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Wilhelm Dilthey

1833 - 1911

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Wilhelm Dilthey (; German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈdɪltaɪ]; 19 November 1833 – 1 October 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathic philosopher, working in a modern research university, Dilthey's research interests revolved around questions of scientific methodology, historical evidence and history's status as a science. Dilthey has often been considered an empiricist, in contrast to the idealism prevalent in Germany at the time, but his account of what constitutes the empirical and experiential differs from British empiricism and positivism in its central epistemological and ontological assumptions, which are drawn from German literary and philosophical traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Dilthey is the 144th most popular philosopher (down from 139th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Germany (down from 199th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Philosopher.

Wilhelm Dilthey is most famous for his work on understanding the human mind and how it is different from animals.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 144 out of 1,267. Before him are Philo, Charles Fourier, Duns Scotus, Baron d'Holbach, Mozi, and Kanada. After him are Edith Stein, Chrysippus, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Isocrates, Proclus, and Buddhaghosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 6. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Johannes Brahms, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, and Alexander Borodin. After him are Benjamin Harrison, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, J. E. B. Stuart, and Jonas Lie. Among people deceased in 1911, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 3. Before him are Gustav Mahler, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Emilio Salgari, Georg Jellinek, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 228 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Georg Simmel (1858), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), and Otto von Guericke (1602). After him are Karl Liebknecht (1871), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Emmy Noether (1882), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), and Edith Stein (1891).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm Dilthey ranks 21. Before him are Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Meister Eckhart (1260), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), and Baron d'Holbach (1723). After him are Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), Oswald Spengler (1880), and Herbert Marcuse (1898).

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