Christoph Gottfried Bardili
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Christoph Gottfried Bardili (18 May 1761 – 5 June 1808) was a German
philosopher and cousin of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
. He was critical of Kantian
idealism
and proposed his own system of philosophy known as logical (or rational) realism.
in the Duchy of Württemberg
. In 1786 he became a Repentant at the Stift
, a Protestant theological college in Tübingen
. In 1790 he became a professor of philosophy at the Karlsschule
in Stuttgart
. After the closing of the Karlschule in 1794, he became a professor of philosophy at the Stuttgart Gymnasium Illustre where he taught until his death on June 5, 1808.
He dissented strongly from the Kantian
distinction between matter and form of thought, and urged that philosophy
should consider only thought in itself, pure thought, the ground or possibility of being.
The fundamental principle of thought is, according to him, the law of identity; logical thinking is real thinking. The matter upon which thought operated is in itself indefinite and is rendered definite through the action of thought. Bardili worked out his idea in a one-sided manner. He held that thought has in itself no power of development, and ultimately reduced it to arithmetical computation.
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
:
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
philosopher and cousin of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , later von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between Fichte, his mentor prior to 1800, and Hegel, his former university roommate and erstwhile friend...
. He was critical of Kantian
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
idealism
Idealism
In philosophy, idealism is the family of views which assert that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. Epistemologically, idealism manifests as a skepticism about the possibility of knowing any mind-independent thing...
and proposed his own system of philosophy known as logical (or rational) realism.
Life
Bardili was born on 18 May 1761 in BlaubeurenBlaubeuren
Blaubeuren is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It has 11.963 inhabitants as of December 2007.-Coat of arms:...
in the Duchy of Württemberg
History of Württemberg
Württemberg developed as a political entity in south-west Germany, with the core established around Stuttgart by Count Conrad . His descendants managed to expand Württemberg, surviving Germany's religious wars, changes in imperial policy, and invasions from France. The state had a basic...
. In 1786 he became a Repentant at the Stift
Tübinger Stift
The Tübinger Stift is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, and located in the university city of Tübingen, in South West Germany. The Stift was originally founded as an Augustinian monastery in the Middle Ages...
, a Protestant theological college in Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
. In 1790 he became a professor of philosophy at the Karlsschule
Karlsschule Stuttgart
Hohe Karlsschule was the strict military academy founded by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany.Politically the duke was quite unimportant and with this school he wanted to enhance his prestige. In 1770, it was moved to Castle Solitude, and in 1775 into the city...
in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. After the closing of the Karlschule in 1794, he became a professor of philosophy at the Stuttgart Gymnasium Illustre where he taught until his death on June 5, 1808.
He dissented strongly from the Kantian
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
distinction between matter and form of thought, and urged that philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
should consider only thought in itself, pure thought, the ground or possibility of being.
The fundamental principle of thought is, according to him, the law of identity; logical thinking is real thinking. The matter upon which thought operated is in itself indefinite and is rendered definite through the action of thought. Bardili worked out his idea in a one-sided manner. He held that thought has in itself no power of development, and ultimately reduced it to arithmetical computation.
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time...
:
- His system has had little influence in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
; K. L. ReinholdKarl Leonhard ReinholdKarl Leonhard Reinhold was an Austrian philosopher. He was the father of Ernst Reinhold, also a philosopher.-Life:...
alone expounded it against the attack of FichteJohann Gottlieb FichteJohann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant...
and SchellingFriedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingFriedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , later von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between Fichte, his mentor prior to 1800, and Hegel, his former university roommate and erstwhile friend...
. Yet in some respects his ideas opened the way for the later speculations of Schelling and Hegel.
Works
- Observationes physicae, praesertim meteorologicae (1780).
- Ueber die Entstehung und Beschaffenheit des ausserordentlichen Nebels in unseren Gegenden im Sommer 1783 (1783).
- Epochen der vorzüglichsten philosophischen Begriffe (1788). 2 volumes.
- Volume 1. Epochen der Ideen von einem Geist, von Gott und der menschlichen Seele.
- Giebt es für die wichtigsten Lehren der theoretischen sowohl als der praktischen Philosophie (1791).
- Sophylus oder Sittlichkeit und Natur als Fundamente der Weltweisheit (1794).
- Allgemeine praktische Philosophie (1795).
- Ueber den Ursprung des Begriffs von der Willensfreiheit (1796).
- Ueber die [Gesetze] der Ideenassoziation (1796).
- Briefe über den Ursprung der Metaphysik überhaupt (1798). Kiel
- Grundriss der ersten Logik (1800).
- Philosophische Elementarlehre (1802–1806). 2 volumes.
- Beiträge zur Beurtheilung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes der Vernunftlehre (1803).
- Briefwechsel über das Wesen der Philosophie und das Unwesen der Speculation (1804). Google