Southwest German School

E407491

The Southwest German School was a prominent branch of Neo-Kantian philosophy centered around thinkers like Wilhelm Windelband and Heinrich Rickert, known for its focus on the methodology of the cultural and historical sciences.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South-West German School 1
Southwest German School canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Kantian school of philosophy
philosophical movement
aimedTo provide a rigorous foundation for the cultural sciences
reformulate Kantian philosophy for modern science
alsoKnownAs Neo-Kantianism
surface form: Baden School of Neo-Kantianism

Southwest German School
surface form: South-West German School
associatedWith Freiburg University
surface form: University of Freiburg

University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Marburg School
psychologism in epistemology
coreConcept ideal types in cultural sciences
nomothetic versus idiographic sciences
value-freedom of scientific validity
value-relevance (Wertbeziehung)
country Germany
emergedAfter crisis of German idealism
emphasizes distinction between facts and values
logical and normative structures of knowledge
role of cultural values in selecting and organizing historical facts
focusesOn concept formation in the cultural sciences
distinction between natural sciences and cultural sciences
methodological dualism between explanation and understanding
role of values in knowledge
historicalContext German Empire
Weimar Republic
influenced 20th-century philosophy of science
German historical school of economics
surface form: German historicism

phenomenology and hermeneutics
sociology of Max Weber
influencedBy Immanuel Kant
Neo-Kantianism
surface form: Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism

Neo-Kantianism
surface form: Neo-Kantian movement
mainInterest epistemology
methodology of the cultural sciences
methodology of the historical sciences
philosophy of culture
theory of science
value theory
notablePhilosopher Bruno Bauch
Emil Lask
Heinrich Rickert
Jonas Cohn
Wilhelm Windelband
period early 20th century
late 19th century
philosophicalTradition Neo-Kantianism
region southwestern Germany
surface form: Southwest Germany

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neo-Kantianism hasBranch Southwest German School
Southwest German School alsoKnownAs Southwest German School
this entity surface form: South-West German School