Ernst Julius Wilhelm Schuppe (5 May 1836 – 29 March 1913) was a German positivist

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, born in Brieg,

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. He advocated what he called ' immanent philosophy'.

Life

In 1860 Schuppe received his

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from the

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with a

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. From 1861 he was a school teacher in

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, Breslau,

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and

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. In 1873 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the

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, becoming university

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in 1884. He died in Breslau.

Thought

Schuppe is known for promoting a concept of conscious

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, an idea in which the subject and

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form a unity. His philosophy of immanence, or ego, was to be regarded with certainty and to be used as a starting point for

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Written works

* ''Das menschliche Denken'', (The

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), 1870 * '' Erkenntnistheoretische Logik'' (

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logic), 1878 * ''Grundzuge der Ethik und Rechtsphilosophie'' (Basic course of the ethics and

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), 1882 * ''Das metaphys. Motiv und die Geschichte der Philosophie im Umrisse'' (The

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. Motive and the

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in outline), 1882 * ''Der Begriff des subjektiven Rechts'' (The notion of subjective right), 1887 * ''Das Gewohnheitsrecht'' (The

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), 1890 * ''Das Recht des Besitzes'' (The right of ownership), 1891. * ''Grundriß der Erkenntnistheorie und Logik'' (Outline of epistemology and logic) 1894 * ''Begriff und Grenzen der Psychologie'' (Concept and limits of

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), 1896 * ''Die immanente Philosophie'' (The inherent philosophy), 1897 * ''Der Solipsismus'' (

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), 1898 * ''Das System der Wissenschaften und das des Seienden'' (The system of science and of being), 1898 * ''Psychologismus und Normcharakter der Logik'' (Psychology and normative character of logic), 1901 * ''Was ist Bildung?'' (What is education?) 1900 * ''Der Zusammenhang von Leib und Seele'' (The relationship of body and soul). 1902.

Notes

References

Eisler, Rudolf: ''Philosophen-Lexikon''. Berlin 1912, S. 663-664.
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