Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Sigwart


Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm von Sigwart was a German philosopher and logician. He was the father of Christoph von Sigwart, who also was a philosopher and logician.

Life

Sigwart was born into a family with a long history of philosophers, theologians and physicians at Remmingsheim in Württemberg. From 1813 he served as a repentant at Tübinger Stift in Tübingen, and obtained an associate professorship at the University of Tübingen in 1816. He became a full professor of philosophy at Tübingen in 1818 and wrote numerous books on the history of philosophy. He died in Stuttgart.

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