Georg Friedrich Meier

Georg Friedrich Meier
Born (1718-03-26)26 March 1718
Saxony-Anhalt
Died 21 June 1777(1777-06-21) (aged 59)
Giebichenstein
Occupation Aesthetician and philosopher

Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718, Saxony-Anhalt – 21 June 1777, Giebichenstein) was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.[1]

Meier studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where he was a pupil of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Meier succeeded Baumgarten as extraordinary professor, and became a full professor at Halle in 1748.[2]

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References

  1. Thiel, Udo (2006), "Meier, Georg Friedrich", in Haakonssen, Knud, The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1202–3
  2. "Meier, Georg Friedrich", Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Macmillan Reference, USA

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