Hermann Lotze

Hermann Lotze
Hermann Lotze
Born	21 May 1817; Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	1 July 1881 (aged 64); Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Alma mater	Leipzig University
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	German idealism; Neo-Kantianism
Institutions	Leipzig University; University of Göttingen
Theses	De futurae biologiae princibus philosophicis (On the Philosophical Principles of Future Biology) (1838); De summis continuorum (On the Sums of Continua) (1840);
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); Regressive analysis; Metaphysics has for its parts ontology, cosmology, and phenomenology

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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.

^ Frederick Beiser, Late German Idealism: Trendelenburg and Lotze, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 127.
^ Sullivan, David. "Hermann Lotze". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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^ Woodward 2015, p. 83.
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^ Hermann von Helmholtz entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Lydia Patton
^ Basile, Pierfrancesco (25 July 2017). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). James Ward. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^ Robert Boyce Brandom, "Frege's Technical Concepts", in Frege Synthesized: Essays on the Philosophical and Foundational Work of G. Frege, L. Haaparanta and J. Hintikka, Synthese Library, D. Reidel, 1986, pp. 253–295

[1] Frederick Beiser, Late German Idealism: Trendelenburg and Lotze, Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 127.

[2] Sullivan, David. "Hermann Lotze". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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[4] Woodward 2015, p. 83.

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[6] Hermann von Helmholtz entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Lydia Patton

[7] Basile, Pierfrancesco (25 July 2017). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). James Ward. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

[Brandom-8] Robert Boyce Brandom, "Frege's Technical Concepts", in Frege Synthesized: Essays on the Philosophical and Foundational Work of G. Frege, L. Haaparanta and J. Hintikka, Synthese Library, D. Reidel, 1986, pp. 253–295

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Hermann Lotze

Born	(1817-05-21)21 May 1817 Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	1 July 1881(1881-07-01) (aged 64) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Alma mater	Leipzig University

Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	German idealism^[1] Neo-Kantianism^[2]
Institutions	Leipzig University University of Göttingen
Theses	De futurae biologiae princibus philosophicis (On the Philosophical Principles of Future Biology) (1838) De summis continuorum (On the Sums of Continua) (1840)
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