Southwest German School of Neo-Kantianism

The Southwest German School of Neo-Kantianism (also Badische Schule ) is a branch of the philosophical movement of Neo-Kantianism , which was taught around 1890 to 1930 primarily at the universities in Heidelberg , Freiburg im Breisgau and Strasbourg . The main representatives were Wilhelm Windelband (1848–1915) and Heinrich Rickert (1863–1936)

The starting point is Windelband's method dualism , which defines the natural sciences as nomothetic (law-generalizing) and the humanities as idiographic (individualizing-descriptive). Representatives of the Southwest German School then took part in the discussion about the definition of the concept and method of the humanities, while the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism concentrated largely on an a priori epistemology oriented towards the natural sciences .

The other representatives include:

• Hugo Münsterberg (1863-1916)
• Max Weber (1864-1920)
• Jonas Cohn (1869–1947)
• Emil Lask (1875-1915)
• Bruno Bauch (1877–1942)
• Gustav Radbruch (1878–1949)
• Helmuth Plessner (1892–1985)
• Eugen Herrigel (1884–1955)

literature

• Ernst Troeltsch : The historical concept of development in modern philosophy of spirit and life. II. The Marburg School, the Southwest German School, Simmel . In: Historische Zeitschrift 124, 1921, pp. 377–449
• Wolfgang Röd : The way of philosophy from the beginnings to the 20th century . Volume 2: 17th to 20th century . CH Beck, Munich 2000, pp. 362-365.

Web links

• Neo-Kantianism Part 2: The Southwest German or Baden School at Philosophy Round at Jimdo