Johannes Andreas Rüdiger (1 November 1673 – 6 June 1731) was a

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Main works

* 1707 Philosophia synthetica * 1709, 1722 De sensu veri et falsi * 1711, 1717, 1718 Institutiones eruditionis (= Institutiones philosophiae systematicae) * 1716 Physica divina * 1717 Obiectiones contra Physicam divinam... cum notis Auctoris Physicae divinae * 1723, 1729 Philosophia pragmatica

References

* * * Schepers, Heinrich, ''Andreas Rüdigers Methodologie und ihre Voraussetzungen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der deutschen Schulphilosophie im 18. Jahrhundert'', Köln 1959 (Kantstudien Ergänzungshefte, Bd. 78). * Suitner, Riccarda, "Jus naturae und natura humana in August Friedrich Müllers handschriftlichem Kommentar zu Andreas Rüdigers Institutiones eruditionis", in: Jahrbuch Aufklärung 25 (2014), special issue "Natur", ed. by Martin Mulsow/Friedrich Vollhardt, pp. 113–132 18th-century German physicists 1673 births 1731 deaths 18th-century German philosophers {{Germany-scientist-stub