Wilhelm Windelband | |
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 Wilhelm Windelband, prior to 1905 | |
| Born | (1848-05-11)11 May 1848 |
| Died | 22 October 1915(1915-10-22) (aged 67) |
| Education | |
| 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) |
| Academic advisors | Hermann Lotze |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Neo-Kantianism (Baden School) Foundationalism[1] |
| Institutions | University of Zürich University of Freiburg University of Strasbourg University of Heidelberg |
| Doctoral students | Heinrich Rickert |
| Main interests | Metaphysics,philosophical logic |
| Notable ideas | Thenomothetic–idiographic distinction |
Wilhelm Windelband (/ˈvɪndəlbɑːnd/;German:[ˈvɪndl̩bant]; 11 May 1848 – 22 October 1915) was a Germanphilosopher of theBaden School.
Windelband was born the son of a Prussian official inPotsdam. He studied atJena,Berlin, andGöttingen.
Windelband is now mainly remembered for the termsnomothetic andidiographic, which he introduced. These have currency inpsychology and other areas, though not necessarily in line with his original meanings. Windelband was aneo-Kantian who argued against other contemporary neo-Kantians, maintaining that "to understandKant rightly means to go beyond him". Against hispositivist contemporaries, Windelband argued that philosophy should engage in humanistic dialogue with the natural sciences rather than uncritically appropriating its methodologies. His interests inpsychology and cultural sciences represented an opposition topsychologism andhistoricism schools by a critical philosophic system.
Windelband relied in his effort to reach beyond Kant on such philosophers asGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,Johann Friedrich Herbart andHermann Lotze.[2] Closely associated with Windelband wasHeinrich Rickert. Windelband's disciples were not only noted philosophers, butsociologists likeMax Weber andtheologians likeErnst Troeltsch andAlbert Schweitzer.
The following works by Windelband are available in English translations:
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