Lange, Friedrich Albert
Lange, Friedrich Albert
a German philosophical writer, and son of the famous theologian Johann Peter (q.v.), was born Septmber 28, 1828, at Wald, near Solingen. He studied at Zurich and Bonn, was in 1852 professor at the gymnasium in Cologne, and in 1855 privatdocent of philosophy at Bonn. In 1861 he was appointed professor at the Duisburg gymnasium, was called in 1870 to Zurich, in 1873 to Marburg, and died November 21, 1875. His best work is Geschichte des Materialismus und Kritik seiner Bedeutung in der Gegenwart (Iserlohn, 1865; 2d ed. 1873-75,2 volumes; Engl. transl. by E.C. Thomas, Boston, 1877 sq., 3 volumes). See Vaihinger, Hartiann, Duhring und Lange (Iserlohn, 1876). (B.P.)
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Lange, Friedrich Albert
(1828-1875) Celebrated for his History of Materialism, based upon a qualified Kantian point of view, he demonstrated the philosophical limitations of metaphysical materialism, and his appreciation of the value of materialism as a stimulus to critical thinking. He worked for a greater understanding of Kant’s work and anticipated fictionalism. — H.H.