Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from

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. A follower of Ramus and pupil of

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at the

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(''Academia Nassauensis''), Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg (

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) in

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, where he died.

Works

* ''Philosophiae primae seminarium'', 1652 ( second edition: Lugduni Batavorum, 1657). * ''Elementorum logicorum libri tres'', Lugduni Batavorum, 1657. * ''Bisterfeldius redivivus'', Hagae-Comitum, 1661, appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being ''Alphabeti philosophici libri tres'', on

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and the second ''Logica disputandi''; this work is considered an influence on

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Notes

External links

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The Correspondence of Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld
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