F. A. TRENDELENBURG. CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRE-HISTORY OF NEO-KANTIANISM

Abstract

Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802-1872) is still today known mostly as a logicianand logic historian, primarily for his investigation of Aristotle and his critique of Hegel. Hisown philosophical conception, which is oriented towards Plato and Aristotle, and the explicitlyobjective idealism of his organic world-view, which is directed towards one „theory of sciences“,are thus barely known. This contribution is trying to show the signifi cance of that theoreticalconcept for the pre-history of Neo-Kantianism – especially for the theoretical path of HermanCohen, the founder of the Marburg school.