African Spir

Tags: Philosopher.

Afrikan Aleksandrovich Špir (Russian: Африка́н Алекса́ндрович Спир; Ukrainian: Африка́н Олекса́ндрович Спір or Шпір transcribed: Afrykan Oleksandrovych Spir or Shpir; German: Afrikan (von) Spir French: African (de) Spir Italian: Africano Spir) (15 November 1837 – 26 March 1890) was a Russian Neo-Kantian philosopher of German descent who wrote primarily in German. His book Denken und Wirklichkeit (Thought and Reality) exerted a lasting impact on the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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birth date

1837-11-10, 1837-11-15

birth place

Kherson Governorate, Kirovohrad

death date

1890-03-26

death place

Geneva

era

19th-century philosophy

influenced

Friedrich Nietzsche, Rudolf Steiner, Max Müller, Hans Vaihinger, William James, Gerardus Heymans, Leo Tolstoy, Piero_Martinetti

influenced by

David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, René Descartes

main interest

Epistemology, Ontology, Morality, Social justice, Logic

notableIdea

Foundationalism

philosophicalSchool

Neo-Kantianism

region

Western philosophy