Otto Friedrich Bollnow
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Otto Friedrich Bollnow was a German philosopher and teacher.
He was born the son of a rector in Stettin in what was then northwest Germany (now Szczecin, Poland
) and went to school in the town of Anklam
. After gaining his Abitur (school leaving certificate) he studied mathematics and physics at Göttingen
University, where he was influenced by the philosopher Herman Nohl. Bollnow received a doctorate in physics in 1925 and successfully completed his habilitation
at Göttingen in 1931. He taught at Göttingen for some years without being appointed to the faculty.
In 1939 he moved to Gießen
then briefly to Kiel
, to Mainz
and finally in 1953 to a chair in contemporary philosophy, philosophical anthropology and ethics at Tübingen. He taught at Tübingen until his retirement in 1970.
Bollnow concerned himself with the foundations of philosophy and with phenomenology and existential philosophy
. He developed the work of Wilhelm Dilthey
on hermeneutics and was concerned with the philosophical foundations of pedagogy
.
In 1980 he received the Lessing-Prize - a literary and cultural honour endowed by German freemasons.
He was born the son of a rector in Stettin in what was then northwest Germany (now Szczecin, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and went to school in the town of Anklam
Anklam
Anklam is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the Kleines Haff, the western part of the Stettin Lagoon. Anklam has a population of 14,603 and was the capital of the former...
. After gaining his Abitur (school leaving certificate) he studied mathematics and physics at Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
University, where he was influenced by the philosopher Herman Nohl. Bollnow received a doctorate in physics in 1925 and successfully completed his habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
at Göttingen in 1931. He taught at Göttingen for some years without being appointed to the faculty.
In 1939 he moved to Gießen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
then briefly to Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
, to Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
and finally in 1953 to a chair in contemporary philosophy, philosophical anthropology and ethics at Tübingen. He taught at Tübingen until his retirement in 1970.
Bollnow concerned himself with the foundations of philosophy and with phenomenology and existential philosophy
Existentialism
Existentialism is a term applied to a school of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual...
. He developed the work of Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathic philosopher, working in a modern research university, Dilthey's research interests revolved around questions of...
on hermeneutics and was concerned with the philosophical foundations of pedagogy
Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
.
In 1980 he received the Lessing-Prize - a literary and cultural honour endowed by German freemasons.
Works
- Die Lebensphilosophie F. H. JacobisFriedrich Heinrich JacobiFriedrich Heinrich Jacobi was an influential German philosopher, literary figure, socialite and the younger brother of poet Johann Georg Jacobi...
, Stuttgart 1933, 2nd edition, 1966 - DiltheyWilhelm DiltheyWilhelm Dilthey was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathic philosopher, working in a modern research university, Dilthey's research interests revolved around questions of...
. Eine Einführung in seine Philosophie, Teubner, Leipzig 1936. 4th edition , Novalis, Schaffhausen 1980, ISBN 3-7214-0073-2 - Das Wesen der Stimmungen, Klostermann, Frankfurt a.M. 1941, 8th ed., 1995, ISBN 9783465028024
- Existenzphilosophie, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1943, 8th edition, 1978
- Die Ehrfurcht, Klostermann, Frankfurt a.M., 1947, 2nd edition 1958
- Das Verstehen, Drei Aufsätze zur Theorie der Geisteswissenschaften, Kirchheim Mainz 1949
- Rilke, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1951, 2nd edition 1955
- Die Pädagogik der deutschen Romantik, Von Arndt bis Fröbel, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1952, 3rd edition 1977
- Unruhe und Geborgenheit im Weltbild neuerer Dichter. Acht Essays, Stuttgart 1955, 3rd edition 1972
- Neue Geborgenheit. Das Problem einer Überwindung des ExistenzialismusExistentialismExistentialism is a term applied to a school of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual...
. Stuttgart 1955, 4th edition 1979 - Die Lebensphilosophie, Berlin-Göttingen-Heidelberg 1958
- Wesen und Wandel der Tugenden, Frankfurt a.M., 1958
- Existenzphilosophie und Pädagogik. Versuch über unstetige Formen der Erziehung. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1959, 5th edition 1977
- Mensch und Raum. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1963, 4th edition 1980
- die macht des worts. Sprachphilosophische Überlegungen aus pädagogischer Perspektive, Neue Deutsche Schule, Essen 1964, 3rd edition 1971
- Die pädagogische Atmosphäre. Untersuchung über die gefühlsmäßigen zwischenmenschlichen Voraussetzungen der Erziehung, Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1964, 4th edition 1970
- Französischer Existentialismus, Stuttgart 1965
- die anthropologische betrachtungsweise in der pädagogik, Neue Deutsche Schule, Essen 1965, 3rd edition 1975
- Sprache und Erziehung, Stuttgart 1966, 3rd edition 1979
- Philosophie der Erkenntnis. Das Vorverständnis und die Erfahrung des Neuen, Stuttgart 1970, 2nd edition 1981
- Das Doppelgesicht der Wahrheit, Philosophie der Erkenntnis, 2nd volume, Stuttgart 1975
- Vom Geist des Übens, Freiburg i. Br, 1978
- Studien zur Hermeneutik Volume I: Zur Philosophie der Geisteswissenschaften, Alber, Freiburg / München 1982, ISBN 3-495-47482-X
- Studien zur Hermeneutik Volume II: Zur hermeneutischen Logik von Georg Misch und Hans Lipps, Alber, Freiburg / München 1983, ISBN 3-495-47513-3
- Otto Friedrich Bollnow im Gespräch',' Hrsg. von Hans-Peter Göbbeler und Hans-Ulrich Lessing. Alber, Freiburg / München 1983, ISBN 3-495-47522-2
- Zwischen Philosophie und Pädagogik, Vorträge und Aufsätze, Weitz, Aachen 1988