Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
E101760
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was an 18th-century German philosopher best known for founding modern aesthetics as a distinct philosophical discipline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment philosopher
ⓘ
German philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
epistemology
ⓘ
philosophy of art ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1714-07-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Berlin
ⓘ
Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | aesthetics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| deathDate | 1762-05-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Frankfurt (Oder)
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankfurt an der Oder
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| educatedAt | University of Halle ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Frankfurt (Oder)
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Frankfurt an der Oder
University of Frankfurt (Oder) ⓘ
surface form:
Viadrina European University
|
| era | 18th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Baumgarten ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
ⓘ
logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| influenced |
German idealism
ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian Wolff
ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ |
| knownFor | founding modern aesthetics as a distinct philosophical discipline ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
German Enlightenment
ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ |
| name | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea | aesthetics as the science of sensuous cognition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aesthetica
ⓘ
Metaphysica ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sibling | Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.