Johann Friedrich Herbart 1776 – 1841
Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776 – 1841) was a German philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Continental Philosophy.
Johann Friedrich Herbart was a German philosopher, psychologist, and educational theorist, and the principal opponent of post-Kantian idealism in the first half of the nineteenth century. Successor to Kant in the chair at Konigsberg and later professor at Gottingen, he developed a realist metaphysics in which reality consists of simple, qualitatively determined substances called reals, whose relations give rise to apparent change. His General Theory of Pedagogy and Psychology as a Science articulated a quantitative psychology of the interplay of mental presentations and a carefully reasoned theory of moral education. The Herbartian school dominated German pedagogy until the early twentieth century.
Key facts
- Nationality
- German
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Johann Friedrich Herbart:
“Pedagogy without philosophy is mere routine.”
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Attributed to Johann Friedrich Herbart:
“The aim of education is the formation of moral character.”
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Attributed to Johann Friedrich Herbart:
“Mind is the interplay of presentations that struggle and combine.”
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Attributed to Johann Friedrich Herbart:
“Reality is composed of simple substances, each preserving its own quality.”
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Attributed to Johann Friedrich Herbart:
“All philosophy is the elaboration of concepts; this is its quiet but enduring task.”
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