Theodor Lipps
Theodor Lipps | |
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| Born | 28 July 1851 |
| Died | 17 October 1914 (aged 63) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Bonn |
| Jürgen Bona Meyer (Dr. phil. hab. advisor) | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Munich phenomenology | |
| Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Doctoral students | Adolf Reinach |
Notable students | Johannes Daubert Moritz Geiger Dietrich von Hildebrand Max Scheler Margarete Susman |
Main interests | Aesthetics, epistemology |
Notable ideas | Lipps–Meyer law, psychic resonance |
Theodor Lipps (German: [lɪps]; 28 July 1851 – 17 October 1914) was a German philosopher, known for his theory regarding aesthetics, creating the framework for the concept of Einfühlung (empathy), defined as, "projecting oneself onto the object of perception." This has then led onto opening up a new branch of interdisciplinary research in the overlap between psychology and philosophy.