Georg Friedrich Meier
Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718 – 21 June 1777) was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, he reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.
Georg Friedrich Meier | |
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| Born | 26 March 1718 |
| Died | 21 June 1777 (aged 59) |
| Education | University of Halle |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Age of Enlightenment |
| Institutions | University of Halle |
| Academic advisors | A. G. Baumgarten |
Main interests | Aesthetics |
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