Georg Friedrich Meier
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| Born | 26 March 1718 |
| Died | 21 June 1777 (aged 59) |
| Education | University of Halle |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Age of Enlightenment |
| Institutions | University of Halle |
| Academic advisors | A. G. Baumgarten |
Main interests | Aesthetics |
Georg Friedrich Meier (26 March 1718 – 21 June 1777) was a German philosopher and aesthetician. A follower of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, he reformed the philosophy of Christian Wolff by introducing elements of John Locke's empiricist theory of knowledge.[2]
Career
Meier studied philosophy and theology at the University of Halle, where he was a pupil of Baumgarten. Meier succeeded Baumgarten as extraordinary professor, and became a full professor at Halle in 1748.[3]
Works
- Gedancken von Schertzen, Halle 1744.
- Anfangsgründe aller schönen Künste und Wissenschaften, Halle 1748–50 (3 vols.).
- Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752.
- Auszug aus der Vernunftlehre, Halle 1752 (reprinted in Kant's gesammelte Schriften Akademie Ausgabe, XVI, pp. 1–872 with the annotations by Kant).
- Metaphysik, Halle: vol. 1 (1755), vol. 2 (1756), vol. 3 (1757), vol. 4 (1759).
- Versuch einer allgemeinen Auslegungskunst, Halle 1757.
- Philosophische Sittenlehre Halle 1753-1761 (5 vols.).
- Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten Leben, Halle 1763.
- Beyträge zu der Lehre von den Vorurtheilen, Halle 1766.
- Betrachtungen über die Schranken der menschlichen Erkenntniss', Halle 1775.
References
- ^ Gary Banham, Dennis Schulting, Nigel Hems (eds.), The Continuum Companion to Kant, Continuum, 2012, p. 136.
- ^ Thiel, Udo (2006), "Meier, Georg Friedrich", in Haakonssen, Knud (ed.), The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1202–3
- ^ "Meier, Georg Friedrich", Encyclopedia of Philosophy online.
Further reading
- Makkreel, Rudolf, The Confluence of Aesthetics and Hermeneutics in Baumgarten, Meier, and Kant, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 54(1) (1996): 65–75.
- Riccardo Pozzo, Georg Friedrich Meiers „Vernunftlehre“. Eine historisch-systematische Untersuchung, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2000. ISBN 3-7728-2023-9
- Günter Schenk, Leben und Werk des halleschen Aufklärers Georg Friedrich Meier, Halle/Saale 1994. ISBN 3-929887-01-0.
External links
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