Erich Rothacker

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Erich Rothacker
Born	(1881-03-12)12 March 1881 Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died	11 August 1965(1965-08-11) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupation	Philosopher

Erich Rothacker (March 12, 1888 – August 11, 1965) was a German philosopher, a leading exponent of philosophical anthropology. His first major work, Logik und Systematik der Geisteswissenschaften (Logic of the Human Sciences, 1920), presents the view that actual historical individuals, whose cognitive equipment is partially created by a specific cultural community while at the same time constantly modifying it, are the elements that constitute the subject of knowledge, rather than a timeless universal entity as it is represented by Descartes or Locke.

Literary works

Einleitung in die Geisteswissenschaften (1920)
Logik und Systematik der Geisteswissenschaften (Logic of the Human Sciences, 1920)
Die Schichten der Persönlichkeit, 1938
Mensch und Geschichte, 1944
Probleme der Kulturanthropologie (Problems of the Anthropology of Culture, 1948)

External links

Erich Rothacker in the German National Library catalogue
Leonore Bazinek (1994). "Erich Rothacker". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 8. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 752–756. ISBN 3-88309-053-0.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 22180968 LCCN: no95048338 ISNI: 0000 0001 1022 4591 GND: 118603175 SUDOC: 030141443 BNF: cb12161696m

Persondata
Name	Rothacker, Erich
Alternative names
Short description	German philosopher
Date of birth	March 12, 1888
Place of birth	Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date of death	August 11, 1965
Place of death	Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

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