|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories |
Research categories
View all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com
|
||
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vaihinge.html" title="Facts and information about Hans Vaihinger">Hans Vaihinger</a>
Hans Vaihinger , 1852-1933, German philosopher. Educated at Tübingen, Leipzig, and Berlin, he served at Strasbourg first as tutor and then as professor of philosophy. One of the great Kant scholars, in 1884 he went to Halle, where he became full professor in 1892. His studies of Kant culminated in Kant—ein Metaphysiker? (1899). His own system was set forth in 1911 and was translated into English as The Philosophy of As If (1924). He argued that since reality cannot be truly known, human beings construct systems of thought to satisfy their needs and then assume that actuality agrees with their constructions; i.e., people act "as if" the real were what they assume it to be.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
"Hans Vaihinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
"Hans Vaihinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vaihinge.html
"Hans Vaihinger." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Vaihinge.html
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
Vaihinger and the 'as if.' (humanist philosopher Hans Vaihinger)(Is There a...
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry Handy, Rollo June 22, 1995 700+ words ...megalomania," said the young Hans Vaihinger (1852-1933). Although much...However, somewhat like Santayana, Vaihinger saw aesthetic and ethical value...ways making the world better. For Vaihinger, religion should be construed... |
|
Hans Vaihinger's ghostly presence in contemporary literary studies.
Magazine article from: Criticism Stampfel, Barry June 22, 1998 700+ words In literary studies today, Hans Vaihinger seems to be distinctly marginal...to undermine the assumption that Vaihinger today is of slight importance not...modest but suggestive body of recent Vaihinger-inflected critical literature... |
|
|
Introduction: fantasy, religion, and missing teeth.(Is There a Need for...
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry Madigan, Timothy J. June 22, 1995 700+ words ...answer was postulated by the philosopher Hans Vaihinger (see Rollo Handy's article on page 45 for details on Vaihinger's life). In his major work, The...of themselves as thinking beings. Vaihinger writes: . . . the emancipated thought... |
|
Adlerian and Constructivist Psychotherapies: An Adlerian Perspective
Magazine article from: Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy Bernard H Shulman; Richard E Watts January 1, 1997 700+ words ...traced back to Vico, Kant, and Vaihinger (Mahoney, 1988)-each of whom...Kant and the "as if philosophy of Hans Vaihinger (Ansbacher & Ansbacher...Shulman (1985) states that Vaihinger was the key to Adler's casting... |
|
Anything for an easy life.(NewMedia Spark strategy)(Company Operations)
Magazine article from: New Media Age Dudley, Dominic June 28, 2001 700+ words IN 1911 HANS VAIHINGER, A German philosopher, published a...path, even if they've never heard of Vaihinger. NewMedia Spark is one of many that...enough, short-sightedness forced Vaihinger's retirement from a job teaching philosophy... |
|
Adlerian counseling: Aviable approach for contemporary practice
Magazine article from: TCA Journal Watts, Richard E April 1, 2000 700+ words ...philosophy of Immanuel Kant and the "as if' philosophy of Hans Vaihinger (Ansbacher & Ansbacher, 1956; Ellenberger, 1970; Shulman, 1985). Both Kant and Vaihinger emphasized the proactive, form-giving, and fictional... |
|
Let me tell you a story.
Magazine article from: Trial Spence, Gerry February 1, 1995 700+ words ...argument will always be story. The German philosopher Hans Vaihinger, in his important but in America little-known book...argument that depends upon "fictional thinking," as Vaihinger called it, is the most powerful of all arguments... |
|
Alfred Adler's family constellation and fictional finalism: (This the third in...
Newspaper article from: Subconsciously Speaking Durbin, Paul G. January 1, 2007 700+ words ...FICTIONAL FINALISM: Adler was influenced by the philosopher Hans Vaihinger whose book, The Psychology of the "As If" was published in 1911. In this book, Vaihinger proposed that people live by many fictional ideals that... |
|
|
Family constellation and Fictional Finalism: next in a series of articles on...
Newspaper article from: Subconsciously Speaking Durbin, Paul G. July 1, 2005 700+ words ...of attention. FICTIONAL FINALISM: Adler was influenced by the philosopher Hans Vaihinger whose book, The Psychology of the "As If" was published in 1911. Vaihinger proposed that people live by many fictional ideals that have no relation to... |
|
Dichtung und Briefwechsel aus dem deutschprachigen Nachlass.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today Terras, Victor March 22, 1996 700+ words ...insight into Ivanov's private life. The correspondence with the journalist Bernt von Heiseler, the philosopher Hans Vaihinger, and the writer Erich Muller-Gangloff is more episodic yet also of interest. Ivanov's German versions of some... |
For more facts and information, see all related premium articles
|
Hans Vaihinger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hans Vaihinger , 1852-1933, German philosopher. Educated at Tübingen, Leipzig, and Berlin, he served at Strasbourg first as tutor... |
Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
