Hermann Lotze
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Hermann Lotze was a 19th-century German philosopher and logician known for integrating scientific methodology with idealist metaphysics and significantly influencing later thinkers in psychology and philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hermann Lotze canonical | 3 |
| Lotze | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4653740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Lotze Context triple: [Johannes Müller, influenced, Hermann Lotze]
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A.
Friedrich Ueberweg
Friedrich Ueberweg was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy best known for his influential multi-volume "History of Philosophy" and his work in logic and epistemology.
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Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen was a prominent German-Jewish neo-Kantian philosopher and co-founder of the Marburg School, known for his rigorous reinterpretation of Kant and his work on ethics, logic, and the philosophy of religion.
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C.
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn was a 19th-century German classical philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist known for his scholarly editions and influential biography of Mozart.
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D.
Heinrich Rickert
Heinrich Rickert was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher known for his influential work on the methodology of the cultural sciences and the distinction between natural and historical knowledge.
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E.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermann Lotze Target entity description: Hermann Lotze was a 19th-century German philosopher and logician known for integrating scientific methodology with idealist metaphysics and significantly influencing later thinkers in psychology and philosophy.
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A.
Friedrich Ueberweg
Friedrich Ueberweg was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy best known for his influential multi-volume "History of Philosophy" and his work in logic and epistemology.
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B.
Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen was a prominent German-Jewish neo-Kantian philosopher and co-founder of the Marburg School, known for his rigorous reinterpretation of Kant and his work on ethics, logic, and the philosophy of religion.
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C.
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn was a 19th-century German classical philologist, archaeologist, and musicologist known for his scholarly editions and influential biography of Mozart.
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D.
Heinrich Rickert
Heinrich Rickert was a German Neo-Kantian philosopher known for his influential work on the methodology of the cultural sciences and the distinction between natural and historical knowledge.
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E.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1817-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1881-07-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
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linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lotze
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linked to:
Hermann Lotze
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| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Hermann ⓘ |
| influenced |
Edmund Husserl
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Rudolf Hermann Lotze’s students at Göttingen ⓘ Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ William James ⓘ early experimental psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. W. F. Hegel
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Leibniz ⓘ
linked to:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
integration of science and metaphysics
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theory of knowledge ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| movement |
German idealism
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Neo-Kantianism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
application of scientific method to psychology
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distinction between facts and values ⓘ teleological worldview grounded in values ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Logik
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linked to:
"Logik"
Metaphysik ⓘ
linked to:
Allgemeine Metaphysik
Mikrokosmus ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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university teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | teleological idealism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bautzen
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Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
University of Göttingen
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University of Leipzig ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hermann Lotze