Johann Georg Heinrich Feder
Johann Georg Heinrich spring ( born May 15, 1740 in Schornweisach, † February 22, 1821 in Hannover ) was a German philosopher.
Life
Johann Georg Heinrich spring studied at Erlangen theology and education, was from 1768 to 1782 professor of philosophy at the University of Göttingen; died as director of the Institute Page. His writings were widely read because of its clear and tasteful presentation on their time. He joined the Kantian idealism contrary decision. He became famous for his criticism of the amendment Christian Garve to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. " Spring emphasizes the crucial importance of psychology to philosophy, which he considered essentially a purely practical and empirical point of view " ( Ziegenfuss ). As a philosopher, was one of the better spring of inclining to the Leibniz - Wolffian school Christian eclectics, which sought to make philosophy to the spread of education, especially for the transport of non-profit psychological knowledge and the culture of the aesthetic and the historical judgment usable. From 1788-1791 the Enlightenment gave together with Christian Meiners the journal "Philosophical Library " out, which also published several articles by him.
Spring was a member of the Masonic Lodge Auguste to the three flames in Göttingen since 1782.
After his his scientific reputation detrimental controversy with Immanuel Kant left spring Göttingen and was in Hannover Head of Georgianums (up to its final resolution 1811) and also in 1802 the Royal Library (today: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library ) in Hanover and in 1806 Director of the court school.
His son Karl August Ludwig spring became director of the Royal Library in Darmstadt.
Works
- Outline of the philosophical sciences, together with the necessary history to use his listeners. Johann Carl Findeisen, Coburg 1767, Coburg, 2nd edition 1769
- Textbook of practical philosophy. 4th edition Dieterich, Göttingen 1776 ( digitized )
- Examinations of the human will. 2nd edition, Lemgo 1785-1792, 4 vols
- About space and causality. 1787
- Feder's life, nature and principles. Autobiography, ed. Karl August Ludwig spring. Leipzig 1825