Jakob Sigismund Beck

Jakob Sigismund Beck
Born(1761-08-06)6 August 1761
Died29 August 1840(1840-08-29) (aged 79)
Education
Alma materUniversity of Königsberg
ThesisDissertatio de theoremate Tayloriano, sive de lege generali, secundum quam functionis mutantur, notatis a quibus pendent variabilibus (1791)
Academic advisorsChristian Jakob Kraus, Johann Schultz, Immanuel Kant
Philosophical work
Era18th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPost-Kantian transcendental idealism
InstitutionsUniversity of Halle
University of Rostock
Main interestsEpistemology
Notable ideasDoctrine of the standpoint (Standpunctslehre)

Jakob Sigismund Beck (also Jacob; 6 August 1761 – 29 August 1840) was a German philosopher.