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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
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