Axel Hägerström lived from September 6, 1868 to July 7, 1939 and was a Swedish philosopher born in Vireda, Jönköping County, the son of a Church of Sweden pastor. He studied at Uppsala University, giving up theology for a career in philosophy, and taught there from 1893 until his retirement in 1933, attacking the then-dominant philosophical idealism of the followers of Christopher Jacob Boström. He is best known as a founder of the positivistic Uppsala school of philosophy, the Swedish counterpart to Anglo-American analytical philosophy and the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle, and as the founder of the Scandinavian legal realism movement.
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RolePhilosopher and legal theorist; founder of the Uppsala school and of Scandinavian legal realism 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceVireda, Jonkoping County, Sweden 2 Place of Death Classification
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Founder of Scandinavian legal realism and of the Uppsala School.
Axel Hagerstrom, a Swedish philosopher who taught at Uppsala University from 1893 until his retirement in 1933, is best known as a founder of the Uppsala School of philosophy and as the founder of the Scandinavian legal realism movement.
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Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (6 September 1868 – 7 July 1939) was a Swedish philosopher.
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Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (6 September 1868 - 7 July 1939) was a Swedish philosopher.
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Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (6 September 1868 - 7 July 1939) was a Swedish philosopher.
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He is best known as a founder of the (quasi-) positivistic Uppsala school of philosophy-the Swedish counterpart of the Anglo-American Analytical Philosophy as well as of the Logical Positivism of the Vienna Circle-and as the founder of the Scandinavian legal realism movement.
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taught there from 1893 until his retirement in 1933
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