Max Apel

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Max Apel (born May 16, 1869 in Berlin ; † 1945 ) was a German philosopher and university professor.

Life

He was the son of the father of the same name and his wife, née Brand. He studied philosophy at the University of Berlin , where he in 1894 also to Dr. phil. PhD. The subject of his inaugural dissertation was The Basic Concepts of the Critique of Pure Reason Receptivity, Spontaneity and Intellectual Intuition, in Their Significance for Critical Epistemology .

He then worked as director and lecturer in philosophy at the "Free University" in Berlin. He achieved supraregional fame in particular through his Philosophical Dictionary , which appeared for the first time in 1930 and was edited in the sixth edition in 1976 by Peter Christian Ludz.

Max Apel was a member of the Kant Society and the Society for Ethical Culture .

Works (selection)

  • Kant's epistemology and his position on metaphysics. An introduction to the study of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason , Berlin, 1895.
  • Critical comments on Haeckel's "Weltträtsel": a commentary for thoughtful readers , Berlin, 1904.
  • How do you study philosophy? A guide to the study and self-study of philosophy, at the same time an introduction to philosophical problems , Stuttgart, 1911.
  • Gift schools. Free passage for the German youth , Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1917.
  • The elementary school as a single school , Berlin, 1919.
  • The Adult Education Center in New Germany , Berlin, 1919.
  • Introduction to Philosophy , Charlottenburg, 1920.
  • The worldview of materialism , Charlottenburg, 1920.
  • Philosophy at the adult education center , Langensalza, 1920.
  • (Ed.): The liveability of the adult education center. Statements by the listeners , Charlottenburg, 1920.
  • Introduction to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason , Charlottenburg, 1921.
  • Commentary on Kant's Prolegomena; an introduction to critical philosophy , Leipzig, 1923.
  • Philosophical Dictionary , Berlin, 1930.
  • Introduction to Josef Dietzgen's world of thought. A Critique of the Materialist Weltanschauung , Berlin, 1931.
  • The world views of the great thinkers , Leipzig, Reclam, undated [approx. 1931].
  • (with Peter Ludz): Philosophical Dictionary , 6th edition, Berlin, New York, de Gruyter, 1976.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philosophical Dictionary , 6th edition, Berlin, New York, de Gruyter, 1976.
personal data
SURNAME Apel, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1945