Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911)
Author of Introduction to the Human Sciences
About the Author
Born in Biebrich, Germany, the son of a Reformed clergyman, Wilhelm Dilthey studied theology in Wiesbaden and Heidelberg but then moved to Berlin, where he turned to history and philosophy. He held professorships at Basel (1866), Kiel (1868), and Breslau (1871) before becoming Lotze's successor in show more Berlin (1882), where he taught until 1905. Dilthey wrote many essays on history, the history of philosophy, and the foundation of the human sciences (or Geisteswissen schaften, "sciences of spirit"), his contribution to which is the main source of his lasting influence. He is associated with the idea of "philosophy of life" - that lived experience is both the source and the sole subject matter of philosophy. He argued that the human sciences have an aim and method that differs from the natural sciences because they are founded not on causal explanation but on "understanding," which leads to interpretation of the meaning of lived experience. Dilthey's approach to the human studies is holistic, and he is concerned about the problem of historicism, raised by incommensurability of the life experiences and understanding of different ages. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Wilhelm Dilthey
Dilthey's Philosophy of Existence: Introduction to Weltanschauungslehre: Translation of an Essay With Introduction (1978) 6 copies, 1 review
La historia de la filosofía 6 copies
Von Deutscher Dichtung Und Musik: Aus den Studien zur Geschichte des deutschen Geistes (2007) 5 copies
Leibniz e a sua época 4 copies
Die geistige Welt : Einleitung in die Philosophie des Lebens. Hälfte 2. Abhandlungen zur Poetik, Ethik und Pädagogik (1994) 3 copies
Sistemas da Ética 2 copies
Leben Schleiermachers: Zweiter Band Schleiermachers System Als Philosophie Und Theologie (1966) 2 copies
Schiller 2 copies
Der Aufbau der geschichtlichen Welt in den Geisteswissenschaften. esammelte Schriften. VII. Band. 1 copy
Vom Aufgang des geschichtlichen Bewuátseins (Wilhelm Dilthey. Gesammelte Schriften) (German Edition) (1988) 1 copy
Sistema de la Ética. 1 copy
Padagogik: Geschichte und Grundlinien des Systems (Wilhelm Dilthey. Gesammelte Schriften) (German Edition) (2008) 1 copy
Η γένεση της ερμηνευτικής 1 copy
Izpiritua-zientzietarako sarrera : gizartea eta historiaren estudiorako oinarriztapen saiakuntza (1901) 1 copy
HISTORIA DE LA FILOSOFÍA 1 copy
EL MUNDO HISTÓRICO 1 copy
La vie historique : Manuscrits relatifs à une suite de L'édification du monde historique dans les sciences de l'esprit (2014) 1 copy
Pesnička imaginacija 1 copy
Lo storicismo contemporaneo 1 copy
Život a dejinné vedomie 1 copy
Logik und System der philosophischen Wissenschaften (Wilhelm Dilthey. Gesammelte Schriften) (1990) 1 copy
Aufsätze zur Philosophie 1 copy
Sistema da ética 1 copy
Systematische philosophie 1 copy
Associated Works
The intellectual tradition of modern Germany : A collection of writings from the eighteenth to the twentieth century (1973) — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dilthey, Wilhelm
- Birthdate
- 1833-11-19
- Date of death
- 1911-10-01
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Berlin (PhD, 1864; Dr. phil. hab., 1864)
- Occupations
- historian
professor
philosopher
psychologist
sociologist - Organizations
- University of Berlin
University of Basel - Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
- Place of death
- Seis am Schlern, Austria-Hungary (now Italy)
- Associated Place (for map)
- Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
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Reviews
Dilthey's Philosophy of existence : introduction to Weltanschauungslehre : translation of an essay by Wilhelm Dilthey
This is a good little half-forgotten book in the history of philosophy. Dilthey's march through the formation of worldviews in the first chapters is tough going, but once he starts looking at particular formations- first religion, then poetry, then metaphysics, and then again at naturalism, subjective idealism, and objective idealism -things begin to flow beautifully. The final chapter that describes objective idealism as a sort of pantheistic sympathy that tries to see the unity in all show more things, is actually rather moving, though it's hard for me to see how he includes in this category both Hegel and Schopenhauer.
My only substantive complaint is that Dilthey has two chapters in the middle of the book which are very nearly identical. I'm not sure what happened, but on first impression it didn't seem like the second was a clarification on the first. Instead, it seemed like Dilthey accidentally slipped in a first draft copy in before a final draft copy of a chapter and didn't correct the error before publication. show less
My only substantive complaint is that Dilthey has two chapters in the middle of the book which are very nearly identical. I'm not sure what happened, but on first impression it didn't seem like the second was a clarification on the first. Instead, it seemed like Dilthey accidentally slipped in a first draft copy in before a final draft copy of a chapter and didn't correct the error before publication. show less
Dec 5, 2019Spanish
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