In the history of thought, Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch as German philosopher and biologist (1867 - 1941).
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch was born at Bad Kreuznach in 1867. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Jena and University of Freiburg.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at Leipzig University, Heidelberg University and University of Cologne.
The recorded fields of work are biology and embryology.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch died in 1941, aged 74. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at Leipzig University, Heidelberg University and University of Cologne
- Fields: biology and embryology
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