Wilhelm Dilthey

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German historian German philosopher historian human philosopher

Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian known for founding modern hermeneutics and developing a comprehensive theory of the human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften).

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Dilthey ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German historian → German philosopher → historian → human → philosopher →
birthDate	1833-11-19 →
birthPlace	Biebrich → Duchy of Nassau → Germany →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
deathDate	1911-10-01 →
deathPlace	Seis am Schlern → South Tyrol →
educatedAt	University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED →
employer	University of Basel → University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Breslau → University of Kiel NERFINISHED →
familyName	Dilthey →
fieldOfWork	Geisteswissenschaften → epistemology → hermeneutics → philosophy of history → philosophy of the human sciences →
givenName	Wilhelm →
influenced	Hans-Georg Gadamer → Jürgen Habermas → Karl Jaspers → Martin Heidegger → Max Weber → Paul Ricoeur →
influencedBy	Friedrich Schleiermacher → G. W. F. Hegel → Immanuel Kant → Johann Gustav Droysen →
knownFor	Lebensphilosophie → concept of lived experience → founding modern hermeneutics → theory of the human sciences →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
movement	Lebensphilosophie → hermeneutics → historicism →
name	Wilhelm Dilthey →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableConcept	Verstehen → hermeneutic circle in the human sciences → lived experience →
notableWork	Der Aufbau der geschichtlichen Welt in den Geisteswissenschaften → Einleitung in die Geisteswissenschaften →
occupation	historian → philosopher →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernst Cassirer → Martin Heidegger → Max Weber →	influencedBy
Wilhelm Dilthey ("Dilthey") →	familyName
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
Wilhelm Dilthey →	name