Johann Friedrich Herbart

Johann Friedrich Herbart (German: [ˈhɛʁbaʁt]; 4 May 1776 – 14 August 1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline.

Johann Friedrich Herbart
Engraving by Conrad Geyer
Born(1776-05-04)4 May 1776
Died14 August 1841(1841-08-14) (aged 65)
Alma materUniversity of Jena
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolGerman idealism
Post-Kantianism
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
University of Königsberg
Main interests
Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics
Notable ideas
Pluralistic realism
Pedagogy as an academic discipline

Herbart is now remembered amongst the post-Kantian philosophers mostly as making the greatest contrast to Hegel—in particular in relation to aesthetics. His educational philosophy is known as Herbartianism.

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