Ludwig Büchner
German philosopher and scientist (1824–1899) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (29 March 1824 – 30 April 1899) was a German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th-century scientific materialism.
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Born | Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (1824-03-29)29 March 1824 |
Died | 30 April 1899(1899-04-30) (aged 75) Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Nationality | German |
Education | University of Giessen University of Strasbourg University of Würzburg University of Vienna |
Relatives | Georg Büchner (brother) Luise Büchner (sister) |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | German materialism[1] |
Institutions | University of Tübingen |
Thesis | Beiträge zur Hall'schen Lehre von einem excitomotorischen Nervensystem (Contributions to the Hallerian Theory of an Excitomotor Nervous System) (1848) |
Main interests | Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Nature is purely physical |
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