Introduction
Dieter Henrich (born 5 January 1927) is a German philosopher. A contemporary thinker in the tradition of German Idealism, Henrich is particularly known for the influence of Kant, Hegel and Fichte in his work.
Life and work
Henrich studied philosophy between 1946 and 1950 at Marburg, Frankfurt and Heidelberg. He completed his PhD dissertation at Heidelberg in 1950 under the supervision of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The title of his thesis was Die Einheit der Wissenschaftslehre Max Webers (The Unity of Max Weber's Epistemology). A professor at the universities of Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg, he has also been a visiting professor to universities in the United States, such as Harvard and Columbia.
Honors
In 2008, Henrich was awarded the Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize by the University of Tübingen.
Major works
- Die Situation der Historie und Max Webers Methodenlehre aus: Archiv für Philosophie 1949 3; 400–409.
- Die Einheit der Wissenschafstlehre Max Webers. Tübingen (J.C.B. Mohr). 1952.
- Hegel im Kontext. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1971.
- Der Grund im Bewußtsein. Untersuchungen zu Hölderlins Denken (1794/95). Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1992. ISBN 3-608-91613-X (2. erw. Aufl. 2004)
- The Unity of Reason: Essays on Kant's Philosophy, Harvard University Press, 1994. ISBN 0674929055
- Versuch über Kunst und Leben. Subjektivität - Weltverstehen - Kunst. München: Carl Hanser, 2001. ISBN 3-446-19857-1
- Fixpunkte. Abhandlungen und Essays zur Theorie der Kunst. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2003. ISBN 3-518-29210-2
- (with David S. Pacini) Between Kant and Hegel: Lectures on German Idealism. Harvard University Press, 2003. ISBN 0674007735
- Grundlegung aus dem Ich. Untersuchungen zur Vorgeschichte des Idealismus. Tübingen - Jena 1790-1794. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2004. ISBN 3-518-58384-0
- Die Philosophie im Prozeß der Kultur. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 2006. ISBN 978-3-518-29412-3
- Endlichkeit und Sammlung des Lebens, Mohr Siebeck, 2009 ISBN 978-3-16-149948-7