Friedrich Harms (1819 – 1880) was a German realist philosopher, much influenced by Fichte.

Portrait photo of Friedrich Harms

Harms was born on 24 October 1819 in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein. He studied philosophy at the University of Kiel as a pupil of Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus. In 1842 he obtained his habilitation for philosophy at Kiel, where he later became an associate professor (1848; a full professor in 1858). In 1867 he relocated to the University of Berlin as a professor of philosophy.[1][2]

He died on 5 April 1880, in Berlin.

Works

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  • Prolegomena zur Philosophie (1852) – Prolegomena to philosophy.
  • Abhandlungen zur systematischen Philosophie (1868) – Essays on systematic philosophy.
  • Die Philosophie seit Kant (1876) – Philosophy since Immanuel Kant.
  • Ueber die Lehre von Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1876) – On the teachings of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi.
  • Geschichte der Logik (1881) – History of logic.
  • Logik (1886) edited by Heinrich Wiese.
  • Begriff, Formen und Grundlegung der Rechtsphilosophie (1889) edited by Heinrich Wiese.
  • Naturphilosophie (1895) edited by Heinrich Wiese.
  • Psychologie (1897) edited by Heinrich Wiese.

References

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  1. ^ Briefwechsel 1875 - 1889 by Albrecht Ritschl, Wilhelm Herrmann
  2. ^ Harms, Joachim Friedrich Simon In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5, S. 683 f.