Johann friedrich herbart biography of barack
A text-book in psychology; an attempt to found the science of psychology on experience, metaphysics, and mathematics.
Though little known today, Johann Friedrich Herbart was one of the leading philosophers of his age, the competitor of Schelling and Hegel.!
Herbart, Johann Friedrich
(b. Oldenburg, Germany, 4 May 1776; d.
Göttingen, Germany, 14 August 1841)
philosophy, psychology, pedagogy.
Herbart was first greatly interested in science and music, but at Jena he studied philosophy and law. He was strongly influenced by Enlightenment thought, particularly Kant’s ethics and Fichte’s metaphysics.
Later he became a close friend of Pestalozzi.
This is the first intellectual biography of Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841), one of the leading philosophers of his age, the competitor of Schelling.Herbart received his doctorate and qualified for lecturing at Göttingen, where he lectured on philosophy and pedagogy. In 1808 he accepted an invitation to take over Kant’s chair at Königsberg, where he established the first pedagogical institute with an experimental school.
He also served on various commissions responsible for the improvement of the Prussian educational system.
According to Herbart, the structure and operation of man’s perception are conditioned by the changing complex of ultimate entities of reality, which he called the “reals” (Realen).
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