Urbano González Serrano facts for kids
Urbano González Serrano was an important Spanish thinker from the late 1800s. He was born in Navalmoral de la Mata in 1848 and passed away in Madrid in 1904. Urbano González Serrano was many things: a philosopher, a psychologist, an educator, and even a literary critic.
About Urbano González Serrano
Urbano González Serrano was a follower of the ideas of a German philosopher named Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. He even developed his own special way of thinking, which was called krausopositivismo. This means he mixed Krause's ideas with something called "positivism," which focuses on facts and observation.
He was a student of Nicolás Salmerón, who was a very respected professor. Sometimes, Urbano González Serrano would even teach Salmerón's classes about "Metaphysics" (the study of basic truths and reality) at the Universidad Central in Madrid.
González Serrano was also one of the first people to study new fields like sociology (the study of how societies work) and psychology (the study of the mind). He believed that understanding how things work physically was very important for learning.
Besides his teaching and studies, he also translated books from German into Spanish. He even helped put together a collection of poems by another famous writer, Ramón de Campoamor.
See also
In Spanish: Urbano González Serrano para niños
