Johannes Clauberg

Johannes Clauberg (24 February 1622 – 31 January 1665) was a German philosopher and theologian. Clauberg was the founding Rector of the first University of Duisburg, where he taught from 1655 to 1665. He is known as a "scholastic cartesian". He was born in Solingen and educated in the Aristotelian tradition. He later studied Cartesian philosophy. He became a professor at Herborn and then at Duisburg. Clauberg's theories on the mind-body connection and the relationship between God and creatures have been noted for their potential to foreshadow later philosophical ideas. He proposed the term 'ontology' for the study of being in general. He died in Duisburg.