Wilhelm Windelband

Wilhelm Windelband
Wilhelm Windelband, prior to 1905
Born(1848-05-11)11 May 1848
Died22 October 1915(1915-10-22) (aged 67)
Alma materUniversity of Jena
University of Berlin
University of Göttingen (Dr. phil., 1870)
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeo-Kantianism (Baden School)
Foundationalism[1]
ThesisDie Lehren vom Zufall (The Theories of Chance) (1870)
Doctoral advisorHermann Lotze
Doctoral studentsHeinrich Rickert
Main interests
Metaphysics, philosophical logic
Notable ideas
The nomotheticidiographic distinction

Wilhelm Windelband (/ˈvɪndəlbænd/; 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.