Vaihinger, Hans

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Name
Vaihinger, Hans Gender: M
Karl Eugen Johannes Vaihinger
born on 25 September 1852 at 16:30 (= 4:30 PM )
Place Nehren bei Tübingen, Germany, 48n2620, 9e04
Timezone LMT m9e04 (is local mean time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 02°42' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 03°31 Asc.s_aqucol.18.gif 24°05'



Hans Vaihinger

Biography

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. As a follower of Kant, he developed the theory that everything is fiction.

Vaihinger died on 18 December 1933 at age 81 in Halle, Province of Saxony.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided Lutheran Church birth and baptism registry entry (Nehren, 1852, no. 24): "25 Sept Abs 4½ Uhr" (25 Sept, 4:30 o'clock in the evening).

Previously this entry had same data but with place of Weidenstetten, rated C (quoting Cirkels collection).

Categories

  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Philosopher/ Humanist
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 81)
  • Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy (Theory of maya)