Georg Friedrich Meier

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1718 – 1777

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Who was Georg Friedrich Meier?

Georg Friedrich Meier was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Meier reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.

Meier studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where he was a pupil of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Meier succeeded Baumgarten as extraordinary professor, and became a full professor at Halle in 1748.

Kant used Meiers' Vernunftlehre and its abridgment for students for almost forty years in his courses on logic.

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Born
Mar 26, 1718
Nationality
  • Germany
Education
  • Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Died
Jun 21, 1777

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on July 23, 2013

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