Johann Eduard Erdmann
| Johann Eduard Erdmann | |
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| Born | 13 June 1805 Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Valmiera, Latvia) |
| Died |
12 June 1892 (aged 86) Halle, German Empire |
| Alma mater |
University of Dorpat University of Berlin University of Kiel (PhD, 1830) |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Old Hegelians |
| Institutions | University of Halle |
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Main interests
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Metaphysics |
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Notable ideas
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Philosophy and religion converge to a common truth, even though they differ in form of approach |
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Influences
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| Johann Eduard Erdmann | |
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| Thesis | Quidnam sit discrimen philosophiam inter et theologiam (What is the Distinction between Philosophy and Theology?) (1830) |
| Academic advisors | G. W. F. Hegel |
| Notable students | Kuno Fischer |
Johann Eduard Erdmann (13 June 1805 – 12 June 1892) was a German religious pastor, historian of philosophy, and philosopher of religion, of which he wrote on the of faith and knowledge. He was known to be a follower of Friedrich Schleiermacher, whom he studied under August Carlblom, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel whom he considered as mentor. He also studied the works of Karl Daub and was to become known as a right-wing member of Hegelianism.
Erdmann was born on 13 June 1805 in Wolmar, Livonia, where his father was a pastor. His was a cousin of Julius Walter. He studied theology at Dorpat (Tartu) and afterwards at Berlin, where he fell under the influence of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and was known never to miss his lectures. Then, from 1829 to 1832 he was a minister of religion in his native town of Wolmar. Afterwards he resigned from his position as pastor to devote himself to education and philosophy, but continued to minister throughout his life. He obtained a doctoral degree in from the University of Kiel with the treatise, Quidnam sit discrimen philosophiam inter et theologiam (What is the Distinction between Philosophy and Theology?), written in 1830, in which he argued that philosophy and religion converge to a common truth, even though they differ in form of approach. In 1834 he began writing his Habilitation thesis to qualify in Berlin. This would eventually become the first volume of Versuch einer wissenschaftlichen Darstellung der Geschichte der neuern Philosophie (Attempt at a Scientific Presentation of the History of Modern Philosophy). In 1836 he was professor-extraordinary at Halle, became full professor in 1839, and remained there until his death. He died on June 12, 1892 in Halle.
He published many philosophical text-books and treatises, and a number of sermons; but his chief claim to remembrance rests on his elaborate Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (Outline the History of Philosophy, 2 vols, 1866), the 4th edition of which has been translated into English. Erdmann's special merit is that he does not rest content with being a mere summarizer of opinions, but tries to exhibit the history of human thought as a continuous and ever-developing effort to solve the great speculative problems with which man has been confronted in all ages. His chief other works were: Leib und Seele (Body and Soul, 1837), Grundriss der Psychologie (Outline of Psychology, 1840), Grundriss der Logik und Metaphysik (Outline of Logic and Metaphysics, 1841), and Psychologische Briefe (Psychological Letters, 1851).
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