Hermann Lotze

Hermann Lotze
Born(1817-05-21)21 May 1817
Died1 July 1881(1881-07-01) (aged 64)
Education
Alma materLeipzig University
Theses
Academic advisorsErnst Heinrich Weber
Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann
Gustav Fechner
Christian Hermann Weisse
Philosophical work
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolGerman idealism[1]
Neo-Kantianism[2]
InstitutionsLeipzig University
University of Göttingen
Doctoral studentsCarl Stumpf
Anton Marty
Notable studentsJulius Bergmann
Rudolf Eucken
Josiah Royce
James Ward
John Cook Wilson
Wilhelm Windelband
Main interestsPhilosophical logic, metaphysics
Notable ideasTeleological idealism (principle of teleomechanism)[3]
Regressive analysis
Metaphysics has for its parts ontology, cosmology, and phenomenology

Rudolf Hermann Lotze (/ˈltsə/;[4] 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.

  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.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference IEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Lotze". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.

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