Dieter Henrich

Dieter Henrich
Born (1927-01-05) 5 January 1927
Marburg, Germany
Alma mater University of Marburg
University of Frankfurt
University of Heidelberg
Harvard University
Columbia University
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Revival of
German Idealism[1]
Institutions University of Munich
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Heidelberg
Main interests
Philosophy of subjectivity, history of philosophy, aesthetics
Notable ideas
das wissende Selbstverhältnis
(the epistemic self-relation) · the transcendental subject as a primordial selfhood · Fichte's original insight (the self must already have some prior acquaintance with itself, independent of the act of reflection; identifying activity as prior to reflection)[2] · Kant's fallacy (attempting to ground the self in pure reflection; positing the moment of self-reflection as the original source of self-knowledge)

Dieter Henrich (born 5 January 1927) is a German philosopher. A contemporary thinker in the tradition of German Idealism, Henrich is particularly known for the influence of Kant, Hegel and Fichte in his work.

Life and work

Henrich studied philosophy between 1946 and 1950 at Marburg, Frankfurt and Heidelberg. He completed his PhD dissertation at Heidelberg in 1950 under the supervision of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The title of his thesis was Die Einheit der Wissenschaftslehre Max Webers (The Unity of Max Weber's Epistemology). A professor at the universities of Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg, he has also been a visiting professor to universities in the United States, such as Harvard and Columbia.

Honors

In 2008, Henrich was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the University of Tübingen.[3]

Major works

Notes

  1. Redding, Paul: "German Philosophy" (Monash University).
  2. Proposed in Dieter Henrich. "Fichte's Original Insight", Contemporary German Philosophy 1 (1982), 15–52 (translation of Henrich, Dieter (1966), "Fichtes ursprüngliche Einsicht", in: Subjektivität und Metaphysik. Festschrift für Wolfgang Cramer edited by D. Henrich und H. Wagner, Frankfurt/M., pp. 188–232).
  3. Henrich, Dieter (2009). Endlichkeit und Sammlung des Lebens. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. p. 149. ISBN 978-3-16-149948-7.

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