Karl Franz von Irwing
Karl Franz von Irwing (born November 28, 1728 in Berlin ; † December 17, 1801 ) was a German senior consistory advisor and philosophical writer.
His parents were Wilhelm von Irwing and Maria von Jablonski , a daughter of the philosopher Daniel Ernst Jablonski .
He was a member of the Berlin Wednesday Society . Influenced by the Swiss empiricist Charles Bonnet , Irwing traces all knowledge back to external and internal experience; like the latter, he emphasizes the function of attention and the activity of the soul and, like Johann Georg Sulzer , differentiates between sensations and feelings. Language creates understanding, concepts are actually words.
Works
- Experiences and studies about man. 2., verm. And verb. Edition Berlin: published by the Realschulbuchhandlung, 1777–1779. Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 , Volume 4
- Thoughts on the teaching method in philosophy: to the Lord v. B. Berlin, 1773. Digitized
- Attempt at the origin of the knowledge of truth, etc. of the sciences: a contribution to the philosophical history of mankind. Berlin 1781. Digitized
- Fragment of natural morality or reflections on the natural means of happiness: on the occasion of the Manheim prize-giving to put a stop to child murder by means of the means. Berlin 1782. Digitized
literature
- Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 454 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Rudolf Eisler , Philosophers' Lexicon . Berlin 1912, p. 307
- Jonathan Forbes Leslie, The Irvines of Drum and collateral branches p.191
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| SURNAME | Irwing, Karl Franz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German senior consistory advisor and philosophical writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1801 |