Wilhelm G. Jacobs

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Wilhelm G. Jacobs (born April 2, 1935 in Troisdorf ) is a German philosopher. His research focus is the philosophy of German idealism . He is co-editor of the historical-critical Schelling edition, which has been published since 1976 .

After graduating from high school in Siegburg in 1955 , Jacobs studied philosophy , German and theology in Bonn , Frankfurt am Main , Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich . In 1964 he did his doctorate with Reinhard Lauth in Munich with the thesis Trieb als Morethliches Phenomenon. An investigation into the foundations of philosophy according to Kant and Fichte .

In 1968 he joined the Schelling Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In 1971 he was given a teaching position at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he completed his habilitation in 1984 with a thesis on the philosophy of Friedrich Schelling and was appointed professor there in 1994.

Jacobs co-founded the Working Group on Philosophical Editions of the German Society for Philosophy in 1973 and has been a member of its governing committee since it was founded. He was a co-founder in 1986, then secretary and president, and is now a member of the advisory board of the International Schelling Society . In 2003 Jacobs co-founded the German-Polish Society for Philosophy and was its president until 2009. He is an honorary member of the German Society for Philosophy and the Japanese Schelling Society .

Publications (selection)

  • Drive as a moral phenomenon. An investigation into the foundations of philosophy according to Kant and Fichte . Treatises on philosophy, psychology and pedagogy. Vol. 40. Bonn 1967.
  • JG Fichte bibliography . Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1968. (together with Hans Michael Baumgartner )
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte in personal testimonies and photo documents . rowohlt's monographs. Third edition Reinbek 1998.
  • Between revolution and orthodoxy? Schelling and his friends in the monastery and at the University of Tübingen. Texts and investigations . Speculation and experience. Texts and studies on German idealism. Vol. II, 12. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1989.
  • Concept of God and philosophy of history in Schelling's view. Speculation and experience . Texts and studies on German idealism. Vol. II, 29th Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1993.
  • Read Schelling . legend 3. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2004.
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte. A biography . Berlin 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Wilhelm G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Troisdorf