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Goswin Uphues
1841–1916
A 19th-century German philosopher who moved from church and school work into university life, he wrote on logic, epistemology, and the relation between the world of the senses and the world of ideas. His career traces a thoughtful path through theology, teaching, and academic philosophy.
1 Audiobook
Einführung in die moderne Logik. Erster Teil.
by Goswin Uphues
About the author
Born on March 13, 1841, in Brochterbeck, Goswin Karl Uphues was a German philosopher who later died in Halle on September 10, 1916. Reliable reference sources identify him as a philosopher and connect much of his academic life with the University of Halle.
Before fully entering university philosophy, he worked in education and had an earlier background in the Catholic clergy. Sources on his career indicate that he taught at a gymnasium in Aarau and later became a Privatdozent and then an associate professor at Halle.
Uphues is remembered for philosophical writing on logic and related questions of knowledge and reality. Surviving editions of his work include titles such as Einführung in die moderne Logik and Die Sinnenwelt und Ideenwelt, which suggest the blend of careful reasoning and metaphysical interest that shaped his work.