Wilhelm Windelband

Wilhelm Windelband
Wilhelm Windelband, prior to 1905
Born(1848-05-11)11 May 1848
Died22 October 1915(1915-10-22) (aged 67)
Education
EducationUniversity of Jena
University of Berlin
University of Göttingen
(Dr. phil., 1870)
Leipzig University
(Dr. phil. hab., 1873)
ThesisDie Lehren vom Zufall (The Theories of Chance) (1870)
Academic advisorsHermann Lotze
Philosophical work
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeo-Kantianism (Baden School)
Foundationalism[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Zürich
University of Freiburg
University of Strasbourg
University of Heidelberg
Doctoral studentsHeinrich Rickert
Main interestsMetaphysics, philosophical logic
Notable ideasThe nomotheticidiographic distinction

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

His grave in Heidelberg
  1. ^ Windelband defended foundationalism in his book Über die Gewißheit der Erkenntniss. (1873)—see Frederick C. Beiser (2014), The Genesis of Neo-Kantianism, 1796–1880 (Oxford: Oxford University Press), p. 517.

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