Hans Vaihinger

1852 - 1933

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movement: as if, fictionalism, materialism

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Tübingen, Humboldt University of Berlin, Leipzig University, Tübinger Stift

occupation: philosopher, university teacher

student of: Karl Adolf Schmid, Christoph von Sigwart

influenced by: Friedrich Albert Lange, Arthur Schopenhauer, Plato, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, Richard Avenarius, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Heymann Steinthal

Hans Vaihinger (German: [hans ˈfaɪɪŋɐ]; September 25, 1852 – December 18, 1933) was a German philosopher, best known as a Kant scholar and for his Die Philosophie des Als Ob (The Philosophy of 'As if'), published in 1911 although its statement of basic principles had been written more than thirty years earlier. Source: Wikipedia (en)