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Johann Friedrich Herbart | |
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Born | |
Died | 14 August 1841 | (aged 65)
Alma mater | University of Jena |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | German idealism Post-Kantianism[1] |
Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Königsberg |
Main interests | Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics |
Notable ideas | Pluralistic realism Pedagogy as an academic discipline |
Johann Friedrich Herbart (German: [ˈhɛʁbaʁt]; 4 May 1776 – 14 August 1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline.
Herbart is now remembered amongst the post-Kantian philosophers mostly as making the greatest contrast to Hegel—in particular in relation to aesthetics. His educational philosophy is known as Herbartianism.