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Martin Heidegger
German philosopher of hermeneutics and existentialism Martin Heidegger.
Martin Heidegger studied both theology and philosophy at the University of Freiburg.1
During his time at the university, he completed his doctorate in philosophy in 1913 with a dissertation on psychologism and later finished his habilitation thesisâa requirement for university-level teachingâon the Scholastic philosopher John Duns Scotus in 1915. While at Freiburg, he studied under prominent thinkers such as Heinrich Rickert and Edmund Husserl.12