Heinrich Rickert

Heinrich Rickert
Born
Heinrich John Rickert

(1863-05-25)25 May 1863
Danzig, Prussia (now Gdańsk, Poland)
Died25 July 1936(1936-07-25) (aged 73)
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Berlin
University of Strasbourg (PhD, 1888)
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeo-Kantianism (Baden school)
InstitutionsUniversity of Freiburg (1894–1915)
Heidelberg (1915–1932)
ThesisZur Lehre von der Definition (On the Theory of Definition) (1888)
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Windelband
Doctoral studentsBruno Bauch
Martin Heidegger
Other notable studentsRudolf Carnap
Main interests
Epistemology
Notable ideas
Qualitative distinction held to be made between historical and scientific facts
Distinction between knowing (kennen) and cognizing (erkennen)[1]

Heinrich John Rickert (German: [ˈʁɪkɐt]; 25 May 1863 – 25 July 1936) was a German philosopher, one of the leading neo-Kantians.

  1. ^ Heinrich Rickert, "Knowing and Cognizing: Critical Remarks on Theoretical Intuitionism," in The Neo-Kantian Reader: An Anthology of Key Texts. Edited by Sebastian Luft. New York/London: Routledge, 2012, pp. 384–395.