Schelling

American  

[shel-ing] / ˈʃɛl ɪŋ /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von 1775–1854, German philosopher.

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Schelling British  

/ ʃɛˈlɪŋɪən, ˈʃɛlɪŋ /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈjoːzɛf fɔn). 1775–1854, German philosopher. He expanded Fichte's idea that there is one reality, the infinite and absolute Ego, by regarding nature as an absolute being working towards self-consciousness. His works include Ideas towards a Philosophy of Nature (1797) and System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)

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Other Word Forms

• Schellingian adjective
• Schellingianism noun
• Schellingism noun

Example Sentences

In that time, the new league has completed second interviews with a group of general manager finalists, who include former U.S. national women’s team captain Natalie Darwitz and former Swiss national team goalie Florence Schelling, one person said.

From Seattle Times

"Cruelty has always been the point," said Emmett Schelling, executive director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas.

From Salon

But when asked in a 2001 interview if the checkerboard model devised by Sakoda had influenced him, Schelling replied, “I have never heard of him.”

From New York Times

In 2005, Schelling was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, with Robert J. Aumann, for “having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.”

From New York Times

In a biographical statement accompanying the prize, Schelling wrote of the checkerboard model, “Without knowing it I was pioneering a field of study that later became known as ‘agent-based computational modeling.’”

From New York Times