1841(1841-08-14) (aged 65) Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover
Alma mater	University of Jena
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	German idealism Post-Kantianism[1]
Institutions	University of Göttingen University of Königsberg
Main interests	Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics
Notable ideas	Pluralistic realism Pedagogy as an academic discipline

Johann Friedrich Herbart (German: [ˈhɛʁbaʁt]; 4 May 1776 – 14 August 1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline.

Herbart is now remembered amongst the post-Kantian philosophers mostly as making the greatest contrast to Hegel—in particular in relation to aesthetics. His educational philosophy is known as Herbartianism.