Frithjof Bergmann is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Frithjof Bergmann as German philosopher (1930–2021).
Frithjof Bergmann was born at Weimar Republic in 1930. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Princeton University.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Kassel and University of Michigan.
The recorded fields of work are western philosophy.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from United States matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Frithjof Bergmann died in 2021, aged 91. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Kassel and University of Michigan
- Fields: Western philosophy
