Hermann Cohen

Hermann Cohen
Born4 July 1842
Coswig, Anhalt-Bernburg, German Confederation
Died4 April 1918(1918-04-04) (aged 75)
Berlin, German Empire
Education
EducationJewish Theological Seminary of Breslau
University of Breslau
University of Berlin
University of Halle
ThesisDie Systematischen Begriffe in Kants Vorkritischen Schriften Nach Ihrem Verhältniss Zum Kritischen Idealismus (The Systematic Terms in Kant's Pre-critical Writings According to Their Relationship to Critical Idealism) (1873)
Philosophical work
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeo-Kantianism (Marburg School)
InstitutionsUniversity of Marburg
Doctoral studentsPaul Natorp
Notable studentsErnst Cassirer
Nicolai Hartmann
Franz Rosenzweig
Main interestsEthics

Hermann Cohen (/ˈkən/; German: [ˈkoːən]; 4 July 1842 – 4 April 1918) was a German philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most important Jewish philosopher of the nineteenth century".