Southwest German School

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The Southwest German School was a prominent branch of Neo-Kantian philosophy centered around thinkers like Wilhelm Windelband and Heinrich Rickert, known for its focus on the methodology of the cultural and historical sciences.

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South-West German School 1
Southwest German School canonical 1

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instanceOf Neo-Kantian school of philosophy
philosophical movement
aimedTo provide a rigorous foundation for the cultural sciences
reformulate Kantian philosophy for modern science
alsoKnownAs Baden School of Neo-Kantianism
linked to: Neo-Kantianism

South-West German School
associatedWith University of Freiburg
linked to: Freiburg University

University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Marburg School
psychologism in epistemology
coreConcept ideal types in cultural sciences
nomothetic versus idiographic sciences
value-freedom of scientific validity
value-relevance (Wertbeziehung)
country Germany
emergedAfter crisis of German idealism
emphasizes distinction between facts and values
logical and normative structures of knowledge
role of cultural values in selecting and organizing historical facts
focusesOn concept formation in the cultural sciences
distinction between natural sciences and cultural sciences
methodological dualism between explanation and understanding
role of values in knowledge
historicalContext German Empire
Weimar Republic
influenced 20th-century philosophy of science
German historicism
phenomenology and hermeneutics
sociology of Max Weber
influencedBy Immanuel Kant
Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism
linked to: Neo-Kantianism

Neo-Kantian movement
linked to: Neo-Kantianism
mainInterest epistemology
methodology of the cultural sciences
methodology of the historical sciences
philosophy of culture
theory of science
value theory
notablePhilosopher Bruno Bauch
Emil Lask
Heinrich Rickert
Jonas Cohn
Wilhelm Windelband
period early 20th century
late 19th century
philosophicalTradition Neo-Kantianism
region Southwest Germany

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Neo-Kantianism hasBranch Southwest German School
Southwest German School alsoKnownAs South-West German School
linked to: Southwest German School