Jakob Friedrich Fries

Jakob Friedrich Fries (German: [fʁiːs]; 23 August 1773 – 10 August 1843) was a German post-Kantian philosopher and mathematician.

Jakob Friedrich Fries
Born23 August 1773 (1773-08-23)
Barby (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died10 August 1843 (1843-08-11) (aged 69)
Jena (present-day Thuringia, Germany)
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig
University of Jena
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPost-Kantianism
InstitutionsUniversity of Jena
Main interests
Metaphysics
Psychology
Philosophy of science
Philosophical logic
Notable ideas
Empirical psychology as the basis of critical and transcendental philosophy
Fries's trilemma
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