Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (also Johann; Danish: Johan Nicolai Tetens; 16 September 1736 – 17 August 1807) was a German-Danish philosopher, statistician and scientist.
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Born | 16 September 1736 Tetenbüll, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (in present-day Eiderstedt, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) |
Died | 17 August 1807 (aged 70) |
Alma mater | University of Rostock University of Copenhagen |
Era | 18th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Phenomenalism[1] |
Institutions | University of Bützow University of Kiel |
Main interests | Natural philosophy Mathematics Epistemology Theology |
Notable ideas | Psychological analysis of the soul[2][3] |
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He has been called the "German Locke,"[4][5] on the basis of a comparison of his major work Philosophische Versuche über die menschliche Natur und ihre Entwickelung (1777) with the work of John Locke. He is considered to have been an influence on Immanuel Kant.
