Research topic: Johann Friedrich Herbart

Johann Friedrich Herbart , 1776-1841, German philosopher and educator. Influenced by Leibniz, Kant, and Fichte, Herbart made many important contributions to psychology. In 1805 he lectured at Göttingen and from 1809 to 1833 held the chair of philosophy at Königsberg. He then returned to Göttingen as professor of philosophy. Psychologie als Wissenschaft (1824-25) was his major psychological work and Allgemeine Metaphysik (1828-29) his most important philosophical study. Herbart held that the concepts of change and becoming harbored a contradiction that destroyed the reality... Read more