Johann Eduard Erdmann

Johann Eduard Erdmann
Born	13 June 1805 Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Valmiera, Latvia)
Died	12 June 1892 (1892-06-13) (aged 86) Halle, German Empire
Education	University of Dorpat University of Berlin University of Kiel (PhD, 1830)
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Old Hegelians
Institutions	University of Halle
Thesis	Quidnam sit discrimen philosophiam inter et theologiam (What is the Distinction between Philosophy and Theology?) (1830)
Academic advisors	G. W. F. Hegel
Notable students	Kuno Fischer
Main interests	Metaphysics
Notable ideas	Philosophy and religion converge to a common truth (even though they differ in form of approach) Coining the term "psychologism"

Johann Eduard Erdmann (13 June 1805 – 12 June 1892) was a German religious pastor, historian of philosophy, and philosopher of religion, of which he wrote on the mediation of faith and knowledge. He was known to be a follower of Friedrich Schleiermacher, whom he studied under August Carlblom (1797-1877), and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, whom he regarded as his mentor. Erdmann also studied the works of Karl Daub. Historians of philosophy usually include Erdmann as a member of the Right Wing of the Hegelian movement, a group of thinkers who were also referred to variously as the Right Hegelians (Rechtshegelianer), the Hegelian Right (die Hegelsche Rechte), and/or as the Old Hegelians (Althegelianer).^[1]