Dieter Henrich | |
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Born |
Marburg, Germany |
5 January 1927
Alma mater |
University of Marburg University of Frankfurt University of Heidelberg |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Revival of German Idealism |
Institutions |
University of Munich Humboldt University of Berlin University of Heidelberg Harvard University Columbia University |
Main interests
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Philosophy of subjectivity, history of philosophy, aesthetics |
Notable ideas
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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) · Kant's fallacy (attempting to ground the self in pure reflection; positing the moment of self-reflection as the original source of self-knowledge) |
Influenced
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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.
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.
In 2008, Henrich was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the University of Tübingen.