Julius Bergmann (1 April 1839, in Opherdike,

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– 24 August 1904, in

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) was a German philosopher.

Biography

At the

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and at the

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, he devoted himself to

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

, was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...

in 1872, and three years later to a similar chair at the

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Works

Among his more important writings are: *''Grundlinien einer Theorie des Bewusstseins'' (''Outlines of a theory of consciousness'', 1870) * ''Zur Beurteilung des Kriticismus'' (''On judging criticism'', 1875) * ''Reine Logik'' (''Pure logic'', 1879) * ''Sein und Erkennen'' (''To be and to recognize'', 1880) * ''Die Grundprobleme der Logik'' (''Fundamental problems in logic'', 1882) * ''Geschichte der Philosophie'' (''History of philosophy'', 1892–94) * ''Untersuchungen über Hauptpunkte der Philosophie'' (''Investigations on the main points of philosophy'', 1900) * ''System des objektiven Idealismus'' (''A system of objective idealism'', 1903)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergmann, Julius 1839 births 1904 deaths 19th-century German philosophers Humboldt University of Berlin alumni People from the Province of Westphalia People from Unna (district) University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Königsberg Academic staff of the University of Marburg German male writers 20th-century German philosophers