Fritz Medicus

Fritz Medicus (April 23, 1876 – January 13, 1956) was a German-Swiss philosopher. He was awarded his doctorate while studying in Jena, with the publication of his dissertation, Kant's transcendental aesthetics and non-euclidian geometry. He was the Chair of Philosophy at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and moved to ETH Zurich in 1911.[1] Medicus wrote in the tradition of German idealism.[2]

Fritz Medicus
Fritz Medicus, c. 1945
Born(1876-04-23)April 23, 1876
Stadtlauringen, Germany
DiedJanuary 13, 1956(1956-01-13) (aged 79)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalityGerman - Swiss
Occupationphilosopher

See also

Further reading
  • "Fritz Medicus (1876-1956)". Handschriften und Autographen der ETH-Bibliothek (in German). ETH Library. 23. 1984. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-000311472. hdl:20.500.11850/138065.

References
  1. Marti, Fritz (March 1970). "Fritz Medicus (1876–1956)". Southern Journal of Philosophy. 8 (1): 3–13. doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1970.tb02087.x.
  2. Baumrin, Judith (2015). Fritz Marti: Immigrant, A Biographical Memoir. University Press of America. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7618-6598-8, 978-0-7618-6599-5.


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