Rudolf Hermann Lotze – German philosopher, psychologist and physiologist
Hermann Lotze
Rudolf Hermann Lotze
(21 May 1817, Bautzen, Germany -1 July 1881, Berlin)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists, Physiologists, Philosophers, Physicians
Specification: Empirical philosophy, Idealistic Monism.
Unique distinction: Founder of the metaphysical...
Laozi – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism
Laozi
Lao-Tsu, Lao-tse, Laotze, Laocius
(6th century BC - According to Chinese tradition) (4th century BС - Another version)
Nationality: China
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Spiritual teachers,...
Thales – First Greek and Western philosopher and scientist
Thales
Thales of Miletos
(625/624 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) - 546/545 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers
Unique distinction: First Greek and...
Confucius – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Confucianism
Confucius
Kong Qiu , Kongzi, Kong Fuzi Kong Fuzi
(September 28, 551 B.C. Lu, (now Shandong province) China - 479 B.C. Lu, China) Qufu, Zhou...
William James – One of the founders of Functional psychology
William James
(January 11, 1842, New York City, New York, USA - August 26, 1910, Chokorua, New Hampshire) (aged 68)
Nationality: United States of America
Category:...
Franz Brentano – Predecessor of phenomenology and founder of act psychology
Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano
(16 January 1838, Marienberg am Rhein, Hesse-Nassau Germany - March 17, 1917, Zurich, Switzerland) (aged 79)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
Anaximander – Founder of Cosmology and Hylozoism
Anaximander
Anaximander of Miletos
(610/609 BC Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) -546/540 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Milesian school, Philosophers
Unique distinction:...
Wilhelm von Humboldt – One of the Founders of Linguistics
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt
(22 January 1767, Potsdam, Prussia, Germany - 8 April 1835, Tegel, near Berlin, Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category:...
William Stern – Founder of Personalistic Psychology
William Stern
William Lewis (Louis) Stern
(29 April 1871, Berlin, Germany – 27 March 1938, Durham, USA)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Personalistic Psychology, Differential psychology, Legal psychology
Unique distinction: Founder...
Herbert Spencer – Founder of Social Darwinism and Synthetic Philosophy
Herbert Spencer
(27 April 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England - 8 December 1903, Brighton, Sussex, England) (aged 83)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Sociologists, Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Associative psychology
Unique...
Gustav Fechner – Founder of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner
(April 19, 1801, Groß Särchen, near Muskau, Lower Lusatia, (now Żarki Wielkie in commune Trzebiel, Poland) - November 28, 1887, Leipzig,...