Johann Weyer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historian
physician
gptkbp:advocatesFor demonology
the rights of the accused
gptkbp:associatedWith the Reformation
Renaissance_humanism
gptkbp:born 1515
gptkbp:contributedTo the understanding of mental illness
gptkbp:contribution medical ethics
early psychiatry
witchcraft theory
gptkbp:criticism witch hunts
gptkbp:died 1588
gptkbp:famousFor his advocacy for the mentally ill
his medical practices
his writings on witchcraft
gptkbp:field psychology
medicine
witchcraft studies
gptkbp:hasImpactOn the field of psychology
the perception of mental illness
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn later medical practices
the treatment of mental disorders
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Johann Weyer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:European_witch_trials
modern psychiatry
humanitarian approaches to mental health
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paracelsus
gptkb:Avicenna
gptkbp:isConsidered a key figure in the history of psychiatry
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:Utrecht
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy humanist philosophy
gptkbp:isKnownFor his compassionate approach to patients
his critical stance on witchcraft accusations
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy his contemporaries
gptkbp:isRegardedAs a reformer in medicine
gptkbp:knownFor advocating for the humane treatment of the mentally ill
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Netherlands
natural explanations for mental illness
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:notableWork De Praestigiis Daemonum
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
writer
physician
gptkbp:promoted scientific approaches to medicine
gptkbp:publishedBy his_works_in_Latin
gptkbp:research gptkb:University_of_Padua
gptkbp:wasA critic of superstition
pioneer in psychiatry
proponent of rational thought
scholar_of_the_Renaissance
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn 16th century
gptkbp:wasPartOf the medical community of his time
gptkbp:wrote De Praestigiis Daemonum