Julius Bergmann (; 1 April 1839, Opherdike,

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– 24 August 1904,

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) was a German philosopher.

Biography

At the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

and at the

Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

, he devoted himself to

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

and

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. At Göttingen, he studied logic under

Hermann Lotze Rudolf Hermann Lotze (; ; 21 May 1817 – 1 July 1881) was a German philosopher and logician. He also had a medical degree and was well versed in biology. He argued that if the physical world is governed by mechanical laws and relations, then de ...

. He was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg () was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant Reformation, Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke A ...

in 1872, and three years later to a similar chair at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Prote ...

Works

Among his more important writings are: *''Grundlinien einer Theorie des Bewusstseins'' (''Outlines of a theory of consciousness'', 1870) * ''Zur Beurteilung des Kriticismus'' (''On judging criticism'', 1875) * ''Reine Logik'' (''Pure logic'', 1879) * ''Sein und Erkennen'' (''To be and to recognize'', 1880) * ''Die Grundprobleme der Logik'' (''Fundamental problems in logic'', 1882) * ''Geschichte der Philosophie'' (''History of philosophy'', 1892–94) * ''Untersuchungen über Hauptpunkte der Philosophie'' (''Investigations on the main points of philosophy'', 1900) * ''System des objektiven Idealismus'' (''A system of objective idealism'', 1903)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergmann, Julius 1839 births 1904 deaths 19th-century German philosophers Writers from the Kingdom of Prussia Humboldt University of Berlin alumni People from the Province of Westphalia People from Unna (district) University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Königsberg Academic staff of the University of Marburg German male writers 20th-century German philosophers