KÜLPE, OSWALD (1862-1915), German philosopher (see 18.242), was born at Candau, Courland, Aug. 3 1862. He was educated at the universities of Leipzig, Berlin, Göttingen and Dorpat; in 1891 he became lecturer in philosophy at Würzburg, holding subsequently (1894-1909) the chair of philosophy and aesthetics in that university, at Bonn (1900-13) and at Munich from 1913 until his death in 1915.