Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster as German academic, philosopher, editor and pacifist (1869-1966).
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster was born at Berlin in 1869. His recorded nationality is Germany.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at University of Vienna, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Zurich.
His principal work is To the Memory of Jeannette Schwerin. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster died in 1966, aged 97. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: To the Memory of Jeannette Schwerin
- Held posts at University of Vienna, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Zurich
