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Johan Jakob Borelius

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Johan Jakob (or Jacob) Borelius (27 July 1823 – 1909) was an influential professor of theoretical philosophy at the University of Lund, Sweden from 1866 to 1898. He has been called "The Last Swedish Hegelian."

Borelius was born in Skinnskatteberg. He obtained his doctorate from Uppsala University in 1848, afterward becoming a teacher in Kalmar, while he continued his studies under Christopher Jacob Boström. His overall philosophy is laid out in his work Metafysik (metaphysics), not published in full until after his death.

Borelius is mentioned in a footnote of Jorge Luis Borges' short story "Three Versions of Judas."

References

  1. ^ Carl-Göran Heidegren. Positivism before Logical Positivism. In: The Vienna Circle in the Nordic Countries: Networks and Transformations of Logical Empiricism, pp. 96–98 (Juha Manninen, Friedrich Stadler, eds) (Springer; 2009) ISBN 9789048136834


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