Dilthey, Wilhelm
Dilthey, Wilhelm
(1833-1911) A devoted student of biography, he constructed a new methodology and a new interpretation of the study of society and culture. He formulated the doctrine of Verstehungs-psychologie, which is basic to the study of social ends and values. He was the founder of Lebensphilosophie. Being the first humanistic philosopher historian of his age, he led in the comprehensive research in the history of intellectual development. Main works
Einlettung in die Geisteswessenschaften, 1883;
Der Erlebnis und die Dtchtung, 1905;
Das Wesen der Philosophie, 1907,
Der Aufbau der geschichtlichen Welt in der Geisteswissenschaften, 1910,
Die Typen der Weltanschauung, 1911;
Gesammelte Schriften, 9 vols., 1922-35. — H.H.