Johann Friedrich Herbart
Johann Friedrich Herbart | |
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Engraving by Conrad Geyer | |
| Born | 4 May 1776 |
| Died | 14 August 1841 (aged 65) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Jena |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | German idealism Post-Kantianism |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Königsberg |
| Main interests | Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics |
| Notable ideas | Pluralistic realism Pedagogy as an academic discipline |
Johann Friedrich Herbart (German: [ˈhɛʁbaʁt]; 4 May 1776 – 14 August 1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline.
Herbart is now remembered amongst the post-Kantian philosophers mostly as making the greatest contrast to Hegel—in particular in relation to aesthetics. His educational philosophy is known as Herbartianism.