In the history of thought, Friedrich Theodor Vischer is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Friedrich Theodor Vischer as German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887).
Friedrich Theodor Vischer was born at Ludwigsburg in 1807. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Württemberg. He studied at Tübinger Stift and University of Tübingen.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at University of Tübingen, University of Stuttgart and ETH Zurich.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
That the work was done from Kingdom of Württemberg matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Friedrich Theodor Vischer died in 1887, aged 80. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Tübingen, University of Stuttgart and ETH Zurich
- Fields: philosophy
