Fritz Medicus

Fritz Medicus (April 23, 1876 – January 13, 1956) was a German-Swiss philosopher. He was awarded his doctorate while studying in Jena, with the publication of his dissertation, Kant's transcendental aesthetics and non-euclidian geometry. He was the Chair of Philosophy at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, and moved to ETH Zurich in 1911.[1] Medicus wrote in the tradition of German idealism.[2]

Fritz Medicus
Fritz Medicus, c. 1945
Born(1876-04-23)April 23, 1876
Stadtlauringen, Germany
DiedJanuary 13, 1956(1956-01-13) (aged 79)
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalityGerman - Swiss
Occupationphilosopher

See also

Further reading
  • "Fritz Medicus 1876-1956" (PDF) (in German). 1984. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References
  1. Marti, Fritz (March 1970). "Fritz Medicus (1876–1956)". Southern Journal of Philosophy. 8 (1): 3–13. doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1970.tb02087.x.
  2. Baumrin, Judith (Sep 16, 2015). Fritz Marti: Immigrant, A Biographical Memoir. UPA. p. 16. ISBN 9780761865988.


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