Nicolai Hartmann
Nicolai Hartmann | |
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| Born | 19 February [O.S. 7] 1882 |
| Died | 9 October 1950 (aged 68) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Yuryev Saint Petersburg Imperial University University of Marburg |
| Academic advisors | Hermann Cohen Paul Natorp |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Neo-Kantianism (early) Realist phenomenology (late) Critical realism (late) |
| Doctoral students | Carl Gustav Hempel |
| Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics |
| Notable ideas | Strata of Being (Seinsschichten), new ontology (neue Ontologie), categorial novum |
Paul Nicolai Hartmann (German: [ˈhaʁtman]; 20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a German philosopher. He is regarded as a key representative of critical realism and as one of the most important twentieth-century metaphysicians.